Geography 2050A/B Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Environmental Modification Convention, Early Modern Europe, Migration Period
31 Jan 2017
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Geography of europe quiz 1 notes: historical and cultural context. Europe"s boundaries ural line- along caspian sea out to mediterranean. The european union: 28 countries -a single market with 500 million people. Cultural geography: the connection of material and social processes in forging identities in practices and actions. Influence of geological and physical factors: population distribution: product of climate, landscapes (rivers and mountains, economic activity: agriculture in low lands, settlement sites: less people in mountains, boundaries: physical boundaries as defense (river, mountain) Switzerland independence and neutrality traditionally defended by the alps and jura mountains: resource distribution. Regions: fenno-scandian shield (finland and sweden) , caledonian formations (norway), hercynian formations (central), alpine formation (france, italy, switzerland and austral) End of empire brought middle ages pagan thinking. Most important human trait in europe is christianity. Christianity is not native to europe- used to be polythestatic (multiple gods) Apostle paul- bridges cultures, relating existing religions and their gods to christianity (magna mater)
