SwitzerlandBy: Vittorio Ranieri and Matthew Ficele

The Yodel

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Switzerland Music is Known For

Map of Switzerland

Demographics of Switzerland

Today

Total Population: 7,925,517 (2012 Statistics)

Life Expectancy: 81.17 (2012 Statistics)

Most families have: about 2 children.

More than 39,000 Swiss immigrants in Canada.

Switzerland’s Culture

Languages spoken- 63% German, 19% French and 8% Italian

Practiced Religions: Christianity (main), Jewish, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism

Traditional types of clothing: Women wore puffy blouses and a skirt, tight vest and ribbon, floral embroidery.

Men wore cropped jackets and leather shorts

Swiss people yodel and folk dance as a tradition to their culture.

Traditional Clothing and Religion

Christianity

IslamJewish Buddhism

Hinduism

Interesting Facts

Switzerland has been an independent country since 1499.

There are three official languages. (German, French, Italian)

Second highest life expectancy rate in the world.

Highest employment rate.

Created international committee of Red Cross founded in 1863.

Swiss Immigration

The Swiss were among the earliest to settle in North America during the 18th century, but was most common during World War 2.

Most immigrants from Switzerland came to get religious freedom.

Push and Pull Factors

Bad Economy - Poor

Better Job Opportunity

Religious Persecution

Religious Freedom

Not Much LandBetter

Education

PUSH FACTORS PULL FACTORS

Most Famous Swiss Immigrant

• Swiss came to America in the 1800s for the same reason the Irish and Scots did: for land, religious freedom and a chance for a new life. Perhaps the best known Swisser was John Sutter, an explorer and businessman who founded California. It was at his mill in 1848 that gold was first discovered.

• From 1880-1890 nearly 82,000 Swiss packed their bags, traveled overland to ports such as Hamburg and Le Havre and boarded steamships for America.

Swiss Immigrants

• US immigration records show that even though most arrivals from Switzerland could only afford third-class ship passage, they had more cash to kick-start their new lives. They also traveled with their families, another sign of greater means than the typical southern European

Where the Swiss Went After Immigrating

• Most Swiss went west to take advantage of the free farmland, and to join communities where Swiss before them had settled - in California - or in some cases founded, like New Glarus in Wisconsin.

"They would help you get farmland or open shops and businesses and people would join Swiss social clubs," Moreno added. "There were churches that were run by Swiss."

Famous Swiss Companies

Swiss Army

Swatch

Nestle

Lindt

Swiss Chocolate!

Switzerland is known for its good quality chocolate

The ingredients of the swiss chocolate we brought today were

sugar, cocoa, butter, milk, coconut oil, cocoa nibs, palm kernel oil, soya lecithin and artificial - blue bag

sugar, cocoa, butter, milk, coconut oil, cocoa mass, palm kernel, soya lecithin, barley malt extract and artificial flavour- green bag

sugar, milk, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, lactose, barley malt extract, soya lecithin and artificial flavour- extra creamy bag