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Chapter 11: Southern Europe Remember “IIB” Italian, Iberian, and Balkan Peninsulas

Chapter 11: Southern Europe Remember “IIB” Italian, Iberian, and Balkan Peninsulas. Iberian Peninsula. Spain, Portugal, and Andorra make up the Iberian Peninsula. People there enjoy a Mediterranean climate with mild winters and hot summers.

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Chapter 11: Southern Europe Remember “IIB” Italian, Iberian, and Balkan Peninsulas

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  1. Chapter 11:Southern EuropeRemember “IIB”Italian, Iberian, and Balkan Peninsulas

  2. Iberian Peninsula • Spain, Portugal, and Andorra make up the Iberian Peninsula. • People there enjoy a Mediterranean climate with mild winters and hot summers. • Although agriculture is still important to Spain and Portugal, most people now work in manufacturing and service industries. • Spain has several distinct cultural regions, each with its own language or dialect.

  3. Italian Peninsula • The Italian peninsula is shaped like a boot. • It extends out from Southern Europe into the center of the Mediterranean Sea. • The Po River valley, in the north, is Italy's main agricultural region and its principal industrial center. • The capital city of Rome was once the heart of the Roman Empire. • In the 1300s the Renaissance began in Italy.

  4. Balkan Peninsula • The mainland of Greece sits on the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula. • Another peninsula, the Peloponnesus, extends from the mainland farther south into the Mediterranean Sea. • There are also 2,000 islands surrounding the mainland. • Shipping and tourism are vital to Greece's economy. • Ancient Greece laid the foundation for western civilization.

  5. Balkan Peninsula • Other countries include all the countries that used to form Yugoslavia. • Macedonia used to actually rule Greece in Ancient Times. • Currently, they are going through a dispute about how Macedonia should be part of Greece.

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