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Geography CH 17

vocabulary

Question: A big wave
Answer: Tsunami

Question: deep and wide enough for ships to pass through
Answer: navigable

Question: center point of activity and influence
Answer:
Hub

Question: an area of land that has dropped down between a fault in the earth's crust
Answer: graben

Question: high plateau
Answer: meseta

Spain

Question: What land form separates the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe?
Answer: The Pyrenees

Question: How are Spain and Portugal alike?
a. Both countries occupy their own landmass
b. Rainfall is abundant in all parts of two countries
c. Both Spain and Portugal established colonial empires during the fifteenth century
d. Neither of the two countries is a member of the European Union
Answer: c. Both Spain and Portugal established colonial empires during the fifteenth century.

Question: The economy of Spain has changed in recent years in which of the following ways?
a. Bilbao has replaces Barcelona aas the country's largest port city
b. Transportation equipment is now the country's major export
c. The plastic and textile industries are no longer major employers.
d. Unemployment rates are so low because of the shift from agriculture toward new industries.
Answer: b. Transportation equipment is now the country's major export.

Question: What makes southeastern Spain the driest region in the country?
Answer: Dry, African winds blowing over the land (Sirocco)

Question: Besides the Pyrenees, what other physical features isolate the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe?
a. steep coastal cliffs
b. unnavigable rivers
c. desert regions
d. the French Alps
Answer: a. steep coastal cliffs

Italy

Question: Which of the following is an accurate statement about the northern region of Italy?
a. About two-thirds of Italy's factory products are made there
b. Farming is difficult because of poor soil and outdated farming techniques
c. Vatican City is located there
d. The leading Centers of the Renaissance are located there
Answer: a. About two-thirds of Italy's factory products are made there

Question: How has Italy's economy changed since 1950?
a. Italy has withdrawn from the European market
b. Farming and tourism have beome Italy's most important economic activities
c. More people are working in manufacturing and service industries
d. Small factories are slowly disappearing as larger ones continue to replace them throughout the country
Answer: c. More people are working in manufacturing and service industries

Question: When did the unification of Italy begin?
Answer: in the mid 1860s

Question: Why have many italians migrated to the north in recent years?
Answer: to work in northern factories

Question: All of the following are ways that Italy has changed except:
a. trees have been cleared, leaving only scrub vegetation
b. only about 10% of the work force is now employed in agriculture
c. in recent years, the government has encouraged the development of new factories and services
d. production of automobiles has declined since the 1950s
Answer: d. production of automobiles has declined since the 1950s

Greece

Question: Ancient Greece is credited with influencing Western ideas about ____________.
Answer: democracy

Question: Which of the following is an accurate statement about the economy of Greece?
a. Agriculture is not and important economic activity because of poor soil, sparse rainfall, and lack of modern technology
b. Grazing of sheep and goats is a common economic activity on the rugged mountain slopes of the country
c. Forestry is a major economic activity in the central region
d. Athens, once the major center of the country, has lost the position to the port city of Piraeus
Answer: b. Grazing of sheep and goats is a common economic activity on the rugged mountain slopes of the country

Question: All of the following are accurate statements about the island of Crete except:
a. It was the center of Greek culture about 3,000 years ago
b. Archaeologists have discovered that it was destroyed by a massive earthquake
c. It was the center of Minoan culture
d. It fell into rapid decline around 1500 BC
Answer: b. Archaeologists have discovered that it was destroyed by a massive earthquake

Question: All of the following are theories about what happened to Crete around 1500 BC except that the island was
a. attacked and destroyed by people from the mainland of Greece
b. destroyed by an earthquake
c. invaded by people from the island of Minos
d. Destroyed by a blanket of ash from a volcanic eruption, tsunamis, and earthquakes that caused oil lamps to overturn and set fires

Answer: c. invaded by people from the island of Minos

Question: Which of the following is NOT a reason Greece is considered a part of Mediterranean Europe?
a. It is a member nation of NATO and the European Union
b. It won independence from Turkey in 1830
c. Ancient Greek culture influenced ideas about western democracy
d. It has strong geographical ties of the Mediterranean.
Answer: b. It won independence from Turkey in 1830

Potpourri

Question: Compared to 100 years ago, today Portugal has more ______________________________ living in the country.
Answer: African immigrants

Question: Portugal established a huge trading empire and colonized large parts of ____________________ and __________________ between 1400 and 1800.
Answer: Africa and Brazil

Question: Which of the following is not a characteristic shared by Spain and Portugal?
a. Both countries, at one time, had vast empires
b. Both countries are part of the Iberian Peninsula
c. Both countries have large Basque speaking regions
d. Industry now plays a more important role in the economies of both countries than it did in the past.
Answer: c. Both countries have large Basque speaking regions

Question: The three regions of Italy were united under the _________________ and not again until the ________________________.
Answer: Roman Empire, mid 1860s

Question: What two seas does Greece rely on for irrigation
Answer: Aegean Sea and Mediterranean Sea