2. What two countries share the Iberian Peninsula?  Spain and Portugal

3. What religion are a majority of people in Spain?  Roman Catholic

4. What helped Spain build a worldwide empire in the 1500’s  A strong navy

5. Spain is the leading producer of what two goods?  Olive oil and Wine

6. During the 1900’s who ruled Spain for more than 35 years?  Francisco Franco

7. Portugal’s former countries include what three countries  Angola  Mozambique  Brazil  Part of Timor

8. What type of government do Spain and Portugal have?  democratic

9. What is the major sea port to the north in Portugal?  Porto

10. What is cork and what country is the leading producer of it?  Cork- is a bark stripped from trunks of cork oaks. It is used to seal wine and other bottles Portugal

11. What country are Sicily and Sardinia associated with  Italy

12. What Italian dictator formed a alliance with Germany in WWII  Benito Mussolini

13. What country in Europe has the most volcanoes?  Italy.  This is because the Italian peninsula stands on a fault line. Three major volcanoes (Etna, Stromboli, and Vesuvius) have erupted in the last hundred years

14. What landform region separates Italy from the rest of Europe  The Alps

15. What is a microstate and which two are located in Italy?  Microstate- very small countries;  Vatican City & San Marino

16. What lies between Spain and Portugal  The microstate Andorra

17. What lies at the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula  Greece- the country is made up of many peninsulas, islands, and rugged mountains

18. What is the highest peak in Greece  Mount Olympus- 9,570 feet

19. What were the Greeks responsible for developing  A early form of government

20. What are some common foods in Greece  The Turkish food Baklava- a honey based pastry

21. What countries were once apart of Yugoslavia  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatia  Macedonia  Slovenia

22. What seas surround the Balkan Peninsula?  Surrounded by the Black, Aegian and Mediterranean Seas.