1. Chapter 17
Mediterranean Europe

2. Section 1 - Spain
Spain is like a guarded castle - Pyrenees Mt. - block it from the rest of Europe and sea cliffs from the sea
Coastal plains and high plateaus form most of Spain - MESETA (plateau)
Mediterranean climate - northern coast gets rain but the rest is very dry
Southeast Spain - dry semi-arid
Sirocco - hot , dry winds from North Africa

3. Portugal NE - mts. , but slopes toward the Atlantic
More rainfall than Spain - farms wheat, corn and barley
Olive oil in the south
Cork and cork products from the oak trees
Use the homework chart to study

4. Section 2 - Italy
Shaped like a boot with the Apennine Mts. (divides the N and S)
Seismic activity - earthquakes and volcanic activity
Sicily - Mt. Etna Italy - Mt. Vesuvius
North - Alps, block westerlies so Italy’s climate is Mediterranean
10% in agriculture, high unemployment in south
Member of the EU

5. Regions of Italy United in 1871 NORTH - called European Italy
Po river valley - ag. (wheat and rice)
Commercial center (2/3 of all factories)
Milan and Turin - major cities
Hydroelectric power from Mt. water
Genoa - port city
Skiing
Venice - city of canals

6. Central Italy Rome - coliseum, Forum Vatican city - headquarters
for the Catholic church
Bologna - ag. Center
Florence - cultural center (Michelangelo) from the Renaissance - Sistine Chapel in Rome
Leonardo DaVinci - Last Supper, Mona Lisa

7. Southern Italy Mezzogiorno - includes Sicily and Sardinia
Poor soil, Mediterranean
mild, wet winters hot, dry summers
Naples - port city , high poverty

8. Section 3 - Greece
Pop. 10 million - Hellenic Republic - named after the Hellenes (small tribe, battled the Romans)
Homer - writes about the Trojan wars (Illiad) 1200 bc
Mediterranean Europe - EC/NATO (Euro)
Almost 2000 Islands inhabitable
North - Dinaric Alps, South - Tectonic forces
Grabens - area of land that have dropped down between faults (flooded)

9. Greece No point in Greece is more than 85 miles from the sea.
Piraeus - largest port
Crete used to be the center of Greece’s flourishing Bronze Age culture - Minoan culture
Tsunami - one theory of how they were destroyed
The decline in their population is still being considered

10. Greece Independence - 1829 from the Ottoman Empire
Parliamentary Republic
Mixed capitilism
Dowry - tradition of paying for woman
History
1. Persian War / Trojan War
2. Ottoman Empire
3. WWI (neutral, allies)
4. Restore Monarchy
5. WW II (Germany)

11. Sect. 3 cont.- Greece Greece - Mts. , rocky soil
Mount Olympus - highest point in Greece
Zeus statue
Sterea Hellas - most populated area of Greece, including Athens
Acropolis - fortress built a top a hill, built 5th century B.C.
Parthenon - monument designed for Athena