Terms People Points of Interest Economics Hodge Podge
100
What are siroccos?
These are hot, dry, sandy winds that come out of the Saharan Desert.
100
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.
100
What is Mont Blanc?
This is the highest point in Europe.
100
What is 10 percent?
This is the percent of Italians who work as farmers.
100
What is nine?
There is this number of years between each Cork Oak harvest.
200
What is a colony?
These are distant lands controlled by a mother country.
200
Who are the Basques?
The people of northern and northwestern Spain who speak Euskara and who have fought often for their independence from Spain.
200
What is Vatican City?
St. Peter's Basilica is in this country.
200
What is southern Italy?
This is the poorest region of Italy and is also known as the Mezzogiorno.
200
What is new markets?
Italy's economy boomed after joining the EU because of cheap labor and this factor.
300
What is subsidence?
When the ground in an area sinks.
300
Who are the Moors?
This is the group who the Portuguese conquered in 1143 to gain their independence.
300
What is Mount Olympus?
This is the highest mountain in Greece.
300
What is hi-tech?
Portugal's economy has struggled as it shifts from an agricultural economy to this kind of economy.
300
What is San Marino?
This is the microstate in Italy other than Vatican City.
400
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.
400
Who are the Catalans?
The people of northeastern Spain who speak a hybrid of French and Spanish.
400
What is the Po River?
This is the major river that runs through northern Italy.
400
What is Piraeus?
The Greek economy depends on tourism to its ancient sites and this major port city.
400
What are the Pyrenees Mountains?
This mountain range separates Spain from France.
500
What is a graben?
The area of sunken, flooded land between two faults.
500
What is Naples?
The poor people of southern Italy have flocked to this city in hopes of finding a better life.
500
What is the Gulf of Corinth?
This is the graben that separates mainland Greece from the Peloponnese peninsula.
500
What is "European Italy"?
The major area of food and factory production in Italy is known by this nickname.
500
What is the Iberian Peninsula?
This is the name of the major peninsula in southwest Europe.






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