Poland-a historic area of conflict

By Joe Haley

•Small polish tribes formed into bigger ones and settled in the flatlands of Giecz, Poznari.

•In 966, Holy Roman Emperor Otto 1 The great affirmed the ducal title held byPolish leader Mieszko 1, and Polandwas born.

•Flag of Poland:

QuickTime™ and aTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

•Polish soldiers uniforms werered and white

QuickTime™ and aTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

•Map of Poland:

•Tykocin- in 1522, 10 Jewish familieswere invited to live in this city by the family that owned it. By 1800, 70% ofthe population was Jewish

•Madjanek- one of the largest Nazi deathcamps. More than 235,000 Jews died there.

•The capital of Poland is Warsaw.

QuickTime™ and aTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressorare needed to see this picture.

•Poland is part of thePolish-Lithuanian Empire

•It was formed in 1569

The Empire

The Renaissance•The University of Krakow was recognized as a cosmopolitancenter for learning

•Nicolaus Copernicus, a student from there, did studies ofthe universe and his ideas turned out right.

•It brought out the mature form of Polish literature, which was firstused by Mikolaj Rej, a famous Polish writer.

QuickTime™ and aTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

Industrial Revolution•Poland formed a whole with Russia in trade.

•Textile factories were formed, along with railroads, as therewas a large demand for Polish products.

•Agriculture changed. Landowners hired laborers and boughtmachines, rather then do it themselves.

QuickTime™ and aTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

WW1

•After WW1, Poles had hopes for a sovereign Poland, so theyprepared for an uprising.

•When the uprising took place, it replaced the German monarchywith the Weimar Republic.

•It is considered as the greatest Polish uprising.

QuickTime™ and aTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

WW2

•During WW2, Poland had plans to expel the Germans.

•After long, relentless battles, Poland took back Warsaw

•On May 7, 1945, all German forces surrendered

QuickTime™ and aTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

•Poland is a Republic

•The president of the republic is Boleslaw Bierut

•The current Prime Minister is Donald Tusk

QuickTime™ and aTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

Poland and the U.S.

•The U.S. and Poland used to have a great relationship, but nowit is dying.

•Younger generations are turning against America because we are becoming distant in style and language.

QuickTime™ and aTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

A Site Worth Seeing

•The Bieszczady Mountains is a snowy, secluded place withawesome landscape

•There is great biodiversity there

•It makes a great honeymoon spot.

QuickTime™ and aTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

Most important person

•Nicolaus Copernicus- the first astronomer that had a theory where the Earth was not the center of the universe

•He revolutionized the universe as we know it, called the Copernicus Revolution.

•He was also a mathematician, a governor, and an economist

QuickTime™ and aTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor

are needed to see this picture.