According to the passage, most people in Europe live C) near the coast and along rivers. The passage notes that in Western Europe, most people live within 100 miles of the coast due to trade and transportation opportunities, and in Northern Europe, people also tend to live near the coast where there is milder weather. Additionally, cities developed in industrial areas along rivers for the transport of natural resources and finished products.
Settlement patterns hundred of years ago when most Europeans were farmers people lived where the soil and climate were good for farming today's much of European population is still concentrated in regions were flat or gentle rolling land high quality soil and mild climate produced rich yields for farmers in Western Europe most people live within 100 miles of the coast and it trade and transportation opportunities in northern Europe people also live near the coast where there is milder weather than in the interior even in the far north in inland regions people are concentrated we're good soil support farming or industry provides jobs natural resources and cities the continent industrial areas foster the growth of many major cities industries developed near the natural resources on which day the pendants such as the coal and iron ore used to make steel the Rhine ruhr region with nearly 7 million in habitants grew up in North western Germany around iron and coal deposit cities grew in these industrial regions in a long river and coastal water routes there were needed to transport natural resources and finished products You're a population begin to crowd into these cities and industrial areas in the 1800s. According to the passage where do most people in Europe live A in the south or part of Europe B away from the coast C near the coast in along Rivers D in the mountains in the center of Europe
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