GLOSSARY:



AL NOOR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL BRITISH MIDDLE SECTION

GEOGRAPHY GRADE - 7

(A SENSE OF PLACE)

GLOSSARY:

1. EUROPEAN UNION: IT CONSISTS OF MORE THAN 27 COUNTRIES INCLUDING THE U.K. IT WAS INTIALLY CALLED THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY. IT WAS RENAMED AS EUROPEAN UNION IN 1993.

2. EURO: COMMON CURRENCY USED BETWEEN EU FOR TRADING. U.K IS NOT USING EURO.

3. PENINSULA: LAND MASS SURROUNDED BY WATER ON ITS THREE SIDES.

4. POLITICAL MAP: MAP THAT SHOWS POLITICAL FEATURES SUCH AS COUNTRIES, CAPITALS, CITIES& TOWNS

5. PHYSICAL MAP: MAP THAT SHOWS PHYSICAL FEATURES SUCH AS MOUNTAINS, PLAINS, RIVERS, AND LAKES.

6. CONTINENTS: IT IS A LARGE BODY OF LAND ABOVE WATER THAT HAS A NATURAL GEOLOGICAL BORDER.

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF EUROPE:

1. LIES APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 350 N – 700 N LATITUDES AND 100 W – 600 E LONGITUDES.

2. PRIME MERIDIAN PASSES THROUGH EUROPE.

3. IT IS ONE OF THE SMALLEST CONTINENTS OF THE WORLD.

4. IT IS SURROUNDED BY THE ARCTIC OCEAN IN THE NORTH, THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA TO THE SOUTH AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IN THE WEST.

5. URAL MOUNTAINS SEPARATE EUROPE FROM ASIA ON THE EASTERN SIDE.

6. IT IS A PENINSULA.

FORMATION OF THE EU:

1. IN 1957 SIX COUNTRIES GROUPED TOGETHER TO FORM THE EEC (European Economic Community)

2. THEY DECIDED TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THEIR OWN BENEFIT, AND THEY SIGNED AN AGREEMENT CALLED THE TREATY OF ROME

3. IT WAS AGAIN RENAMED AS EU (European Union) IN 1993.

4. THE SIX MEMBERS WERE France, Italy, West Germany, Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg.

5. LATER ON OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE Finland, Sweden, Austria, Republic Of Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Denmark, UK, Romania & Bulgaria joined it.

6. IN FUTURE MANY OTHER COUNTRIES OF EASTERN EUROPE MAY BE INTERESTED TO JOIN IT.

AIMS OF THE EU:

1. PEOPLE ARE FREE TO MOVE BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES OF THE EU IN SEARCH OF EDUCATION, JOBS & BETTER FACILITIES.

2. VISAS ARE NOT REQUIRED.

3. IT HOPES FOR A POLITICAL UNITY.

4. THEY HAVE A COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY.

5. THEY GIVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

6. THEY HAVE A COMMON CURRENCY CALLED EURO.

7. GOODS & SERVICES CAN TRAVEL WITHIN ITS BORDERS EASILY, MAKING THE TRADING EASIER.

ASSIGNMENT

REFER TO THE GEOGRAPHY TEXT BOOK AND FIND OUT THE ANSWERS FOR THE FOLLOWING. DO THESE ACTIVITIES:

1. PAGE NO – 6 MAP 1.4 WRITE THE NAME OF THE COUNTRIES AND THEIR CAPITAL (REFER TO PAGE NO – 10 & 11)

2. PAGE NO – 7 Q NO – 2 AND 4

3. PAGE NO – 8 MAP 1.5 UPLANDS AND RIVERS OF EUROPE Q NO – 6 b, c (DO WITH THE PENCIL) REFER TO PAGE NO 10 & 11.

ACTIVITY-1

1) For the following activities you will need to refer to Atlas Maps A and B (pg.10-11)

a) In which country would you find:

i) Lake Vanern and Lake Vattern

ii) Mount Vesuvius

iii) River Elbe

iv) Cape Clear

v) Pindus Mountains

1) By how many metres is Mount Blanc higher than the Matterhorn?

2) In which two countries would you find the Pennines and the Apennines?

ACTIVITY -2

1) The following activities are based on Atlas Map A (pg.10).

a) Is Madrid west or east of London?

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b) Is Paris west or east of London?

c) Austria shares its border with how many countries?

d) Rearrange the following letters to find the German cities:

1) bmurahg_______________________________

2) nobn__________________________________

3) klunffrat_______________________________

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