Southern Europe

Spain, Italy, and Greece

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Spanish Civil War• 1936 – 1939

• Communists vs. Fascists

• Nazi Germany helped the Fascists

http://history.acusd.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/Prelude07.html

Francisco Franco• Leader of Spanish

Fascists

• Won the Civil War

• Was Dictator till 1975

http://www.rochester.k12.mn.us/kellogg/rodgers/core/wwtwo/franco.htm  

Juan Carlos & Democracy• King of

Spain since 1975

• Restored Democracy to Spain

http://www.u.arizona.edu/~davido/JuanCarlos22Nov00.jpg

Madrid Bombings• Spain had

troops in Iraq

• Al-Qaeda set bombs in Madrid subway (March 2004)

http://www.infowars.com/headline_photos/April/madrid.jpg

BASQUE COUNTRY

• Stateless NationStateless Nation• unique language not

related to any other in Europe.

• The oldest language in Europe

• Basques are NOT ethnic Spanish or French

Badakizu euskaraz?

Do you speak Basque?

BAIXO!

Hello!

Gibraltar

• British Colony since 1704

• Important British Military Base

• Spain wants it back

Photo by Gerald Cutchins, USN – 1947 http://worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/gibraltar.htm

Benito Mussolini• Dictator of

Italy from 1922 to 1943

• Ally of Hitler during WWII

http://www.landenweb.com/images%5Cimgitalie%5Cmussolini.jpg

The Mafia• Based in Southern

Italy• Sicily used to refer

to all of Southern Italy

• Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Silvio Berlusconi• Former Prime Minister of

Italy– And maybe future Prime

Minster

• Popular Billionaire• Considered a buffoon• Owns most Italian media• Has been Prime Minister 3

different times

http://www.wdr.de/tv/inland/image/berlusconi.jpg

• Smallest Sovereign country in the world

• Only country that speaks Latin

• The Catholic Church makes the rules in The Vatican

– The Vatican is a Theocracy

Athens Greece

• Ancient City

• Home of Democracy

• Site of the 2004 Olympic Games

http://www.pics4learning.com/details.php?img=meg003.jpg

http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/athens/index_uk.asp

Greece and Cyprus• Country

of Cyprus divided

• Greek half– South

• Turkish half– North

http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/country/cyprus.html

YugoslaviaA couple of names you

should know

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Josef Broz Tito• Led Yugoslavia

against the Germans in WWII

• President till his death.

• Yugoslavia fell apart after he died

http://www.titoville.com/

Slobodan Milosevic • Leader of Serb

nationalists• President of

Yugoslavia• Was on trial for

genocide• Died in jail http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/europe/

2001/yugoslavia_after_milosevic/

                      

   

Kosovo • Province of

Serbia

• 80% of population are ethic Albanians

• Want independence

• U.N. Protectorate http://www.economist.com/agenda/

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