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Southern Europe Geography
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1
Which river is dammed to provide hydroelectricity for Spain?
Tiber River
Ebro River
Tagus River
Marista River
2
Lisbon is the capital of Portugal
False
True
3
Which country still has strong regional identities based on shared language or ancestry?
Portugal
Spain
Malta
the Netherlands
4
The languages of Italy, Spain, and Portugal are caterized as Romance languages an are based on?
Greek
Roman
Latin
Turkish
5
Which mountain range runs along the spine of the Italian Peninsula?
Appennies
Pyrenees
Alps
Tangus
6
Vatican City is home to the _____________________.
Roman Catholic Church and the Pope
Orthodox Patriarch
Lutheran church
Archbishop of Canterbury
7
Why doesn't Southern Europe have many lakes?
abundance of forest
too many rivers and dry climate
too many seas
glacial movement did not reach Soutern Europe.
8
Capital city of Italy
Rome
Po
Vatican City
Athens
9
Capital city of Spain
Madrid
Rome
Al-Andalus
Lisbon
10
In recent decades, political and economic instability are in what nations of Southern Europe?
Spain, Italy, and Greece
Portugal, Vatican City, and Greece
Spain, Andorra, and Liechtenstein
France, Croatia, and Slovenia
11
Which political-historical process led Southern Europe into a period of "Rebirth"
Colonialism
Nationalism
Renaissance
Complementarity
12
Which period saw a resurgence of the arts and culture in Europe during a long period of decline
Middle Ages
Classical Era
Roman Empire
Renaissance
13
What is Italy's longest river?
Po River
Tiber River
Marista River
Tagus River
14
This river is along the Greek border with Turkey.
Tiber
Marista
Tagus
Po
15
Which Greek city-state was known for strategic military strategies?
Corinth
Sparta
Athens
Thebes
16
The largest plain in Italy is called _______________.
Adriatic
Apennine
Po
Lombardy
17
Which type of landform is found that are prone to earthquakes caused by plate tectonic forces?
peninsula
massif
Meseta
plateau
18
A river that flows through Portugal.
Marista
Tiber
Po
Tagus
19
Why does most of the agriculture of Southern Europe occur along the coastal plain region?
higher amounts of rainfall and rich, sedimentary soil
lower amounts of rainfall and warmer temperatures
beneficial soil conditions and does not flood
irrigation opportunities from river systems in nearby mountains
20
The major climate in Southern Europe.
Sub tropical
West Coast
Oceantic
Mediterranean
21
Which city is located at the mouth of the Po River?
Athens
Rome
Venice
Madrid
22
Which is Italy's 2nd longest river and primary water source of Rome?
Tiber
Po
Rhine
Tangus
23
Which peninsula borders to the Aegean Sea to the East?
Italian
Iberian
Balkin
Turkish
24
The major mountain chains of Southern Europe include the _____________.
Apennines, Adriatic, and Ionian
Alps, Pyrenees, and Apennines
Black, Pyrenees, and Alpines
Tiber, Po, and Mediterranean
25
Which is not a major problem for Greece?
High cost of spending on social programs
High-unemployment
high-tech engineering
tax evasion
26
Which is a Renaissance artist?
Dali
Socrates
Picasso
Michelangelo
27
One of the major problems with the population in Southern Europe is _______________.
low migration
high birthrate
poor economic conditions
aging
28
The Ionian Sea is between Italy and Greece
True
False
