geography

Southerners

________ are reputed to be more easygoing and more appreciative of the arts, and they find the leisure necessary to enjoy them.

Alps

If the ________ have separated the Italians from the other peoples of Europe, the Apennines have separated the Italians from each other.

Italy

________ is divided into 20 regions.

Sicily

________ enjoys a more moderate climate than some other parts of the country.

GEOGRAPHY Positano a land

________ jutting into the Mediterranean It's easy to locate Italy on any map of Europe.

Sicilian winters

________ are warm and sunny by day, with chilly nights.

northernmost Italy

In ________ are the Alps, the highest mountains in Europe, so high that they are snow- capped the year round.

56 million

The population of Italy is about ________, or roughly one- fourth that of the United States.

Alps

The ________ forro a curved barrier that separates Italy from the rest of Europe.

Italy

A region in ________ is a political division similar to a state in the United States.

Italy

An intense provincialism is a particular feature of ItalYi in fact only in 1870 did ________ achieve national unity.

Italy

________ has about 3, 000 miles of coastline, and in many places the coastal lowlands provi de some good cultivation.

Italy

________ has about 116, 000 square miles compared to California's approximately 158, 000.

Altogether, these land masses

the peninsular mainland, the two large islands, and the many small islands, make up the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), more simply known as Italy (Italia)