Southern Med Europ
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4 Major nations of Mediterranean Region
hint p.i.g.s. -
Portugal
Italy
Greece
Spain - __________served as Europe's leading language for hundreds of years
- Latin
- In A.D. 79, the Roman settlement of Pompeii was buried under volcanic ash and lava from the eruption of
- Mount Vesuvius
- About A.D. 400, the Roman Empire was divided into 2 parts the western half was ruled from-____ The eastern half of the Roman Empire was known as the___________ It was ruled from Constatinople(Istanbul) now known as Turkey
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Rome
Byzantiane Empire - Mediterranean means
- in the middle of the land
- The word peninsula is derived from
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Latin
Paine(almost)
insula(island) - Portugal faces the _ocean rather then than the_______sea
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Atlantic
Mediterranean - Lands that surround the Mediterranean Sea and their cardinal locations are
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Africa to SOuth
Asia to East
Europe to North, West -
Physical geography of Southern Europe
Shared Characteristics -
Peninsulas
Mountains
Rivers
Resources - Romans built __________miles of roads
- 50,000
- Some important contributions of the Romans are
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Latin
Art
Literature
roads
Domes
Laws - Since 1945 these Mediterranean countries have had economic growht and rapid industrialization
- Greece, Italy, Spain
- The Norther part of Itlay is known as the country's "breadbasket" because of its plentiful
- wheat harvests
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Italy has shifted from ________ to
____________since WWII - Agriculture to industries
- The _________peninsula nearly cuts off Greece
- Peloponnesus
- __________are important natural resources for the Med region
- Rivers
- _________ is a farming techique developed by Italian farmers where flat feilds are cut into hillsides
- Terrace farming
- The _____ is an ancient Roman road where goods were carried and served as a marketplace
- Appein Way
- __________ is the "invisible" industry in the Med Region
- Tourism
- Milan, turin and Genoa in Italy are called the___ Triangle
- Golden
- __________helped start the European Union`
- Itlay
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A ____________ holds total authority over people. (Italy) Benito Mussolini,
(Spain) General Fransico Franco, and (greece) Antonio de Oliveria Salazare were dictators who ruled in Med Europ - Dictator