Baleric Islands Flashcards
(47 cards)
What did the Greeks name the primary islands Mallorca and Menorca?
Illes Gimnesies (Gymnesia or naked Islands)
What did the Greeks call Ibiza and Formentera?
Illes Pitiuses (Pine Islands)
Who conquered Mallorca and Menorca bringing islands under Roman control?
What was he awarded?
Roman General Quintus Metellus
The Cognomen (Third name) of Balearians
Who arrived in 9th century?
Swedes
How long did Muslim control last?
200 years, until King Kames I of Aragon
The rule of Baleares was passed between what 2 autonomous regions?
Cataluña and Aragon
What wiped out the entire population of Formentera?
The Plague
Who attacked Balearics?
North African Barbary pirates and Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
When did France rule?
7 year war (1756-1763)
When was Menorca returned to Spain?
1802
Who controlled Menorca and Gibraltar in the 18th century?
British as a result of the Treaty of Utrecht
What replaced vines after phylloxera?
Almond trees
Where is the street VIA ROMA?
Palma de Mallorca
2 languages?
Castilian Spanish and Catalan
Indigenous varieties?
Prensal Blanc/Moll, Manto Negro, Callet, Fogoneu
Larger Easternmost group of islands?
Mallorca, Menorca, Cabrera
Smaller Westernmost group of islands?
Ibiza, Formentera referred to as Pityusas
Las Islas Baleares is the — autonomous community in Spain and is controlled within a single province of the same name?
Smallest
What is the capital?
Palma de Mallorca
What islands are warmer?
Eastern
Coolest area?
Serra de Tramontana mountains in Northwest Mallorca
Most rain?
Serra de Tramontana, 1500m annually
Tramontana winds?
Blows between Pirineos and Massif Central in Southern France and shoots across the Gulf of Lion.
Menorca is most affected by it
Embat?
Soft humid sea breeze, blows over land during sunniest part of day, adds saline to wine.
Affects Mallorca
