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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