Country ProjectPoland

By Lexi

In Poland they are called Poland 4.1 zloty’s (Poland’s money)equals 1 doller

and 2.73 zloty’s equals 1 Canadian doller Poland is now a democratic country but use

to be in communism. 100 years ago only the rich attended school

Welcome

Poland is in Europe. The border stretches

277 miles and 446 Kilometers along the Baltic sea

Poland is in north/ central Europe

The Baltic sea lies north of Poland. Germany is west from Poland. North east of Poland is Russia. East of Poland is Belarus. South east of Poland is Ukraine. South of Poland is Slovakia. South west of Poland is Czech Republic

Map with Key

                                    

Map of Poland

GOVERNMENT Under communism Poland came highly

industrialized country. Mining steelworks, and machinery. Production’s are still the mayor's industrial

Poland has a president who is elected for a five year term. The president serves mainly as a representative for Poland both at home and around the world. The president is also in charge of the army. Other wise it’s the prime minister who leads the day to day fair. the prime minister who usually the leader of the majority party in parliament is appointed by the president. Like the united states Poland legislator has two parts an upper house and a lower house. Poland is divided in to provinces the voting age is 18 voting is always held on Sunday.

Poland world war 2 began on Sep 1 1939 and ended on Sep 2 1945. It begin in Europe and it spread out to the world including Africa, Asia, Australia ,and the Pacific Ocean.

Poland first civilation dates back to about 2000 BC but it wasn’t till 1966 that the regions became united under the Slavic chief Miesko first prince of Polska. Religon is a very important part of Polish life. Almost all of the population at least 90 percent is Roman catholic . Cardinal Karol woujtyla archbishop became the first ever Polish pope

History/Culture

EconomicsNatural Resources/Products

Poland money is called zloty.The economic transition from communism

to a system with a greater freedom that has not been easy for any poles. Poland is located at the heart of of Europe continet.

The economic transition

Flag• The Polish flag has a white stripe on the top and red on the

bottom.• The white stripe stands for freedom. And the red stripe stands

for the blood of many people who died just to protect Poland for freedom

• Red and white became the official color for Poland’s flag in 1919.

• The eagle has been Poland emblem for more than 700 year’s.• Some national flag’s have their emblem on them

Fact File and Fun Facts Official name :Poland Size :120,728 square miles Population :nearly 39 million people Capital: Warsaw Language :Polish Currency :zloty FUN FACTS 100 years ago only the rich attended school. Poland got it’s name from the word Polska

meaning land’s and fields. Poland 1791 constitution was patterned

after the U.S constitution and gave freedom to the peasants and or lower classes

The Vistula river Poland longest river it flows 675 miles[1,086 km ]from the Carpathian mountain to the Baltic sea

Krakow is one of Poland oldest and most charmins cites. It is at the foot of Carpathian mountains. Krakow was one of the few Polish cites that was not destroyed during world war two.In 2003 in Poland 95% of people were Roman catholic and 5% were Easter orthodox protestants of other religionsDuring world war two over 6 million Poles diedZloty is the name of Poland moneyThe most important cites are gdansk and KrakowJhon Paul was the formal pope or leader of the Roman Catholic churchThe leader of the state is the presidentPoland will become a member of Europe Union in 2004. The EU is a western group European nations that were together on issues of money science and politics.Queen Jadwiga the queen of Poland in 1300 and later became a saint.Marie Curie noble prize wining sientist.

fun facts

Say it in…Tourist GuideAmazing Plants & Animals

ENGLISH POLISH HOW TO SAY IT

One Jenden YEH-DEN

TWO Dwa D-va

Three Trzy Tc-hee

Four Cztery Ch-ter-ee

Five Piec Pee-yinch

Six Szesc Sch-esc-ht

Seven Siedem Shedem

Eight Osiem Ow-sh-em

Nine Dziewiec Jev-yinch

ten Dziesiec Jesh-in-ch

Bibliography

Book or title of website name

Author year

Countries of the world Poland

Suzanne Paul Dell’ore 2002

Discovering cultures Shordon Gordon 2004

World book Patrick ryan 2008

Culture gram