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Map Challenge Cards

Cut out these cards, shuffle, and place face down in a pile in front of the Turner. Physical Features

Baltic Northern (57˚N, 20˚E) (55˚N, 25˚E) (40˚N, 5˚W)

Alps River Apennines (46˚N, 10˚E) (45˚N, 20˚E) (43˚N, 13˚E)

Scandinavia (65˚N, 15˚E) (43˚N, 35˚E) (40˚N, 5˚E)

Central Siberian Plateau (65˚N, 100˚E) (55˚N, 160E˚) (53˚N, 108˚E)

Ob River Mountains Volga River (62˚N, 65˚E) (43˚N, 45˚E) (50˚N, 45˚E)

Countries

Austria Croatia Finland (48˚N, 15˚E) (45˚N, 15˚E) (65˚N, 25˚E)

France Germany Greece (43˚N, 3˚E) (50˚N, 10˚E) (40˚N, 22˚E)

Hungary Italy Lithuania (47˚N, 20˚E) (45˚N, 10˚E) (56˚N, 25˚E)

Poland Romania (52˚N, 20˚E) (45˚N, 25˚E) (60˚N, 90˚E)

Spain Ukraine United Kingdom (40˚N, 5˚W) (50˚N, 30E˚) (52˚N, 2˚W)

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Unlabeled Map of Europe and Russia

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Physical and Political Features of Europe and Russia

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WCA_LM_09_SH-3 Physical Map Elevationof Europe 0 500 1,000 miles

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Population Density of Europe and Russia

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0 250 500 kilometers 50°N Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area projection 60°N Urban Population Number of People Helsinki Over 8,000,000 Oslo 4,000,000–8,000,000 ATLAN TIC Stockholm 1,000,000–4,000,000 OCEAN Glasgow Population Density Per sq. mi. Per sq. km Copenhagen Over 250 Over 100 Leeds Minsk 50°N Hamburg 125–250 50–100 Amsterdam Warsaw Birmingham Kiev Kharkov 25–125 10–50 40°N Essen Berlin Donetsk 2–25 1–10 London Katowice N Brussels Dnipropetrovsk Under 2 Under 1 Prague W Stuttgart Paris Budapest Odessa E Munich Vienna S Lyon Bucharest Milan Belgrade Marseille Sofia 40°N Madrid Barcelona Rome Lisbon Naples 30°N Athens

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50N 60N Number of People Per sq. mi. 70N Per sq. km Over 250 Over 100 0 500 1,000 kilometers Over 8,000,000 80°N 70°N 60°N 170°W 0 125–250 50–100 Lambert Conformal Conic projection 4,000,000–8,000,000 25–125 10–50 1,000,000–4,000,000 2–25 1–10 Arctic Circle Under 2 Under 1 180° 10°E PACIFIC OCEAN

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Economic Activity of Europe and Russia

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Hunting and gathering 50°N Subsistence farming 60°N Hydroelectric power Commercial farming Iron Nomadic herding Livestock raising Petroleum (oil) Commercial fishing Precious metals ATLAN TIC Forestry (, silver, copper) Trade and manufacturing Uranium OCEAN Little or no activity

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50°N 60°N Hunting and gathering Commercial70°N fishing 80°N TCI23 21 Subsistence farming Forestry 0 500 1,000 kilometers Lambert Conformal Conic projection 80°N 70°N 60°N 170°W 0° Commercial farming Trade and manufacturing

Nomadic herding Little or no activity ARCTIC OCEAN Arctic Circle Livestock raising 180° 10°E PACIFIC OCEAN

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