Contents a Contents III 12 14 I Where is Europe Countries Dividing and uniting Europe 8 Regions of Europe 10 Climates Wildlife Natural landmarks 16 Human made landmarks 18 Industries 20 Mapping capital cities 22 Sports 24 Culture 26 Food and drink 28 Further information 30 Glossary 31 Index 32
Where is Europe Europe is part of a giant landmass that borders Asia and includes a small number of islands in surrounding seas and oceans Many early maps were made by European explorers who traveled beyond the continent discovering new lands aps be ow es P Sea Yor to an er oth el Do in tee ar o en ac lso Pne p sh ate and to US Cale European map making This is one of the first maps of the world It was created in 1482 in Germany following instructions that were originally written in 150 A C E by a Greek astronomer Ptolemy Sir ICT This map is missing the continents of North and South America Australasia and Antarctica Those places had not yet been visited by Europeans During the 1400s and 1500s European explorers set out to find new routes across the seas to Asia encountering unknown countries that they recorded on
Latitude and longitude World maps feature a grid of imaginary lines called latitude and longitude These lines are numbered so that places can be located using the number of the latitude line first followed by the number of the longitude line Lines of latitude go round the world from east to west The equator is a line of latitude 09 8 8 6 8 6 8 ARCTIC CIRCLE The 0® line of longitude is also known as the Prime Meridian It runs through 60°N Greenwich in London United Kingdom STOCKHOLM 59°N 18°E HON BERLIN 52°N 13°E TROPIC OF CANCER 2ON EQUATOR 20 s TROPIC OF CAPRICORN ANTARCTIC CIRCLE The Prime Meridian marks 60's the starting point of every time zone in the world Every place that is on a line of longitude has the same time The world is divided into 24 time zones each 15 degrees of longitude apart from each other what surrounds Europe Europe is south of the Arctic Ocean You can use a map to locate a place by using grid references such as lines of latitude and longitude You can also describe a place in relation to the compass points of north east south or west NORTH Europe is east of the Atlantic Ocean Europe is west of Asia WEST EAST Europe is north of the Mediterranean Sea Europe is north of Africa SOUTH
