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How many countries are apart of Southern Europe?
4
All of the countries of Southern Europe share a coastline with which major body of water?
The Mediterranean Sea
Which mountain range creates a natural boundary between Spain and France?
The Pyrenees
This type of music specific to Portugal is often somber and the songs are about longing, and heartbreak.
What type of diet do the people of Southern Europe share?
Mediterranean Diet
How many peninsulas are found in Southern Europe?
3
Which river flows through Portugal through the center of Spain?
The Tagus River
This mountain range stretches from Northern Italy to Southern Italy.
The Apennines
This was a time period that lasted for 200 years in Ancient Greece. It was a time of peace and great advancement.
The Golden Age
What is the capital of Spain?
Madrid
The Iberian Peninsula
Which river flows through Northern Italy?
The Po River
This mountain range separates Italy from the rest of Europe in the North
The Alps
Renaissance means??
Rebirth
What is the capital of Portugal?
Lisbon
What peninsula is Italy found on?
The Italian Peninsula
The Mediterranean Sea has other smaller bodies of water that are apart of it such as the Adriatic Sea, the Aegean Sea, and the __________________
The Ionian Sea
What is the nickname for the entire continent of Europe?
"The peninsulas of peninsulas."
This type of music, specific to Spain is very upbeat with guitar playing and twirling dancers.
Flamenco
What type of government does Spain have?
Parliamentary Monarchy
What peninsula can Greece be found on?
The Balkan Peninsula?
What are the two main ideas that describe Southern Europe's physical features?
Rugged Mountains and Narrow Coastal Plains
tourism directed toward exotic, often threatened, natural environments.
Ecotourism
What city had 16,000 people killed by the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius?
Pompeii
What country was birthplace of Democracy?
Greece