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Greece
Italy
Spain & Portugal
Physical Geography
100
This type of climate consists of dry and warm summers with wet and mild winters.
Mediterranean climate
100
The capital of Greece.
Athens
100
What is the capital of Italy?
Rome
100
The capital of Spain.
Madrid
100
All Southern European countries have coastlines along this body of water.
Mediterranean Sea
200
The spiritual head of the Roman Catholic Church.
the Pope
200
What are three things Greeks introduced to modern Western society?
democracy theatre art philosophy architecture geometry
200
This port city is one of the only economically stable cities in Southern Italy.
Naples
200
The capital of Portugal.
Lisbon
200
This mountain range consists of Europe's highest mountains and borders northern Italy.
Alps
300
___________ is an independent state located within the city of Rome.
Vatican City
300
When the Roman Empire divided into two parts around AD 400, Greece became part of the ____________ Empire, where Greeks adopted the Greek language and customs.
Byzantine
300
Name one reason people did not think to escape Pompeii when Mt. Vesuvius erupted.
- They didn't know it was a volcano - They thought their walls were strong enough - They didn't truly understand what was happening
300
After the Roman Empire fell apart, this area was invaded by the ______, a group of Muslims from North Africa.
Moors
300
The countries that make up Southern Europe make up these three peninsulas.
Iberian, Italian, and Balkan
400
The majority of Greeks belong to this branch of Christianity dating back to the Byzantine Empire.
Orthodox Church
400
In the 1300s and 1400s, this group of people from central Asia took over Greece.
Ottoman Turks
400
This period in Roman history lasted between 1350 and the 1500s and was identified as a period of creativity in Europe.
the Renaissance
400
Where did Spain and Portugal's wealth once come from and why did they become a poorer country in Europe?
Wealth came from gold and silver for their colonies. As these colonies became independent, Spain and Portugal became poorer because they didn't have many resources in their own countries.
400
This mountain range forms the border between Spain and France.
Pyrenees Mountains
500
In this form of government, a king rules with the help of an elected body.
parliamentary monarchy
500
What is the name of the Ancient Greek city raised above ground?
the Acropolis
500
The Roman Empire lasted from 700 BC to _______ AD largely due to weak leadership and outside invasions.
400 AD
500
A group of people in the Pyrenees Mountains have their own language unrelated to Spanish or Portuguese. What is this group of people called?
the Basque people
500
Found in Italy, this river flows through one of Southern Europe's most fertile and densely populated areas.
Po River