16

I

Block

Exploremos

In pairs, comparing the map of political division

Europe

Atlas of World Geography

,

page 76, and map empires of Europe

1815 found below.

Write down in the notebook countries not

there were almost two centuries ago.

As a group, discuss why regions

political, economic and cultural European in

1815 were more extensive than the current?

Continental regions have higher social changes

that natural, depend on the dynamics of the population,

can cause expansion or contraction of a territorial language,

the change in a religion or modification within the territorial limits

a country or state.

KINGDOM OF

PORTUGAL

KINGDOM OF

FRANCE

UNITED KINGDOM

BRITAIN

AND IRELAND

KINGDOM OF NORWAY

AND SWEDEN

Russian Empire

POLAND

PRUSSIA

HUNGARY

AUSTRIA

BAVARIA

SAXONY

KINGDOMS OF

NETHERLANDS

HANNOVER

KINGDOM OF

DENMARK

SERBIA

MONTENEGRO

EMPIRE

OTTOMAN

KINGDOM OF THE

DOS Sicily

STATE

pontificie

VENICE

SWITZERLAND

LOMBARDÍA

KINGDOM OF

PIEDMONT

AND SARDINIA

KINGDOM OF

SPAIN

Limits of the Confederation

German

Austro-Hungarian empire

Territories acquired by Austria

Kingdom of Prussia

Territories acquired by Prussia

German States

0

500

1000 km

1: 17678571

10˚

20˚

20˚

0˚

10˚

40˚

40˚

30˚

Ocean

Atlantic

symbology

Empires in Europe in 1815

E

The current political division is the result of historical processes involving political, economic and social changes.

In Europe before World War I, the limit of the territories of each empire marked cultural differences and

economic.