GEOG 1014 Quiz: Flash Quizzes (Mt. Vesuvius, Messina Straits, Montenegro, The Guinea Coast, and The Skeleton Coast)
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3 or 4 other active volcanoes in this area b. c. Naples (1-2 million people) saw it iii. iv. v. vi. vii. Pumice shot up to 20 miles high into the air for 24 hours. African plate moves north into the eurasian plate a) b) Most dangerous volcanic zone on planet earth because of the dense population a) Most densely populated for being near a volcano. Great climate, beautiful, willing to bet it won"t happen in their lifetime. Came from sicily, moved northward to liberate people from mussolini and into europe. Last eruption 1944 over 60 us aircraft destroyed. Colonized by both the greeks and the phoenicians a) b) c) d) e) Phoenicians become carciginians and control african and spain. Between carthaginians and the greeks over the control of sicily and the western. Mountains jump straight down into the water iii. Yugoslavia was communist but montenegro was its own kingdom a) b) c) d)