South Europe
Greece
Italy
Cities and Towns
Toss Up
100
All of the countries of Southern Europe have coastlines on.....
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
100
Two central elements of Greek culture....
What are family and religion?
100
The head the Roman Catholic Church lives in ....
What is Vatican City?
100
the capital of Italy
What is Rome?
100
A type of government that is "ruled by a few"
What is an Oligarchy?
200
The country is known as "birthplace of democracy"
What is Greece?
200
In rural Greece, people raise....
What are sheep and goats?
200
The island at the tip of Italy where the "Cosa Nostra" or Italian Mafia originated. It is also home to a lot of farming.
What is Sicily?
200
Italian city where people use boats to get around...
What is Venice?
200
a period of great creativity in Europe...
What is the Renaissance?
300
This was a period of "rebirth" influenced by rich merchants who supported artists...
What is the Renaissance?
300
The main religion in Greece...
What is the Greek Orthodox Church?
300
The Italian dictator who joined forces with Hitler during World War II?
Who is Benito Mussolini?
300
The largest city in Greece... (also the capital)
What is Athens?
300
This country has one of the largest shipping fleets in the world...
What is Greece?
400
the highest mountains in Europe
What are the Alps?
400
These two crops are grown in Greece and in other countries on the Mediterranean.
What are Grapes and Olives?
400
This Renaissance Artist painted the Sistine Chapel. Cowabunga.
Who is Michelangelo?
400
A word people use to describe areas where a lot of people live closely together, like in cities.
What is urban?
400
the spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church...
What is the Pope?
500
The type of government that currently rules Italy.
What is a Parlimentary Monarchy?
500
Greece's economy is lagging behind mainly because.....
What is lack of resources? or What is an economic crash involving the euro?
500
A great, ancient empire that was centered in Italy and conquered much of Europe.
What is the Roman Empire?
500
The world's smallest country...
What is Vatican City?
500
A type of government "ruled by one", typically a King or a Queen.
What is a Monarchy?
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