World Geography - Europe Portugal World Geography - Europe Picture: by Thomas from Vienna, Austria (overview) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Portugal - Location Continent: Europe

Portugal - Overview Capital and largest city: Lisbon Picture: by Thomas from Vienna, Austria (overview) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Portugal - Overview Population: 10,813,834 World rank: 80th (July 2014 est.) World rank: 80th Map: "EU-Portugal with islands circled" by EU-Portugal.svg: NuclearVacuumderivative work: Pethrus (talk) - EU-Portugal.svg. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EU-Portugal_with_islands_circled.svg#mediaviewer/File:EU-Portugal_with_islands_circled.svg

Portugal – Area Comparison Slightly smaller than the state of Indiana Map from CIA World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/po.html

Portugal – Physical Geography Sits on the Iberian Peninsula with Spain Borders the Atlantic Ocean Map: "Iberian map europe" by derivative work: BBird (talk) BBirdBlank_map_europe.svg: - Blank_map_europe.svg. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iberian_map_europe.svg#mediaviewer/File:Iberian_map_europe.svg

Portugal – Geography Border country: Spain Map: "Iberian map europe" by derivative work: BBird (talk) BBirdBlank_map_europe.svg: - Blank_map_europe.svg. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iberian_map_europe.svg#mediaviewer/File:Iberian_map_europe.svg

Portugal - Geography Climate: temperate climate; cool and rainy to the north, warmer and drier in the south Picture: by José Luís Ávila Silveira/Pedro Noronha e Costa (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Portugal - History In the 1400s and 1500s, Portugal was a global power during Europe’s “Age of Discovery” Had a strong navy Picture: "Retrato de Vasco da Gama" by Portuguese - [1] 2012-09-21 22:52:01. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Retrato_de_Vasco_da_Gama.png#mediaviewer/File:Retrato_de_Vasco_da_Gama.png Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, the first European to reach India by sea

Portugal - History In 1755, Portugal was weakened when much of its capital city, Lisbon, was destroyed in an earthquake During the Napoleonic Wars, Portugal would be occupied by France Picture: "Lissabon-3" by Original uploader was Galilea at de.wikipedia - Transferred from de.wikipedia; transferred to Commons by User:EvaK using CommonsHelper.. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lissabon-3.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Lissabon-3.jpg Depiction of the Great Lisbon Earthquake

Portugal - History In 1822, Portugal’s largest colony, Brazil, was granted independence In 1910, Portugal’s monarchy would be overthrown Map: "BRA orthographic" by Addicted04 - Own work with Natural Earth DataThis vector image was created with Inkscape.. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BRA_orthographic.svg#mediaviewer/File:BRA_orthographic.svg Brazil

Portugal - History In 1926 a military coup established a dictatorship In April 1974, another coup would lead to democratic reforms The 1974 coup was called the “carnation revolution” as no shots were fired Picture: "Desfile de tropas 28 de Maio 1926" by Attributed to Joshua Benoliel - Scan de imagem do Livro "Portugal um século de imagens" Editado pelo "Diário de Notícias, S.A." em 1999). Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Desfile_de_tropas_28_de_Maio_1926.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Desfile_de_tropas_28_de_Maio_1926.jpg Troops in Lisbon during the 1926 Coup

Portugal - Government Government type: Republic; parliamentary democracy Picture: "Parlamento-IPPAR1". Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parlamento-IPPAR1.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Parlamento-IPPAR1.jpg São Bento Palace, meeting place of the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic

Portugal - Economy Monetary unit: Euro Debt has been an economic problem Textile and tourism industries are important Picture: "Euro coins and banknotes" by Avij (talk · contribs) - Own work. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Euro_coins_and_banknotes.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Euro_coins_and_banknotes.jpg

Portugal - Economy GDP per capita: $22,900 (2013 est.) World rank: 64th Picture: "Euro coins and banknotes" by Avij (talk · contribs) - Own work. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Euro_coins_and_banknotes.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Euro_coins_and_banknotes.jpg

Portugal - Culture Language: Portuguese Religion: 81% Roman Catholic Picture: "Mosteiro de Alcobaça (Portugal) 2". Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mosteiro_de_Alcoba%C3%A7a_(Portugal)_2.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Mosteiro_de_Alcoba%C3%A7a_(Portugal)_2.jpg Monastery of Batalha, a UNESCO World Heritage site

Portugal - Culture Football (Soccer in the U.S.) is the most popular sport Picture: "Portugiesische Fans bei der Euro 2004" by Fritz Duras; original uploader was Trainspotter at de.wikipedia - Originally fromde.wikipedia(Original text: http://austria80.org/0406300034b.jpg). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portugiesische_Fans_bei_der_Euro_2004.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Portugiesische_Fans_bei_der_Euro_2004.jpg