2. Introduction of Modern Europe
Europe is a continent in the Eastern Hemisphere with
lots of tourist attractions including the French Alps. The
original Statue of Liberty was made in France, then
shipped to America. There are 47 independent
countries in Europe, including Western Russia which is
the most populated with 110,000,000 people. The
smallest country is Vatican City and it is also the lowest
populated. The largest country in Europe is Ukraine.
5. Population of Europe
● 739,165,030 people were living in Europe in the year 2011.
● The biggest countries in Europe are: Russia, Ukraine, France, Spain and Sweden.
● Almost 13 million people came to visit Europe in 2006.
Picture By: DanieVDM
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Flickr.com
6. Culture And Daily Life
Did you watch the Olympics this year? Well, if you did, you may want to know
that the Olympics were originally created in Greece, which is located in
Europe, and was first held over 3,000 years ago. The olympic games are
now held every 4 years, and have become an occasion where many of the
countries of the whole world play and take part in.
Picture By:
Gavin Llewellyn
The Olympic rings flag
From Flickr CC
7. Culture and Daily Life
● Europe has a lot of culture, like fashion, art, music, architecture, and
design! The castle below is Kilkenny Castle in England.
Photo By: Philipp_Roth
Kilkenny Castle
Flickr CC
8. Currency of Europe
● 21 European countries use Euros and agreed to use this one currency, the
Euro, instead of local currency like the lira in Italy. These 21 countries + 6
more (Here is a list of them) became the European Union.
● There are 25 European Countries that don't use Euros.
One Euro
By XiXiDu
Flickr.com
9. Geography of Europe
● There are 2,151,200,000 total acres in
Europe. [Two billion, one hundred and fifty-one million, two hundred thousand]
● 80-90% of land is forest.
● Europe's boundaries shape is from WWI and WWII
● Europe also created many architectural ideas
that are very popular. One of these is the Roman
system of aqueducts. The aqueduct was a way to send
water from one place to another Like a plumbing system.
Aqueduct north-west of Vindolanda Roman Fort by Andrew Curtis On Geograph
10. BIBLIOGRAPHY
● "''Taxes in Europe - Tax reforms'' database (TEDB/TAXREF)." European
Commission . N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2012. <ec.europa.
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en.htm>.
● "Smallest European Country — Infoplease.com." Infoplease — Free Online
Encyclopedia, Almanac, Atlas, and more — Infoplease.com. N.p., n.d. Web.
15 Nov. 2012. <http://www.infoplease.com/askeds/smallest-european-
country.html>.
● "What is the smallest country in Europe."The Q&A wiki. N.p., n.d. Web. 15
Nov. 2012. <http://wiki.answers.
com/Q/What_is_the_smallest_country_in_Europe>.
● change, the millennium, the EU dominated the economy of Europe
comprising the five largest European economies of the time namely
Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Spain. In 1999 12 of the
15 members of the EU joined the Eurozone. "Europe - Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia."Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov.
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