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8th Grade World Geo - Chapter 17 Mediterranean Europe
8th Grade World Geo - Chapter 17 Mediterranean Europe
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1
Where are most of Italy's factories located?
in the south of the country
in the north of the country
in the center of the country
in Sardinia and Sicily
2
What percentage of the country's population lives in the city of Athens?
one sixth
one half
one fourth
one third
3
Identify "G"
Portugal
Africa
Spain
Europe
4
Who is known for painting the Sistene Chapel?
Michelangelo
Goya
Rafael
Picasso
5
What is the name of the smaller island on this map?
Crete
Sicily
Cos
Sardinia
6
Identify "B"
Atlantic Ocean
Aegean Sea
Strait of Gibraltar
Mediterranean Sea
7
What means hot, dry winds from northern Africa?
tsunamis
sirocco
seismic activity
grabens
8
Identify "H"
Portugan
Africa
Spain
Strait of Gibraltar
9
What is the capital of Spain?
Rome
Barcelona
Madrid
Lisbon
10
Where did Portugal once have colonies?
Africa and South America
Northern Asia
North American and Antarctica
North America and South America
11
Which culture did NOT influence Spain?
Islamic
Jewish
Greek
Christian
12
Which of these can be said of Genoa?
It is a farming area
It is a port city.
It is the place where the Pope lives.
It is a cultural center.
13
What means leave land unplanted every few years in order to gather moisture?
sirocco
grabens
dry farming
susitance farming
14
Which city is known for its canals and is an Italian tourist center?
Vesuvius
Venice
Genoa
Rome
15
What is the capital of Italy?
Lisbon
Madrid
Athens
Rome
16
What means able to support permanent residents?
subsidence
inhabitable
navigable
townspeople
17
Identify "D"
Ionian Sea
Meditteranean Sea
Adriatic Sea
Aegean Sea
18
What is the largest of the Greek Islands?
Kos
Rhodes
Samos
Crete
19
What is the capital of Portugal?
Rome
Madrid
Athens
Lisbon
20
Who/What is minos?
the legendary god of Crete
the Greek word for policemen
the largest of the Greek islands
none of thses answers are correct
21
Vesuvius is a __________________________.
volcano
mountain
town
Greek God
22
Spain and Portugal signed_______________ to divide newly colonized land.
pledge
pact
agreement
treaty
23
What is the area, measuring less than 1 square mile, inside of the city of Rome called?
San Marino
Vatican City
Colosseum
Decropolis
24
Which country contains the cities of Corinth, Philippi, and Thessalonica?
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Greece
25
Crete (red island) was the cultural center of Greece in the Bronze Age.
True
False
26
What mountains separte the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe?
the Pyrenees
the Meseta
the Apennines
the Alps
27
Which country started the idea of democracy?
Italy
Greek
Portugal
Spain
28
What region in Spain has held on to their strong independent identitiy for over 500 years.
Sastile
Basque
Catalonia
Andalusia
29
Identify this country.
Spain
Greece
Portugal
Italy
30
What is a giant seawave?
volcanic eruption
tsunami
earthquake
all of these answers are correct
31
Identify this country.
Greece
Italy
Spain
Portugal
32
What are two kinds of architecture in Spain?
Islamic and Jewish
<p>Greek and Romanesque</p>
Goth and Romanesque
Goth and Greek
33
What is areas of land that have dropped down between faults?
subsidence
crete
grabens
minos
34
Which has Greece always depended on for trade?
airports
the sea
highways
the European Union
35
Identify "C"
Aegean Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
Ionian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
36
Identify this country.
Portugal
Greece
Italy
Spain
37
What is the name of the largest island on this map?
Rhodes
Cos
Sardinia
Sicily
38
Identify this country.
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Greece
39
Bullfighting is most closely connected to which country.
Italy
Spain
Greece
Portugal
40
What is the climate of Italy and Greece called?
SW European
Mediterranean
Medi-Euro
Grecian
41
Which of these Mediterranean countries is a peninsula?
Spain
Italy
All of these
Greece
42
Where is Italy's best farmland?
in the southern tip of Italy's boot
in the central part of the country
in the southern islands of Sardinia and Sicily
in the north, in the Po River Valley
43
What two countries are moving from agriculture toward industry in economy?
Italy and Greece
Greece and Portugal
Portugal and Spain
Spain and Italy
44
Identify "A"
Atlantic Ocean
Strait of Gibraltar
Aegean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
45
How are the Basques different from other people in Spain?
They want stronger times with the Spanish government
They speak only Spanish
They speak a language not related to other European language
They have better farmland than other peopl in Spain
46
Identify "E"
Mediterranean Sea
Ionian Sea
Adriatic Sea
Aegean Sea
47
What is the capital of Greece?
Madrid
Lisbon
Athens
Rome
48
Which city was the cultural center during the Renaissance?
Milan
Florence
Rome
Athens
49
Identify "F"
Aegean Sea
Ionian Sea
Adriatic Sea
Mediterranean Sea
50
What is a great period of art and learning that started in Italy in the 1300s, meaning rebirth?
culture
subsidence
bounarroti
renaissance
51
Where can most of the major cities be found in Italy?
central
south
north
52
What means a central point of concentrated activity and influence?
hub
region
capital
renaissance
53
What is a geoplogical phenomenon in which the ground in an area sinks.
subsidence
mudslide
quick sand
sinkhole
54
What means deep and wide enough to allow ships to pass?
unnavigable
irrigation
navigable
graben
55
Seismic activity deals with _______________.
none of these answers are correct
earthquakes
volcanic eruptions
both answers are correct
56
Venice is an example of subsidence.
False
True
