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Atlantic climate | What term can be used to describe the wet area of North Spain? |
phytochoria | What is a word that can be used to describe the plant life of southern Europe? |
Armen Takhtajan | Who coined the term phytochoria? |
classical antiquity | What era started when Ancient Greek cities became self-governing entities? |
city-states | What was the name of the different governments forming in Ancient Greece? |
Alexander the Great | Who was responsible for the bringing Greek culture as far as Asia? |
Rome | Where was the headquarters of the Western Roman Empire? |
Constantinople | Where was the headquarters of the Eastern Roman Empire? |
Germanic | Which tribes brought down the Western Roman Empire? |
AD 476 | What year is considered the transition between the classical period and the Middle Ages? |
300 AD | By what year was the Roman Empire split into two sections? |
the Byzantine Empire | What is the Eastern Roman Empire in the Middle Ages called by contemporary scholars? |
Germanic peoples | Who took over the remains of the Western Roman Empire? |
kingdoms and empires of their own | What did Germanic people create in place of the Western Roman Empire? |
the Crusades | What is the name of the period of armed incursions undertaken in the name of Christianity? |
1204 | When did Crusaders invade Constantinople? |
Genoa and Venice | Which two cities benefited greatly from the activities of Crusaders? |
The Reconquista | What was the name of another activity like the Crusades occuring on the Iberian peninsula? |
the Byzantine Empire | What empire was destroyed by the Sack of Constantinople? |
The Late Middle Ages | What era was characterized by turmoil in Europe? |
the Black Death | What disease plagued Europe during the Late Middle Ages? |
the Ottoman Empire | Which new regime appeared in the Balkan region during the Late Middle Ages? |
1453 | When did the Ottoman Empire conquer Constantinople? |
14th century | When was the start of the period known as the Renaissance? |
Florence | In what city did the Renaissance begin? |
science and theology | What areas of knowledge were subject to much debate during the Renaissance? |
Greek and Roman | The encounter with Arabic knowledge put Renaissance thinkers back in touch with the teachings of which ancient civilizations? |
Portugal and Spain | Which countries initiated the Age of Exploration following the Reconquista? |
1648 | When did religious conflict end in Europe? |
Spain and France | Between which two nations was the Treaty of the Pyrenees signed? |
Galileo Galilei | Which scientist developed a means of viewing space? |
Guglielmo Marconi | Who was responsible for creating the first radio? |
the rise of colonial empires | What resulted from Europe's exploration of the New World? |
the Columbian Exchange | What institution of mercantilism was established with New World colonies? |
manufacturing | What replaced agriculture as the focus of European economy with the establishment of overseas colonies? |
the Industrial Revolution of Great Britain | Aside from the activities of colonies, what other event fostered the transition from agriculture to manufacturing? |
between 1815 and 1871 | When were there many struggles for independence or overthrowing prevailing governments? |
the Ottoman Empire | From whom did Balkan states start retaking their independence? |
1870 | In what year was Rome conquered? |
The Age of Empire | What phrase is used to describe the period marked by competition for extant lands? |
1914 | In what year did World War I begin? |
1918 | When did a victor emerge in World War I? |
the Paris Peace Conference | At what event did the major Allied powers assert their conditions at the end of the war? |
The Nazi regime | Which group took control in 1933? |
Adolf Hitler | Who led the Nazis? |
Italy | Which country did Hitler align Germany with? |
Mussolini | Who was the leader of Italy when World War II started? |
the Warsaw Pact | What was the military partnership between countries aligned with the Soviet Union called? |
European Union | What does EU stand for? |
market rules, competition, legal standards and environmentalism | What was the European Union tasked with managing? |
1989 | When did communism fall in allies of the Soviet Union? |
1991 | When did the USSR dissolve? |
2013 | In what year was Croatia admitted to the European Union? |
Romance languages | What is the most common group of languages spoken in Mediterranean Europe? |
Italy, San Marino, and the Vatican | What are the three main areas of southern Europe where Italian speakers can be found? |
eastern Spain | Where can people who speak Catalan be found? |
Galician | What language is spoken in northwest Spain? |
over 40 million | How many people in Spain and Gibraltar are Spanish speakers? |
Hellenic | What is another term for Greek? |
Cyprus | Outside of Greece itself, in what other nation is Greek a major language? |
Macedonian | What language is used in Macedonia? |
Bulgarian | What do people speak in Bulgaria? |
Slovenia | Slovene is a major language in what country? |
English | What is considered a de facto second language in Mediterranean Europe? |
Spanish | Besides English, what other language is spoken in Gibraltar? |
Maltese | Besides English, what other language is spoken in Malta? |
Albanian | What language can be found used in Kosovo and Albania? |
Semitic | What type of language is Maltese? |
northern Spain and southwestern France | Where is Basque Country located? |
Christianity | What is the main faith practiced in southern Europe? |
380 AD | When did the Romans make Christianity their official religion? |
Roman Catholic | What denomination of Christianity is common in the western part of southern Europe? |
Greek Orthodox | Which denomination of Christianity is more common in the eastern part of Mediterranean Europe? |
regions | What term is used by the UNO to divide groups of nations? |
statistical convenience | What is the reason for the UNO's division into regions? |
sub-regions | What smaller unit makes up the southern Europe region? |
Tourism Decision Metrics | What does TDM stand for? |
European Travel Commission | Which group uses TDM as a metric? |
BBC | What is the acronym for British Broadcasting Corporation? |
Royal charter | Under what auspices does the BBC exist? |
1932 | When did the BBC start creating its own programming? |
2 November 1936 | On what date did the BBC being its regular TV broadcasts? |
United Kingdom | In what country is the BBC headquartered? |
30% | What percentage of viewership across the UK is constituted by the BBC? |
television production companies | As a result of shows that the BBC itself creates, it is one of the biggest what? |
30 September 1929 | On what date was the first TV show seen in the UK? |
Long Acre, London | From where was the first TV show in the UK broadcasted? |
30 | How many lines made up the picture on Britain's earliest TV broadcasts? |
June 1932 | When did Baird cease showing its programs on BBC? |
30 March 1930 | When were both audio and video first broadcasted at the same time? |
Broadcasting House, London | Where was the BBC's first studio located? |
telephone line | What was the medium that brought the BBC's signal to the transmitter? |
electromechanical | What term characterizes the type of broadcast made by the BBC prior to late 1935? |
16 Portland Place, London | Where was the BBC's second studio located? |
February 1934 | When did the BBC first change studios? |
Alexandra Palace | Where did the BBC continue broadcasting from in October of 1936? |
VHF | What frequency band was used by the BBC starting in 1936? |
240 | How many lines did the Baird transmission contain? |
405 | How many lines did the Marconi-EMI transmission contain? |
Monday to Saturday | On what days did the BBC provide regular broadcasts? |
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