Chapter 16 geography test

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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


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