Slide 2 By: Stephen and Kieyran Slide 3 Stephens Epal- Domagoj
Malouda Dumeni Age- 15 years old Location- Croatia Kieryans Epal-
Ivo Silva Age- 16 years old Location- Portugal Both of our epals
favorite sport is soccer. Slide 4 Croatia consists of flat plains
along the Hungarian Border and low mountains and highlands near the
coastline. Croatia has hot summers and cold winters. Croatia is in
Southeast Europe. Slide 5 Portugal is very mountainous in the north
and has rolling plains in the south of Portugal. In the North of
Portugal it is cool and rainy, but in the south it is warmer and
drier. Portugal is in Southwest Europe. Slide 6 The U.S. has
mountainous regions that consist of the Rocky Mountains and the
Appalachian Mountains just like Portugal and Croatia The climate of
the U.S. is very similar to Portugal and Croatia with hot summers
and cold winters. The U.S. has the Great Plains which is similar to
the Rolling Plains in Portugal. Slide 7 The president of Croatia is
Ivo Josipovi. Croatian government is a democratic parliamentary
republic. Croatia has a three-levels of judicial system, consisting
of the Supreme Court, County courts, and Municipal courts. Slide 8
The president of Portugal is Anbal Cavaco Silva. The Portugal
government is a democratic republic. This government has divided
powers in an executive branch, a legislative branch, and a judicial
branch. Also, this government has a Parliament that consists of 230
elected deputy officials that serve for a four-year term. Slide 9
The government in the U.S. is a Representative Democracy that
consists of an executive branch, a legislative branch, and a
judicial branch that has power divided among them. This government
is very similar to Portugal and Croatia due to their Democratic
government. The U.S. government has a president (Barack Obama) like
the governments of Croatia and Portugal who makes key decisions for
their country. Slide 10 In Croatia Domagoj attends a vocational
school or trade school. A vocational school is a secondary school
that teaches skilled trades. Domagoj is studying to be a commercial
tourist hotelier. Domagoj is in ninth grade and he take subjects
such as Biology, English, Math, French, Croatian, Tourism,
Organization, History, Informatics, and Ethics. Slide 11 In
Portugal Ivo attends a secondary school. Ivo takes subjects such as
Visual arts, Geometry, Philosophy, English, and Portuguese. Slide
12 The U.S. has schooling K-12 th grade and can be broken into
Elementary school, Middle School, and High School. These branches
of education are different to schooling in Portugal and Croatia in
which they have Primary school and Secondary school. As a 10 th
grade student at Kellam many kids take subjects such as Math,
Science, Social Studies, Physical Education/Health, a foreign
language, and English. Many of the subjects are the same in Croatia
and Portugal, but instead of our English its their native language
and their foreign language could be English. Slide 13 When meeting
a person it is normal to kiss each other on both cheeks. Most
families in Croatia live in a single-family home or apartments.
Weekends are spent as a family such as strolling through the town
or having a special lunch together. An average Croatian family has
one or two children, but three kids are consider large. Slide 14
Ivo has one brother and sister. His brothers name is Cristo and he
is 9 years old. His sisters name is Diana who is 5 years old. They
practice witchcraft in their home. Slide 15 Stephens family
consists of his mom, dad, and sister. Kieyrans family consists of
his mom, dad, and brother. Our families are similar in size Our
families live in single- family homes which is similar to our epals
because they also live in single- family homes. Slide 16
Traditional Mediterranean cuisine. Traditional folk songs, folk
dances, and village customs are part of the historical Croatia.
