 | Term | Definition |
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true |
dry farming is a method in which land is left unplanted every few years |
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false |
portugal and spain were not sea powers in the 1500s |
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false |
both spain and portugal have a constitutional monarchy |
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true |
vatican city is the world's smallest nation |
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true |
italy has become one of the world's leading industrial economies |
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false |
in a coalition government, one party runs the country |
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false |
in greece high elevation areas are often hotter and wetter than the lowlands |
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true |
cyprus is an independent country |
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false |
most of the population of greece lives on farms |
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true |
the spanish people do not all speak the same language or follow a single culture |
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true |
italy has few natural resources |
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true |
the strait of gibraltar seperates europe from africa |
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crete |
the largest of the greek islands is..... |
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manufacturing and service industries |
the main economic activity in portugal is... |
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two-thirds of the land |
a plateau on the iberian peninsula covers.... |
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tourists |
southern italy is often visited byy...... |
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about 2600 years ago |
the first olympic games took place in Greece..... |
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different cultural regions |
castile. catalonia galicia and andalusia are spains..... |
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mainland greece |
the plain of attica and peloponnesus are areas of...... |
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dictators |
from the 1930s-1970s, both spain and portugal were ruled by.... |
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sunny summers and mild winters |
italys mediterrean climate means that most of italy has..... |
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mediterranean |
madrid is located in the ...... region |
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one of the worlds largest shipping fleets |
greece has always depended on the sea and today has |
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eastern orthodox religion |
spains people DONT practice the ........................ |
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mild winters and hot summers |
most of spain and portugal have a mediterrean climate that has..... |
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the po river valley |
fertile soil, and year-round rain are found which part of italy?? |
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it is the home of an ancient civilzation |
one reason greece is the center for tourism is that....... |
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most spainards |
the castillian dilalect is today the language spoken by......... |
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italys major manufacturing area |
the po river valley in italy is...... |
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plain of attica |
about one-third of the greek population lives on the...... |
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the alps |
italy produces hydroelectric power in..... |
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one-sixth |
portugal occupies about..... of the iberian peninsula |
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barcelona |
spains leading seaport |
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andorra |
small country in the pyreness next to france |
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balkan peninsula |
mainland greece is located on this landmass |
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basques |
ethnic group that has lived in spain for the longest time |
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catalonia |
the mediterranean coastal region in spain |
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lisbon |
the capital city of portugal |
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madrid |
the capital city of spain |
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the pyrenees |
forms the border between spain and france |
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tagus river |
iberian peninsulas longest river |
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vatican city |
world center for the roman catholic church |
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athens |
the capital city of greece |
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benito mussolini |
former dictator of italy |
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castile |
region in central spain |
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orthodox christianity |
religion practiced by most greeks |
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fransico franco |
former dictator of spain |
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muslims |
people who migrated from north africa to spain and portugal 5000 years ago |
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mount etna |
volcano in sicily |
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san marino |
small country in italy near the northeast coast |
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sardinia |
large italian island wast of the italian peninsula |
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sicily |
italian island at the southern tip of the italian peninsula |
