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PENNSVALLEY
Lesson 25:
Natural Resources and Economy
of Southern Europe
ACTIVITY:
Use the chart of
Southern Europe Products and Industries
below and the
Economic Fact Sheet
(BLM)
to complete the Activity. Look for
boldfaced
words in your chart as clues of a country’smajor
cash crops, exports, and industries.
Southern Europe Products and Industries
Country
Major Products and Industries
Spain
Grains,
grapes/wine
, olives, citrus fruit, fishing;
cars
(GM, Ford, Renault),
chemicals
textiles
, machinery; coal, iron ore, uranium, mercury;
tourism
Portugal
Wine, cork
, timber, figs, olives, fishing; iron ore, uranium; textiles and footwear,
paper;
tourism
Andorra
Timber, tobacco,
tourism
(winter skiing)
France
Grains,
fruits
(apples, plums, peaches, apricots),
grapes/wine, timber,
livestock, fishing,
dairy products; cars, steel, aircraft, textiles,
food
processing, rubber, chemicals; banking, tourism
Monaco
Tourism
, financial services
Italy
Fruit
, olives,
olive oil, grapes/wine
, tobacco, cheese, fishing;
cars
, food
processing,metal processing, oil refining, chemicals, clothing, shoes, ceramics;
tourism
Malta
Shipping, ship repair,
tourism
VaticanCity
Tourism
, publishing, international finance
SanMarino
Livestock, grains, olives, grapes/wine;
tourism
Serbia
Agricultural produce
, small-family farms (subsistence farming), grains,
grapes, timber; deposits of coal and petroleum.
Montenegro
Agricultural produce
, small farming, livestock, grains, tobacco;
Slovenia
Livestock, grains, grapes/wine,
timber
; lignite (brown coal), lead, mercury;
iron/steel, metal products, machinery, vehicles, appliances textiles, furniture,
paper, food; tourism
Croatia
Fruits (grapes, apricots, plums), flax, fishing;oil, natural gas, coal, bauxite;metal
andwood products, chemicals, textiles, food; tourism
Bosnia andHerzegovina
Agriculture produce
–ruit, grapes, olives, tobacco, rice, timber; coal, iron,
copper, salt, zinc
Macedonia
Agriculture produce
–grains, fruits, cotton, rice, livestock, tobacco; iron/steel,
chemicals, food processing;mineral reserves
Albania
Agriculture produce; petroleum, natural gas, iron ore and other metallic ores;
small industry (textiles, footwear)
Greece
Olives, olive oil
, citrus fruits, grapes/wine, figs, vegetables, cotton, tobacco,
sheep, goats; petroleum products, textiles, food,
merchant shipping, tourism
Southern Europe
