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Geography
People
Religion
Economy
Geography 2 Geography 3
Geography 4 Geography 5
Bibliography
Government
Geography 6
Geography 7 Geography 8 Major sports
Major sports 2 Major sports 3 Major sports 4
Bibliography
• http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jbourj/photogallery/photo00000041/chopin1.jpg .
• www.wikipedia.com • www.flikr.com
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Geography
• In Poland their neighboring country is Germany.
• Also they have the Carpathian mountain range on the Southern border.
• The country is in central Europe.
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Geography 2
• It is the 69th largest country in the world.• The total land is 312,679 square
kilometers.• Sometimes Arctic air blows down from the
North Atlantic Ocean.
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Geography 3
• Subtropical winds come from the South Atlantic.
• The hottest cities in Poland are: Tarnow, Wroclaw, and Slubice.
• Poland is a little smaller than New Mexico.
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Geography 4
• Winter Temperatures in mountain valleys can go to 4 degrees F below.
• When they start autumn it is generally warm and sunny until the rain starts.
• The average rain Poland gets a year is 23.6 in.
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Geography 5
• Poland has 9,300 lakes• That’s almost 10% (10,000 square meters)
of the land.• The lowest point of Poland is Raczki
Elblaskie at -1,8 M
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Geography 6
• The highest point of Poland is Rysy at 2,499 M.
• The capital of Poland is Warsaw.• 29% of land is forest or woodland
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Geography 7
• There are 23 national parks in Poland.• Biebrza is one of the larger ones.• It is 592.23 km squared
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Geography 8
• The Coastline of Poland is 491 km.• 15% of crops in Poland are permanent.• Some of their resources are: coal, sulfur,
copper, natural gas, iron, zinc, lead, and salt.
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People
• The people in Poland speak Polish.• The population is about 38,482,919.• 97% of the people there are Polish.
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Religion
• 90% of people are Roman Catholic.• They celebrate Christmas and Easter like
us.• The Roman Catholic Church in Poland
enjoys big social events.
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Economy
• Poland’s budget is 91.4 billion Zloty• $1 in U.S. = 2.83 Zloty• 6th largest economy in the EU
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Government
• Republic.• President election happen every 5 years.• Prime minister is the head of government.
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Poland’s Major disaster
• In 1934, in Poland, there was a major flood.
• The total destruction is that 1,260 KM of Poland’s land.
• 55 people were killed.
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Poland’s major disaster 2
• 22,059 building were either damaged or destroyed.
• 167 KM of roads were destroyed.• Also 78 bridges were destroyed.
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Poland’s Major disaster 3
• 12 million U.S. dollars (60 million Polish zlotys) is what it would take to fix the damages.
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Major sports
• In Poland there are many sports one is soccer.
• Others include hockey, handball, Track and field, and boxing.
• Soccer is Poland’s most popular sport.
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Major sports 2
• Hockey is another sport in Poland.• Mariusz Czerkawski was a Polish hockey
player, born in Radomsko, Poland.• He played in the NHL for four years
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Major sports 3
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• Baltic beaches were where Polish people fish, canoe, and kayak.
• They also have other water sports they like to do.
• Even though the beaches do not have many competitions it is a past-time that they enjoy.
Major sports 4
• In Poland mountains were the spots for winter and summer fun.
• The Polish enjoy hiking, mountain biking, skiing, and, because of the resorts, get millions of tourists each year.
• As you can see the mountains in Poland were very good spots for vacationers.
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