Answers:
The country shaped like a boot is Italy
The country shaped like a hand is Greece
The countries on the Peninsula are Portugal and Spain
The country that borders both Finland and Japan is Russia
The 5 countries of Scandinavia are Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Iceland
Step-by-step explanation:
So there are Spanish words that hint the clues to figure this out. For instance "mano" is the word "hand" in Spanish, in the article it is placed near "Grecia" looks like the word "Greece" in English. They use the word bota near the word Itlay which looks like the English word boot.