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100

This city was covered in ash and preserved perfectly for hundreds of years

What is Pompeii?

100

Capital of Italy

What is Rome?
100

This is the largest lake in Italy

What is Lake Garda?

100

This race car driver became famous for a line of luxury cars

Who is Enzo Ferrari?

100

What is the official language of Italy?

What is Italian?

200
This age of enlightenment was a rediscovery of Greek and Roman knowledge. It also led to emergence of artists and knowledge known by people the world over.

What is the Renaissance?

200

Italy has 30 of these with three currently active

What are volcanoes?

200

This city is made of hundreds of islands and has hundreds of bridges to connect it

What is Venice

200

Two continents are named after this merchant explorer

Who is Amerigo Vespucci?

200
These three colors are on the Italian flag

What are red, white and green?

300

This war led to a huge debt not payed off until the 1970s and the rise of Benito Mussolini

What is World War One?

300

Italy has 61 million people making it the ____ largest country in Europe

What is third?

300

Italy has two microstates inside of its borders what are they

What are Vatican City and San Marino?

300

Known for his vocals, this singer is also blind and plays the piano

Who is Andrea Bocelli?

300

Italy was a member of this group in WWI

Who are the Axis Powers?

400

Led by Benito Mussolini, Italy sided with Germany during this war and assisted in the attack in the Battle of Britain

What is World War Two?

400

Italy is the ____ largest exporter in the world

What is eighth? 

400

This mountain is the tallest outside of Russia

What is Mont Blanc

400

Best known for his Mona Lisa and Last Supper, this person was also known for his notebooks filled with scientific notes and drawings

Who is Leonardo da Vinci?

400

This explorer is often credited with discovering America. He is often believed to be Spanish but is actually Italian

Who is Christopher Columbus?

500

Civil wars and political fighting as well as a larger and larger empire led to what major historical event

What is the fall of Rome?

500

Italy also has _____ islands

What is 350?

500

This is the backbone of Italy

What is the Apennine Range?

500

This person made giant contributions to science and astronomy and the development of the scientific method. He was ultimately persecuted for his scientific beliefs

Who is Galileo?

500

Vatican City is ruled by this individual

Who is the Pope?