1. Location, Climate, and Natural Resources of Italy
Unit 1 Notes

2. Ready to learn about Italy?!

3. Click here to view the video clip about Italy’s flag.

4. Italy’s Location
Long, boot-shaped peninsula surrounded on 3 sides by the Mediterranean Sea
Alps form the northern border
Apennine Mountains run from the Alps to the sea
2 islands, Sardinia & Sicily, are part of the country

6. Italy’s Climate Temperate (mild) climate with regional differences
Coastal areas have mild winters and warm, dry summers
Mountains have cold, wet, and snowy winters and humid summers

7. Click here to view the video clip on Italy’s climate.

8. Italy’s Natural Resources
Has few mineral resources: natural gas, marble, granite, coal, mercury, zinc, and potash
Arable land is important (26% fertile land)
small farms cover much of the country
Grapes & olives are important crops
There are more than 800 ports for fishing boats

9. Where People Live Population: 58,000,000 Land Area: 116,320 sq mi
7 out of 10 Italians live in urban areas (Rome, Naples, Milan, & Turin)
About half of the people live in the most northern 1/3rd of the country!

10. Trade Apennine Mountains are like a backbone across Italy
They affect where people live & how they transport people and goods
Location on the Mediterranean Sea helps trade with other countries
Has a long history of shipping goods to countries in Africa, Europe, & Asia

11. Rome, Italy

12. Coliseum in Rome

13. Trevi Fountain in Rome

14. Cinque Terre

15. Venice

16. Why so Expensive?

17. St Mark’s Square in Venice

18. Bridge of Sighs in Venice

19. Michelangelo & Galileo are buried here.
Saint Croce
Michelangelo & Galileo are buried here.

20. Basilica of St Francis

21. Countryside

22. Vatican City

24. The Ruins of Pompeii