Chapter 16 geography test
Civilization in Greece can be drawn back to how many years?
2,500 years
During the war in Kosovo, many Albanians fled to where?
Albania
What was once Yugoslavia and now makes up the mountainous western Balkans?
Albania
What is the largest Greek island
Crete
N or S Italy is rich and industrial
North
What is Italy's capital and largest city?
Rome
N or S Italy is known as Mezzogiorno
South
N or S Italy is more agricultural
South
N or S Italy is poorer and drier?
South
Did the Soviet Union or the United States occupy all the Balkan countries except Greece at the end of WW2?
Soviet Union
Belgrade is the largest city where?
Western Balkans
cork
cork is bark that is stripped from the trunks of cork oaks
the lowest peak in greece is mt olympus, t or f
false
city-states
self-governing city and its surrounding area
autonomy
self-government
microstates
small countries
enclave
territorial or cultural unit, such as an ethnic group that is surrounded by a different territorial or culture
To the North, Italy is separated from the rest of Europe by what?
the Alps
greece became an independent country when?
1829
Where do people use the Cyrillic alphabet?
Bulgaria
What is the world's smallest country?
Vatican City
What is Greece's capital and largest city?
Athens
Honey based pastry eaten in Greece
Baklava
Greece lies at the southern tip of what peninsula?
Balkan Peninsula
Bosnia and Herzegovina are now called what?
Bosnia
Renaissance
French word meaning "rebirth"
Is Greece a poor or rich country?
Greece is a relatively poor country by European standards
About 98% of Greeks are what religion?
Greek Orthodox Christian
What country was the center of the Renaissance?
Italy
Greece is made up of many Peninsulas, islands, and mountains. T or F?
True
T or F, the Romans established a republic in central Italy about 500 b.c.
True
The western Balkans have one of the most diverse human populations in Europe. True or False?
True
