Due to two factors..
The first factor is the placement of Europe in relation to latitude lines.
Up north is bound to be more cold than most places down south near the Mediterranean sea. (Which is closer to the equator)
The second factor is the physical geography of the region. Ranging from mountain ranges like the Alps and the Urals to the flat planes of much of mid Europe. The weather interacts with these regions and determines the climates making up much of the continent. (Only takes a rudimentary understanding of basic earth science and geography to understand that. If you have more questions pertaining to the subject, pm me.)
Lingua Franca is a language that people of different languages use to communicate. The answer is English.
Ridge push is a process in which the unlifted ridge is thought to push the oceanic plate towards the subduction zone. Slab pull is a process where by the weight of a subducting plate help to pull the trailing lithosphere into subduction zone. Ridge lush is cause by the potential energy gradient from the high topography. Slab pull is caused by negative buoyancy of the subducting plate.
The biggest doubling time of all the regions/continents in the world has Europe.
Europe is the only continent that has almost 0% population growth (as of 2014), which practically means that with this pace Europe will need an eternity to be able to double its population, so it makes it the continent with the biggest time needed to double it's population.
