Hungary

Jesse SchmidtMr. Harrington10th grade AKA Sophomore

Where Hungary is located

Hungary is located in Europe and bordered by Austria, Slovakia, and Ukraine to the North Slovenia to the West, and Croatia, Serbia, and Romania to the South.

Geographic Features of Hungary

Rivers- Danube, Drave, Ra’ba, and Tisza

Lakes- Balaton and He’viz

Mountains- Alps and Alpokalade

Danube River

Climate of Hungary

Cold winters with cloudy and humid weather ranging from around 32 to 5 degrees Fahrenheit. Also Summers are warm and sometimes hot ranging from around 81 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit. Transdanubia in Spring

(Northwest Hungary)

Environment of Hungary

Lesser mole rat- An endangered rodent native to Hungary.Bearded Tit- This is a common bird that mates for life.Capsicum- a pepper used to make paprika.

Bearded Tits

History of Hungary

Ottoman occupation

The Kingdom of Hungary

1848 Revolution

Austria-Hungary

Soviet control of Hungary

The Regency

The Communist Era

The Republic of Hungary

1526-16861820-1848

March 15, 1848-1849

1867-1918

1918-1919 1920-1944

1945-1989 1989-

The Turks of the Ottoman Empire conquered much of Hungary

The Austrian Empire conquers Hungary and deems it as their province the Kingdom of Hungary

The people of Hungary revolted against the Austrian Empire

Defeated the Austrian Empire gave some of its land to Hungary creating Austria-Hungary

Soviet Union takes control of Hungary and collapses the existing government putting Hungary under Communist control

A compromise was established to resume the monarchy but Soviet Union had the right to elect Parliament members

After Hungary became an Axis power in WWII the Soviet Union retook control of Hungary and named it one of its states

Hungary dissolved its relations with the Soviet Union in 1989 and became a democracy and began to utilize capitalistic ideals in their economy

Customs and TraditionsMost Hungarians celebrate National Day on March 15th in memorial of winning the 1848 revolution. Most Christians in Hungary celebrate Christmas and Easter. On Easter they have a tradition called “sprinkling” where the men go out and tell different women poems and in return the women give the men snacks and drinks, the men then shower the women in cologne or water. The women are then supposed to change their clothes after each “sprinkling”.

Easter Sprinkling

Food and Music Common Hungarian cuisine consists of goulash which is actually a type of soup here and a beef stew called Porkolt. Sour cream is used often to soften flavor of Hungarian dishes. Traditional Hungarian folk music with a dacdylic rhythm is common.Porkolt

Government of HungaryHungary is a unicameral republic that consists of a Parliament that elects a new Prime Minister every five years. Parliament consists of 386 members and elections for members of Parliament are held every four years. People elect new members of Parliament but for a new member to be elected he must have more than 5% more votes than the existing member. The Prime Minister Parliament creates the laws and the Prime Minister adopts or rejects them. There is no real Judicial Branch.

Parliament Building in Budapest

Hungarian Prime Minister-Ferenc Gyurcsany

Economy of HungaryThe majority of the Hungarian work force are human services such as a lawyer or a doctor or engineer. Machinery is created by foreign companies that make up much of Hungary’s industry.(Ford, GE, GM, and IBM) Agriculture is declining and now only makes up 5% of the work force, main products are beef and sunflower seeds.

Hungarian National Bank

Tourism in HungaryBudapest is the most interesting attraction in Hungary. Castle Hill in Buda pest is the site of the original city with the Buda castle on it. The Va’r castle in Eger is a 16th century castle that has a museum next to it which is devoted to telling its history.

Castle Hill