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- Southern Europe
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- Greece
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- 98% Greek Orthodox
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- Greece Tourism makes up 15% of Greeces income
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- Greece One of the worlds largest merchant fleets
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- Greece Cradle of Western Civilization
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- Italy
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- 98% Roman Catholic
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- Italy North is more prosperous than the south
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- Italy Europes Renaissance began here
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- Italy Politics is volatile12 major political parties
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- Spain
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- 99% Roman Catholic
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- Spain Moorish pastrule lasted from 711 to 1492
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- Spain Tourism is important to Spains economy
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- Spain 17 autonomous regions
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- Spain Basque separatism
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- Portugal
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- 97% Roman Catholic
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- Portugal Mostly rural
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- Portugal One of Europes poorest countries
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- Germany
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- Lutheran in the north and Roman Catholic in the south
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- Germany One of the worlds strongest economies
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- Germany Had been divided after WWII Berlin Wall came down in 1989
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- Austria Was the center of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
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- Austria 74% Roman Catholic
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- Luxembourg 97% Roman Catholic
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- Luxembourg Highest GNP/capita in Europe
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- Luxembourg Center of banking and finance
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- The Netherlands Holland The Dutch
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- The Netherlands 1/3 of land area lies below sea level
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- The Netherlands Rotterdam (on the Rhine) is the worlds busiest port.
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- Belgium 75% Roman Catholic
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- Belgium Hundreds of multinational headquarters
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- Belgium Shipping and steel industries
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- France 90% Roman Catholic
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- France Approximately the same size as Texas Texas has 19 million France has 58 million
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- France Productive and diversified economy Wine in the SW Industry in the N Grazing in the SE Oil refineries along the Mediterranean Tourism
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- Switzerland 52% Protestant/45% Roman Catholic
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- Switzerland Linguistic diversity
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- Switzerland A tradition of neutrality
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- Switzerland Banking, specialized manufacturing