greece, italy, portugal, spain sections 2-4. section vocabulary athens (p. 408) democracy pope (p....
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Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain
Sections 2-4
Section Vocabulary
• Athens (p. 408)• democracy• pope (p. 412)• Vatican City (p. 412)• Rome (p. 414)• parliamentary monarchy (p. 418)• Madrid (p. 418)• Lisbon (p. 418)
Greece
Greece
• Greece is home to one of the world’s oldest civilizations.• Ancient Greeks were artists,
thinkers, writers, and scholars.• Today, Greece is a mix of the old and
the new.• Greece’s capital city is Athens. • 1/3 of the population lives in or
around Athens.
• Greece’s economy has struggled recently. • They have a lack of natural resources.•Only 1/5 of the land can be farmed.• Few mineral resources (gold, coal)• Greece depends on shipping and tourism.
Italy
Italy
• Ancient Rome was one of the world’s oldest and most successful civilizations.• During World War II, Italy was a dictatorship
(autocracy) under Mussolini.• Since WWII, Italy has been a democracy, a
government system in which the people vote for their leaders.• Today, Rome is the capital city of Italy.
• The pope, the spiritual head of the Roman Catholic church, lives on the Italian Peninsula.• Vatican City is a country INSIDE Rome. It
is the smallest country in the world.
Spain and Portugal• Spain and Portugal share the Iberian Peninsula
although they are separate countries. • They both went on to build large empires.• Brazil Portugal• Spain many countries in North & South
America• Spain and Portugal were very rich because of
their colonies. • When their colonies became independent, the
money flow decreased.• Spain and Portugal are poorer than a lot of
European countries today.
• Spanish is spoken in Spain (and most of Spain’s former territories).• Portuguese is spoken in Portugal & Brazil.•Madrid is the capital city of Spain.• Lisbon is the capital city of Portugal.
Lisbon
• Today Spain is a parliamentary monarchy, which means that the king rules with the help of an elected parliament (law-making group).
King Felipe of Spain Spanish Parliment