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What are siroccos?
These are hot, dry, sandy winds that come out of the Saharan Desert.
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Who are the Romans?
This is the name of the ancient people who conquered Italy, most of the western Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
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What is Mont Blanc?
This is the highest point in Europe.
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What is 10 percent?
This is the percent of Italians who work as farmers.
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What is nine?
There is this number of years between each Cork Oak harvest.
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What is a colony?
These are distant lands controlled by a mother country.
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Who are the Basques?
The people of northern and northwestern Spain who speak Euskara and who have fought often for their independence from Spain.
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What is Vatican City?
St. Peter's Basilica is in this country.
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What is southern Italy?
This is the poorest region of Italy and is also known as the Mezzogiorno.
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What is new markets?
Italy's economy boomed after joining the EU because of cheap labor and this factor.
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What is subsidence?
When the ground in an area sinks.
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Who are the Moors?
This is the group who the Portuguese conquered in 1143 to gain their independence.
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What is Mount Olympus?
This is the highest mountain in Greece.
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What is hi-tech?
Portugal's economy has struggled as it shifts from an agricultural economy to this kind of economy.
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What is San Marino?
This is the microstate in Italy other than Vatican City.
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What is renaissance (or the Renaissance)?
Another name for rebirth or a period of great learning that began in Italy in the 1300s and spread throughout Europe.
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Who are the Catalans?
The people of northeastern Spain who speak a hybrid of French and Spanish.
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What is the Po River?
This is the major river that runs through northern Italy.
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What is Piraeus?
The Greek economy depends on tourism to its ancient sites and this major port city.
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What are the Pyrenees Mountains?
This mountain range separates Spain from France.
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What is a graben?
The area of sunken, flooded land between two faults.
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What is Naples?
The poor people of southern Italy have flocked to this city in hopes of finding a better life.
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What is the Gulf of Corinth?
This is the graben that separates mainland Greece from the Peloponnese peninsula.
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What is "European Italy"?
The major area of food and factory production in Italy is known by this nickname.
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What is the Iberian Peninsula?
This is the name of the major peninsula in southwest Europe.
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