Chapter 10 Mediterranean Europe Flashcards
Portugal
Capital: Lisbon
•Experts at fishing
•They were at world power one time, part of the Portuguese Empire
•Formal leader in the late 1500s who started navigational school
•Good for agriculture, where the best olive oil come from
•Border is mostly water
•They have a superior navy
•Henry the Navigator started the navigation school and they’re superior in navy
Spain
Capital: Madrid
•Was the under the rule of a dictator until the year 1973
•1978 they became a republic
•Barcelona has the largest sea port in the mediterranean
Monaco
Capital: Monaco
•Started in 1308, by the family known as the Grimaldi
•People from Monaco are called Monegasque
•They are a monarchy
Greece
Capital: Athens
•First Olympics started there, while naked
•Greece is composed of many islands because of the seismic activity, earthquakes
•Natural enemies are Turks, and Italians
•They are bankrupt
Malta
Capital: Vileta
•60 A.D. when Paul got into a shipwreck
•Have of the island is Greek in culture, and the other have is Turkish side
•It was part of the British empire and became independent in 1964
•English is the predominanant language, because it was once part of the British Empire
San Marino
Capital: San Marino
•Started in 301 A.D.
•Was a place of refuge for people who were fleeing from religious persecution , for freedom
Vatican City
Capital: Vatican City
•Became independent from Roam in 1929
•It’s 1/6 square mile
•That’s where the pope lives in the St. Peter’s Cathredra
Italy
Capital: Roam
•Roam believes that they’re the center of the world 100 B.C.– 300 A.D., When Roam had major power, aqueducks
•Island of Sicily is the one being kicked by the boot, where the original mafia started
•Sardinia has many historical biblical sights
•Agriculture is big there
•Their territory sardinia has a lot of biblical historical sites
•Arena is named after the sand called Arena Sand in the collisium of Roam
