Southern Europe

Complementarity describes the Vatican’s relationship of interdependence on Rome, and illustrates the importance of the Roman Catholic religion in Italian society.

• True

• False

Compared to those of Northwestern Europe, the river systems of Southern Europe are longer, more easily navigable, and constitute a critical transportation network.

• True

• False

Southern Europe’s climate is influenced heavily by the warm waters of the Mediterranean Sea.

• True

• False

A massif is a type of river system common to the Alps and Pyrenees Mountains

• True

• False

Tungsten is a common natural resource found throughout the mountains of Southern Europe

• True

• False

Southern Europe is composed of three major mountainous peninsulas: the Iberian, the Balkan, and the Italian

• True

• False

As manufacturing activity declined across Southern Europe over the past 30 years, the ________ sector has increased steadily

• Agriculture

• Service Sector

Greeks in ancient Athens introduced the concept of ________, which has influenced society, politics, and culture around the world.

• Democracy

• Mythology

• Communism

Which mountain range runs along the spine of the Italian Peninsula?

• Apennines

• Alps

• Pyrennes

In recent decades, political and economic instability in some nations of Southern Europe was the result of

• the housing crisis and natural disasters

• industrial decline and EU mismanagement

• high national debt and unemployment