Cultures
Another name for a bullfighter in Spain?
What is a matador?
dictator of Italy
Who is Mussolini?
Separates southern Spain from Africa by 8 miles
Strait of Gibraltar
Alex the Great's type of government
monarchy
birthplace of the Italian Renaissance
Florence, Italy
worked for Spain, claimed North America
Christopher Columbus
Ice Cream made from cherries and nuts
Italian Spumoni
King of Spain
Who is Juan Carlos?
Greece's more than 2,000 islands are found in what two bodies of water?
Ionian and Aegean Sea
this specific "city-state" only wanted its citizens to learn the "art of war."
Sparta
this river is located near the city of Venice
Po River
worked for England
claimed North American land for ENGLAND
considered the birthplace of pizza
Naples, Italy
dictator of Spain
Who is General Francisco Franco?
Mountains that separate France from Spain
Pyrenees Mountains
a form of gov't where citizens own private property, but have no freedoms other than that.
Facism, by Mussolini
creator of fables
Aesop
he realized that the New World was truly a new world and not Asia...showed it on his maps
Amerigo Vespucci
One of Portugal's main sources of wealth...(plant based)
cork
Leader who started Facism
Benito Mussolini of Italy
River that divides Portugal in half
Tagus River
a democratic republic
Modern Greece is a democratic republic
What leader did Daniel describe in Dan 8:5-7, 21 that coordinates with our ancient history leader conquest
Alex the Great conquering Persia
Credited as the first to go in and around the whole earth by sea
Ferdinand Magellean
two favorite sports of Spain
soccer and bullfighting
Founder of modern science
Galileo
Mountain that destroyed Pompeii
What is Mt. Vesuvius?
the location of Vatican City and two things found in it.
Where is Rome? 1. Roman Catholic Church and 2. St. Peter's Basilica
author of Odyssey
Homer
explanation of so many of the Americas speaking Spanish
Spain was the leader in exploring the New World and spread their language as a result
this cultural achievement in Alexandria, Egypt held a famous collection of over 700,000 ancient scrolls
What is the great library?
Great Italian Renaissance artist
Michelangelo
3 physical map things that Spain and Portugal have in common
Iberian Peninsula
Surrounded by Atlantic Ocean
Leaders in exploring the New World
The two most important city-states in Greek government.
Sparta and Athens
President of the League of Corinth
Alex the Great
The spread of the Greek culture was very useful to prepare the way for the writing of this great book in the Greek language.
What is the New Testament?
first European to travel across Asia
Marco Polo
The countries that have "Alps"
France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Switzerland
the idea that the citizens of a country should take an active part in the government of the country. This type of government this called
Revenge 100 years later lead Alex the Great to burn this place with all of its palaces and beautiful buildings.
Persepolis
this word means "upper city" and is the religious center of the Greek city
what is the acropolis
father of Alexander the Great
Philip II, became King of Macedonia
Europe's Highest Active Volcano
What is Mt. Etna?
the place (small country north of Greece) despised by the Greeks who considered them uncivilized and barbarians yet produced a future king, namely, Alex the Great.
Macedonia