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CHAPTER 17 MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE

CHAPTER 17 MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE. SPAIN,PORTUGAL, ITALY AND GREECE. 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. SPAIN. SPAIN--CALLED THE “ CASTLE ”

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CHAPTER 17 MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE

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  1. CHAPTER 17MEDITERRANEAN 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

  3. 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 • http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/spain-map/

  4. 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

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

  6. SETTLING SPAIN • MADRID-CAPITAL AND LARGEST CITY • CONSIDERED THE CENTRAL AREA OR “HUB” OF SPAIN • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSMI5cQy7RM&feature=fvwrel • POPULATION OF CITY OVER 3 MILLION • HEAVY TRAFFIC AND AIR POLLUTION

  7. 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

  8. TOURIST ACTIVITIES • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI-HqszRq0g&NR=1 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_fcYvE9lj0&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu_SORjrUa4&feature=PlayList&p=42FF8522D0981FF0&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1

  9. PORTUGAL • SMALL IN COMPARISON TO SPAIN • 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

  10. 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

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

  12. SECTION 2 ITALY • NICKNAMED THE “BOOT” • INCLUDES THE ISLAND OF SICILY • APENNINE MOUNTAINS STRETCH THE LENGTH OF ITALY • GREAT DEAL OF SEISMIC ACTIVITY • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEv3wzHAAj8 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDoSWAQXYqk

  13. THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT OF ITALY • ALPS MTS. ARE NORTHERN BORDER-CREATE A MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE. • DEFORESTATION AND SOIL EROSION • 1960--33% WORKED ON FARMS • 2005-10% WORK ON FARMS

  14. 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

  15. 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 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG2bl-zxL4M

  16. REGIONS OF ITALY-CENTRAL ITALY • BIRTHPLACE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE • CAPITAL CITY OF ROME • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjgIl5ZFeXs&feature=related • LOCATION OF VATICAN CITY • CENTER OF CATHOLIC CHURCH & POPE • THIS IS WHERE THE RENAISSANCE BEGAN--INCREASE IN ART & LEARNING IN THE 1300’S

  17. 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.

  18. 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

  19. QUICK FACTS ABOUT GREECE

  20. ATHENS AND ECONOMICS • CAPITAL LOCATED IN “STERA HELLAS” • POPULATION OVER 3 MILLION • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30Ou_QaxXAs&feature=related • PIRAEUS-LARGEST PORT OF GREECE • FISHING, TOURISM, AND AGRICULTURE LEAD THE ECONOMY. • OLIVES, CITRUS FRUITS, FIGS, WHEAT

  21. 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) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj810hUDVUQ&feature=related

  22. GREEK MYTHOLOGY • GREEKS WORSHIPPED MULTIPLE GODS WHO ACCORDING TO LEGEND LIVED ON MT. OLYMPUS • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP_NeirFIkM

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

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