GEOG 152 Midterm: Geog 152 Midterm Study Guide
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Midterm study guide: the europe in which its cities are embedded has several definitions. Identify and discuss each of the ways in which the cities of europe thus acquire their distinctiveness. Occupation of a given chunk of earth"s surface historically named europe; it is a piece of physical geography. Europe is a greek term, referring to region known today as the balkans ; n of ancient greece. Greece from other world regions: africa (to the s), asia, (to the w), and europe (to the n). Europe is the land area b/w atlantic ocean and ural mountains (n of. A european city is any city found w/in this region despite what it looks like or how it is organized internally or in relation to other cities. Europe shares a geographical contiguity (nearby to each other), the entire region thus share common historical experiences, distinguishing it from other world regions.
