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Lesson 13:
Geographical Regions of Europe
Let’s begin our study of the political features of Europe by dividing the continent into five
geographical regions.These regionswill helpusorganizeour studyof the43 independent nations that
make upEurope.The five regions are:
A. British Isles
B. NorthernEurope
C. Central Europe
D. SouthernEurope
E. EasternEurope and theRussianFederation
ACTIVITY 1:
On themap on the following page, each of the geographical regions listed above has a letter beside
it.Use your classroom atlas as an additional resource to help you complete the tasks below.
1. Find the letter for each region on the activitymap on the next page.Write the
name of the region in the blank space on themap.
2.Trace each geographical region in a different colored pencil.
3.What region does the island of Ireland belong to?
4. TheBalearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily,
andCrete are included inwhat region?
5. Iceland is part of what region?
ACTIVITY 2:
Another visual organizer that we can use to summarize and remember informationwe are learning is
a bubblemap.Use the bubblemap below to summarize your knowledge of the five regions of Europe.
Write the names
of Europe’s
five regions
Europe
