STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 I.      Discuss the important cultural achievements of Europe and the spread culture through military conquest.

 II.     Identify major mountain ranges, highland and lowland areas, and river of Europe.

 III.   Describe major climate patterns in Europe.

 IV.     Locate major natural resource areas in Europe and describe their uses.

 V.       Recognize important contributions of Greeks and Romans to European culture and to western civilization.

 VI.    Identify major European language groups.

 VII.   Explain the nation state concept.

 VIII.    Analyze the Industrial and the Agricultural Revolutions.

 IX.    Analyze current problems of Europe.

 X.   Summarize accomplishments of European culture.

 XII.  Recognize major political divisions of the British Isles.

 XII.    Identify the physical geography of the British Isles.

 XIII.      Identify major cultural activities of the British Isles, political divisions and physical geography of the British Isles and Northwest Europe.

 XIV.   Recognize major political divisions, cultural activities and physical geography of Nordic Europe.

 XV.  Recognize major political divisions, cultural activities and physical geography of Mediterranean Europe.

 XVI.     Recognize major political divisions of Eastern Europe.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      Introduction: Major Impact on the Planet

 II.     Physiography: Mountains, Highlands, Lowlands, Hydrology (rivers), Weather and Climate, Resources

 III.    Cultural Activities: Greeks, Romans, Major Language Groups, Rise of Nation States

 IV.     Regional Analysis:  Industrial Revolution, Agricultural Revolution, Problems, Accomplishments

 V.      Transnational Organizations:  British Isles, Northwest Europe, Nordic Europe, Mediterranean Europe, Eastern Europe

 VI.     Future Prospects: Democratization of Eastern Europe:  The European Community, NATO, Warsaw Pact, COMECON