Chapter 13: Southern Europe Review

What are two central elements of Greek culture?

• church and family
• family and politics
• politics and church
• history and politics

In the 1800s, Greece became a monarchy after -

• holding free elections

• losing their colonies

• overthrowing the Turks

• conquering Spain

The head of the Roman Catholic Church lives in -

• Venice
• Rome
• Vatican City
• Sicily

Why is southern Italy poorer than northern Italy?

• It has less industry
• It has no tourism
• It has no coastal ports
• It has rich, fertile farmland

What is the westernmost peninsula in Europe?

• Iberian
• Balkan
• Italy
• Pindus

Architecture in Spain is influenced by -

• traditional fados
• Spain's Muslim past
• the Italians
• Spain's colonies

Important crops for Portugal are -

• grapes and cork
• pineapples and tomatoes
• tomatoes and cork
• grapes and pineapples

What are the highest mountains in all of Europe?

• The Apennines
• The Pindus
• The Alps
• The Pyranees

What form of government did Greece invent, then return to in 1974?

• monarchy
• dictatorship
• democracy
• republic

What happened that prompted the beginning of the Renaissance?

• Rich merchants supported art and artists
• Nationalism swept through Italy
• Rome ruled a vast empire.
• Italians overthrew Muslim rulers.