Traditional Croatian clothes such as neck ties were invented in
Croatia and traditional shoes. Slide 17 Traditional headscarf worn
by Croatian that is embroidered with flowers and woven with twisted
fabric. Traditional Croatian dresses were worn with headscarves and
embroidered skirts. Fishing is a tradition because Croatia is close
in proximity and is a traditional occupation. Slide 18 Many
holidays in Portugal are based on Easter, Good Friday, All Saints
Day, New Years, St. Anthony, and St. Martins Day. Portuguese people
have been craftsmen and craftswomen have molded, spun, woven,
painted and embroidered unique items. The wove unique tapestries,
carpets, and textiles. Slide 19 Glass and crystal is one of
Portugals traditions and it is their main export. Portuguese
ceramics are extremely traditional which are artistically expressed
by shaping clay in prehistory. Another Tradition is old filigree
which was a form of working with gold and silver. Slide 20 Customs
and Traditions in the U.S. is Independence Day on 4 th of July when
we celebrate the day we gained independence from the King of Great
Britain. The U.S. has national colors which are red, white, and
blue. The customs and traditions of the U.S. are different from
Croatia and Portugal, but they generally have the same idea such as
national colors and a national day. Slide 21 Croatia's state oil
group INA and Hungary's energy giant MOL discovered potential gas
resources in a border region between the two countries. INA and MOL
will focus on a development of the discovered field to enable
putting it on stream and connecting to the gas infrastructure
system. The project to jointly explore the Drava river basin, a
border area between Croatia and Hungary, was launched in 2006 with
INA and MOL being equal partners. Slide 22 Croatia deports war
crimes suspect to Bosnia. Franc Kos, 43, is suspected of taking
part in the 1995 killing of Srebrenica Muslims as a member of the
Bosnian Serb army. He was detained in Croatia in April. After
capturing Srebrenica on July 11, 1995, Bosnian Serb forces
summarily executed about 8,000 Muslim men and boys, in the worst
atrocity in Europe since World War II. Slide 23 Bullfighting season
in Portugal has recently started this week and there have been many
protestors appearing everywhere. Over 89% of Portugal's population
are in favor of bullfighting. Slide 24 Portugal is within a week of
getting an international aid package, starting in the country.
Slide 25 I go to Vocational School, direction commercial tourist
hotelier.I would say that i intelligent to I have good grades. I am
in a grade 1 that is like a grade 9 in USA and we have to take all
objects Biology, English, Math, French,
Croatian,Tourism,Organization, History, Informatics and I take
ethics we have some other objects but they are much easier. -
Domagoj Slide 26 I do not play much computer games but i play
PES11, and some games like that. I haven't been in many famous
places in my country but we do have beautiful sea. - Domagoj I do
not go out such often now on school time, I just go play soccer
somewhere whit my friend and stuff like that, I prefer summer
because we can go to swimming-pool and some other cool stuff. I
play soccer to I have practice every day except Sunday and I really
love it. - Domagoj Slide 27 I live in Vila Nova de Famalicao with
my parents. My father is 42 years old and my mother is 41 and are
without doubt the best parents in the world, I have a dog, a
Rottweiler. live in a house very cozy. in my spare time I like to
play football with my friends biking and rollerblading or else I'm
with my girlfriend. when I'm home watching TV like watching family
guy is fantastic and really funny, and I also like the Simpsons. my
favorite bands are the Guns & Roses, Green Day, the ac / dc,
the ram stein and system of down despite having separately. - Ivo
Slide 28 Christmas here is filled with candy, gifts and joy. eat
too many sweets such as French toast, mechidos, king cake, king
cake of chocolate, pao de lo, between others.The New Year here is
fantastic. I go with my friends to the streets of Porto and we
celebrated with several people. - Ivo We drink a lot and we and so
we celebrated drank black vodka, champagne, and other things, but
we drink a lot all night! - Ivo Here we partied all night the
Carnival, all the people dress up as someone they would like to be,
just one day on year. Is very funny and I like a lot. - Ivo Slide
29 Croatia and Portugals lifestyle in my opinion are very similar
compared to our life style like schooling is very similar to our
education here in the U.S. For example, we have the exact same
subjects, but some are just named differently. Their democratic
government has some similarities to our U.S. government like
divided power in branches such as executive, legislative, and
judicial branch. Some of our customs and traditions are different
though because of the mixed culture we have in the U.S. Another
comparison is Croatia and Portugals family life are very similar to
our life style such as having an average of 2 kids in the house
hold. Croatia and Portugal have many similarities and differences
with the United States, but they are all good countries.
