Mediterranean Europe

Question 1

Meditarrenean area of Europe

Answer 1

Fully: Rome, Malta, Cyprus
Partially: France, Portugal, Italy, Spain

Question 2

Rome

Answer 2

was founded in 753 B.D. then conquered a HUGE empire in 100 A.D. and built a network of roads so all ways do in fact lead to Rome

Question 3

What made Meditarrenean Europe a place where population bloomed

Answer 3

1- mild climate

2- The sea making overseas trades easier

Question 4

Where was democracy born

Answer 4

Greece, Athens

Question 5

What is a city-state

Answer 5

A political unit made up of a city and it’s surrounding land.

Question 6

How did the population in Greece start?

Answer 6

People started moving to the Balkan and built villages there, each village was on a mountain so they were seperated creating city-states.

Question 7

What happened to Greece?

Answer 7

It started getting weaker as each city-state got in a fight with Persia. Then Athens fought with Sparta which made Greece even weaker. Finally Greece got conquered by Macedonia in 330 B.C.

Question 8

What was Rome ruled by

Answer 8

Republic system

Question 9

What is a republic

Answer 9

It’s when people elect someone to represent their name

Question 10

Roman empire

Answer 10

First Rome conquered most of the Italian peninsula. Then it started conquering other oversea cities like Balkan and Iberia. It then started having a turnoil so it was ruled by an emperor who ended the republic.

Question 11

Roman empire main religion

Answer 11

Christianity, after it conquered Palestine where Jesus was born.

Question 12

How long did the eastern Roman empire last

Answer 12

about 1,000 years

Question 13

What happened to the Mediterranean towards modern times

Answer 13

1- Balkan stayed part of the eastern Roman empire
2- in 1300s Italy saw the renaissance.
3- in 1400s Portugal and Spain started being discovered

Question 14

Italian city-states

Answer 14

Italy got divided to several cities. Then when the crusades started Italy supllied crusaders with ships and other things for money. The wealth made the Italian city-states very powerful.

Question 15

What are the crusades

Answer 15

A series of wars to steal the Muslim’s lands.

Question 16

Spain’s empire

Answer 16

In the 700s the Muslims conquered most of the Iberian peninsula. In the 1400s the rulers of Spain, Isabella and Fernando took Spain back.

Question 17

Spain and portugal

Answer 17

They started having voyages and many colonies in the Americas spreading Catholicism and Spanish and Portuguese.

Question 18

Religion and languages in Mediterranean Europe

Answer 18

1- Greece remained independent with it’s language- Greek, and religion- Orthodox Christianity
2- Italian, French, and Portuguese evolved from latin- Rome’s language, and took the three countries maintained the Rome Catholic religion.

Question 19

Aqueducts

Answer 19

structures that carry water for long distances.

Question 20

Economy before 20th century

Answer 20

Depended on Agriculture and fishing. Olives, Grapes, citrus, and wheat are major agriculture crops.

Question 21

Economy after 20th century

Answer 21

The industry started growing.
1- Italy was known for was known for clothes
2- Portugal produce textile.
3- Spain produced automobiles.
In the 1980s they joined the UN along with greece

Question 22

Governments after

Answer 22

1-Spain became a constitutional government
2- Italy became republic
3- Greece experimented alot.