1. CHAPTER 17 MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE
SPAIN,PORTUGAL,
ITALY AND GREECE

2. SECTION 1: SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
BOTH NATIONS OCCUPY THE IBERIAN PENINSULA
PORTUGAL MAKES UP 1/6 OF THIS PENINSULA
PENINSULA SEPARATED FROM FRANCE BY PYRENNES MOUNTAINS

4. SPAIN SPAIN--CALLED THE “CASTLE”
SPANISH COAT OF ARMS
ACCESS BLOCKED BY PYRENNES MTS.
MOST OF INTERIOR SPAIN PLATEAUS CALLED “MESETA”
DIVIDED BY RIVERS, ONLY THE GUADALQUIVIR RIVER IS NAVIGABLE

5. SPAIN’S CLIMATE ALMOST ALL MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE
CLIMATE INFLUENCED BY ELEVATION
MESETA IS DRIER THAN NORTH
USE DRY FARMING METHODS SO SOILS GATHERS MOISTURE
SOUTHEASTERN SPAIN AFFECTED BY SIROCCOS-HOT DRY WINDS FROM N. AFRICA

6. SPAIN’S ECONOMY
ECONOMY SHIFTS FROM AGRICULTURE TO INDUSTRY (TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT)
BILBAO--LEADING INDUSTRIAL CITY
BARCELONA--LEADING PORT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 20%

7. SETTLING SPAIN MADRID-CAPITAL AND LARGEST CITY
CONSIDERED THE CENTRAL AREA OR “HUB” OF SPAIN
POPULATION OF CITY OVER 3 MILLION
HEAVY TRAFFIC AND AIR POLLUTION

8. CULTURAL DIVERGENCE
DIFFERENT GROUPS IN SPAIN TRY TO KEEP THEIR OWN IDENTITY
MOST DIVERGENT PEOPLE ARE THE BASQUE OF NORTHERN SPAIN
OWN LANGUAGE
SEEK TO BE AN INDEPENDENT STATE

9. TOURIST ACTIVITIES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI-HqszRq0g&NR=1

10. PORTUGAL SMALL IN COMPARISON TO SPAIN NORTHEAST IS MOUNTAINOUS
SIZE OF STATE OF INDIANA
NORTHEAST IS MOUNTAINOUS
AVERAGE 20 INCHES OF RAIN A YEAR
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY
WHEAT, CORN, BARLEY GROW IN FLAT LANDS
OLIVE OIL FROM THE SOUTH
WINE FROM NORTH
CORK AND CORK PRODUCTS

12. PORTUGESE HISTORY FREED FROM MOORS IN 1143
CAPITAL CITY OF LISBON BECAME LEADING TRADE CENTER OF EUROPE
1400’S EXPLORED AND COLONIZED AFRICA. (DAGAMA AND DIAS)
CLAIMED CONTROL OF BRAZIL IN 1480’S
PORTUGAL LOST COLONIES IN 1800’S
MILLIONS OF AFRICANS HAVE IMMIGRATED TO PORTUGAL
PORTUGAL JOINED THE E.U. IN 1986

13. PORTUGAL’S FUTURE ECONOMY SHIFTING TOWARD INDUSTRY
CORK, TEXTILES, SHOES, CLOTHING
LITERACY RATE OF 87%
INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION A GROWING PROBLEM

14. SECTION 2 ITALY NICKNAMED THE “BOOT” INCLUDES THE ISLAND OF SICILY
APENNINE MOUNTAINS STRETCH THE LENGTH OF ITALY
GREAT DEAL OF SEISMIC ACTIVITY

16. THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT OF ITALY
ALPS MTS. ARE NORTHERN BORDER-CREATE A MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE.
DEFORESTATION AND SOIL EROSION
% WORKED ON FARMS
% WORK ON FARMS

17. MIGRATION AND ECONOMICS OF ITALY
POPULATION OF 58 MILLION
OVERCROWDING
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT IN SOUTHERN ITALY
LACK OF FARMLAND.
MANY PEOPLE MOVED TO NORTHERN ITALY FOR JOBS IN INDUSTRY
GROWING INDUSTRY OF ITALY
AUTOMOBILES, APPLIANCES, METAL GOODS
ITALY LEADS WORLD IN FASHION AND HOME DESIGNS

18. REGIONS OF ITALY-NORTHERN ITALY
1. NORTHERN ITALY-(EUROPEAN ITALY)
PO RIVER VALLEY
CHIEF AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL AREA.
SKI RESORTS OF THE ALPS
LOCATION OF VENICE
TOURIST ATTRACTION

19. REGIONS OF ITALY-CENTRAL ITALY
BIRTHPLACE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
CAPITAL CITY OF ROME
LOCATION OF VATICAN CITY
CENTER OF CATHOLIC CHURCH & POPE
THIS IS WHERE THE RENAISSANCE BEGAN--INCREASE IN ART & LEARNING IN THE 1300’S

20. REGIONS OF ITALY-SOUTHERN ITALY
NICKNAMED THE MEZZOGIORNO
INCLUDES ISLANDS OF SICILY AND SARDINIA
LIMITED AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY
MANY PEOPLE HAVE LEFT FOR THE NORTH (JOBS)
NAPLES--LARGEST CITY OF THE REGION.

21. SECTION 3 GREECE GREECE--BIRTHPLACE OF DEMOCRACY
MEMBER OF E.U. AND NATO
INCLUDES 2000 SMALL ISLANDS
MEETING PLACE OF TECTONIC PLATES
FORMS GRABENS--FLOODED AREAS OF LAND THAT DROP BETWEEN FAULTS
GRABENS FORMED AEGEAN SEA AND GULF OF CORINTH

23. QUICK FACTS ABOUT GREECE
Capital:Athens
Population: 10.9 million
Population density (per sq km): 80
Area: sq
Language: Greek
Major religion: Orthodox Christian
Currency: Euro

24. ATHENS AND ECONOMICS CAPITAL LOCATED IN “STERA HELLAS”
POPULATION OVER 3 MILLION
PIRAEUS-LARGEST PORT OF GREECE
FISHING, TOURISM, AND AGRICULTURE LEAD THE ECONOMY.
OLIVES, CITRUS FRUITS, FIGS, WHEAT

25. HISTORY OF GREECE
ISLAND OF CRETE--GREEK CIVILIZATION BEGINS 3500 YEARS AGO.
MINOAN CIVILIZATION MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARS !
BIRTHPLACE OF DEMOCRACY(ATHENS)
GREAT WARS OF GREECE:
WAR WITH TROY
ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY-STORY OF THE TROJAN WAR AND THE EXPLOITS OF ULYSSES AND ACHILLES
WAR WITH PERSIA
THE 300 (SPARTANS AGAINST PERSIA)

26. GREEK MYTHOLOGY
GREEKS WORSHIPPED MULTIPLE GODS WHO ACCORDING TO LEGEND LIVED ON MT. OLYMPUS

27. GREEK HISTORY CONQUERED BY ROMANS 200 B.C. TAKEN OVER BY TURKS IN 1453
BECAME AN INDEPENDENT NATION IN 1829