hello my name is Kaeleigh and welcome to world trip Europe in this video you'll
learn some amazing facts about the countries within the popular continent
of Europe let's fly across the ocean to Europe
our world is so large it had to be divided into seven geographic regions
called continents to make it easier for us to talk about the countries within
them the seven continents of the world are North America South America Africa
Europe Asia Australia and Antarctica in this video we'll focus on Europe be sure
to watch our other videos to learn about the other six continents Europe is the
second smallest continent in the world located entirely in the northern
hemisphere and mostly in the eastern hemisphere this continent is not
surrounded by water in all directions like some of the other continents it
actually borders on land with the continent of Asia however there are
bodies of water surrounding Europe the Arctic Ocean in the north the Atlantic
Ocean to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the south and the Black Sea to
the southeast it is believed that the word Europe came from Europa the name of
one of Zeus's wives in Greek mythology some of the world's greatest empires
came straight out of Europe the Roman Empire the British and Spanish empires
and the Russian empires there are 51 countries in Europe and six geographic
regions Central Europe Eastern Europe northern Europe southern Europe South
Eastern Europe and Western Europe let's look at the countries within each region
let's begin with Central Europe the climate in this area typically features
warm summers and cool winters the white tailed eagle the long eared bat and the
European Wildcat are found in this part of Europe let's look at the countries
found within Central Europe Austria known for its Mountain Railway and
trains and it is considered to be landlocked which means that it is a
country that does not have access to an ocean because it is entirely surrounded
by land Croatia the Czech Republic Germany
a popular travel destination in Europe where you can visit the neuschwanstein
castle hungry and Liechtenstein another landlocked country located between
Austria and Switzerland in fact Liechtenstein is double landlocked
because its surrounding countries are also landlocked then we have Poland
Slovakia Slovenia and Switzerland a country where 60% of the area is
mountainous and features many of the highest mountains in Europe in this part
of Europe their Germanic and Slavic languages are spoken so you can hear
German Croatian polish Slovak and Czech in this region the countries within
Eastern Europe are Armenia which is actually located in the continent of
Asia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Kazakhstan Moldova and Russia which is
the largest country in the world Russia is also home to the largest city in
Europe which is Moscow finally in this region we find Turkey and the Ukraine
Russia Kazakhstan Azerbaijan Georgia and Turkey are transcontinental countries
which means they are part of different continents in this case they are both in
Europe and Asia the Slavic languages are the most commonly spoken languages in
Eastern Europe where you can hear Russian and Ukrainian however you can
also hear Armenian Arabic and Turkish in this region
in Northern Europe we find a sub Arctic climbing similar to the climate in
Western Alaska and in the northern parts of the USA winters are long cold and
harsh and summers are short and cool animals in this region include elk
reindeer owls brown bears and polar bears the walrus and the spectacular
puffins let's look at the countries within this region Denmark Norway and
Sweden which are also known to be the Scandinavian countries Estonia Finland
Iceland Latvia and Lithuania the United Kingdom is also considered to be part of
Northern Europe this is a popular place for tourists where you can visit Big Ben
and the Buckingham Palace in the capital city of London the Germanic languages
are spoken in northern europe including Danish Dutch English and Swedish next
let's move down to southern Europe where the winters are rainy and the summers
are hot and dry in this region you can find badgers and owls and a variety of
fish in southern Europe we find Albania Andorra which is a landlocked country
found within France and Spain France which is the most popular travel
destination in Europe here you can find the Eiffel Tower in Paris the capital
city of France then we have Greece home to the Acropolis Italy another popular
tourist attraction where the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa can be found you
can also visit the Colosseum in Rome Malta Monaco San Marino in another
landlocked country found within the country of Italy Spain a popular place
for tourists where you can visit the Alhambra the famous palace and fortress
and granada spain is also where you can practice flamenco dancing and finally in
this region the Vatican City which is the smallest country not only in Europe
but in the entire world it is located in the center of Rome the capital city in
Italy and it is the headquarters of the Roman
Catholic Church and also the home of the Pope isn't that fascinating a country
within a city so with Russia being the largest and the
Vatican City being the smallest Europe is home to both the biggest and tiniest
countries in the world Wow in this region the romance or romantic languages
are most commonly spoken including French Italian and Spanish but you can
also hear other languages like Greek and Albanian moving on to the southeastern
countries of Europe we have Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Cyprus Kosovo
Macedonia Montenegro Romania and Serbia the climate in this area is very hot and
dry in the summer and mild and wet in the winter wildlife in this area
includes bears wolves wild pigs and otters the Slavic languages are spoken
in this region of Europe as well including Bulgarian Bosnian and Serbian
and finally over in the region of Western Europe we can travel to Belgium
Ireland Luxembourg the Netherlands and Portugal living in this area you can
expect cool summers and cool winters and don't be surprised if you run into a fox
this is also the region home to the links and jackal in this region you can
find the romantic languages of Portuguese and French as well as their
Germanic languages of Dutch German and English also you can hear the Celtic
language spoken in some of parts of Ireland also called Gaelic is a Europe
amazing did you know that there are more tourists visiting Europe then there are
tourists visiting all other six continents combined Wow
which region do you want to visit is there a country that caught your
attention is there a language you want to learn how to speak before leaving on
your travels be sure to practice and everything that you learned in our fun
online games and quizzes and remember to always be clever
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