Chapter 12 Southern Europe

The decreasing population in the region is caused by this.

• immigration
• low birthrates
• disease
• famine

Major contributions of the Romans and Greeks to the arts include columns, arches, domes as well as these depictions of people.

• cave drawings
• clay drawings
• paintings
• sculptures

Changes in global climate have made summers unpredictable. Some summers turn into droughts and others produce this unseasonable form of precipitation.

• rain
• snow
• sleet
• hail

Higher altitude areas are also affected by climate change. The glaciers are shrinking, while the forests are being attacked by these insects that flourish in warmer temperatures.

• beetles
• spiders
• centipedes
• ants

This activity is a growing concern in Europe. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), and international NGO, is leading a grassroots campaign in Europe to protect forest biomes. Specifically they are working to reduce soil erosion and the risk of forest fires and fighting the causes of global warming.

• deforestation
• acid rain
• air polution
• over population

Most people in Spain, Portugal, and Italy belong to the ____ church.

• Roman Catholic
• Greek Orthodox
• Lutheran 
• Muslim

These mountains form the border between 2 countries

• Pyrenees
• Italy
• Alps
• Apenines

Democracy was born in ancient ___________.

• Greece
• Egypt
• Rome
• Mesopotamia

Ferdinand and Isabella were known for pushing the ____ south back to Africa.

• Moors (Muslim North Africans)
• The South Africans
• Portuguese
• Irish

Due to economic problems many people choose to move to countries in Southern Europe

• True
• False