{"id":253,"date":"2019-08-19T21:11:12","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T21:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/?page_id=253"},"modified":"2019-08-25T02:38:37","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T02:38:37","slug":"europe-russia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/europe-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe &amp; Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #003366\">Understandings<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Europeans have modified their environment to meet their basic needs.<\/li>\n<li>Europe is&nbsp; highly urbanized and has a skilled and well-educated population.<\/li>\n<li>Europeans have created transportation and communication networks to support both internal and external trade.<\/li>\n<li>The dissolution of the Soviet Union has created 15 independent states.<\/li>\n<li>Russia has vast energy and other resources but distance and climate have provided challenges through time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000080;font-size: 1.4em;font-weight: 600\">Learning Activities<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #23282d;font-size: 1.4em;font-weight: 600\">Europe<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In this learning activity, students are presented with a list of generalizations and challenged to provide data, primarily from the textbook, to prove or disprove the statement.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15209\/2019\/08\/4A_Europe_Generalizations.pdf\">Testing Generalizations (4B)<\/a><\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Russia and Central Asia<\/h3>\n<p>The chart included in this exercise forms a way to compare the physical environments of the countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia to provide insight into the process of regionalization.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15209\/2019\/08\/5A_Comparing_via_Semantic-Feature_Analysis.pdf\">Comparing Countries (5A)<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>In th<em>e Decisions, Decisions<\/em> series students are challenged to determine what information is needed to evaluate a given scenario. In the application of the geoinquiry process students need to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>determine what information is needed<\/li>\n<li>obtain information from the textbook, <em>Nystrom Atlas<\/em>, or information from past learning experiences<\/li>\n<li>pose additional questions<\/li>\n<li>make a decision<\/li>\n<li>explain the reasons underlying the decision.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15209\/2019\/08\/5B_Good_Idea_Russia_Central_Asia.pdf\">Would it be a good idea? (5B)<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #008000;font-size: inherit\">Maps from the Arizona Geographic Alliance<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geoalliance.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/maps\/EUROPE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Europe<\/a>&nbsp;outline map<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geoalliance.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/maps\/EU-NAME.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">European Union Countries<\/a> (labeled)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geoalliance.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/maps\/FORMERUSSR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Former Soviet Union Countries<\/a> (labeled)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>ArcGIS Online Maps in the NPS Organizational Account<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/norfolkps.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=ce6ce334f5934280b0c3a08440461fb9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Economic Data Europe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/norfolkps.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=89e5f2ac14704e4dabf780ce94c1cf78\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Distribution of Languages within Europe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/norfolkps.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=149eb93c1b5b4c58957b9b8f909fc0b8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Demography of Europe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/norfolkps.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=3cdec7f624764041bbd414fc229c5b14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Major Religions in Europe<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/norfolkps.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=5759c34b525841b0a97d3e5c08c75c5f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Russia and Central Asia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/norfolkps.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=7e60d20acaf04c61a73c9692a501b705\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Former Soviet Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Countries of the Caucasus<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/norfolkps.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=aa952b986ab540ae8746fdf3f2700537\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Central Asia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div class=\"insert_map_iframe_container insert_map_iframe_container-left\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/Embed\/index.html?webmap=ce6ce334f5934280b0c3a08440461fb9&legend=true&alignment=left\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understandings Europeans have modified their environment to meet their basic needs. Europe is&nbsp; highly urbanized and has a skilled and well-educated population. Europeans have created transportation and communication networks to support both internal and external trade. The dissolution of the Soviet Union has created 15 independent states. 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