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POLAND

POLAND. BY:Margaret Poltorak. POPULATION AND CLIMATE. Population of Poland is 36.6 million people Location of Poland from the US is in the east The climate in Poland is continental,moderate,and changeable weather average temperature Average annual rainfall: 600m. GOVERNMENT. Republic

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POLAND

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  1. POLAND BY:Margaret Poltorak

  2. POPULATION AND CLIMATE • Population of Poland is 36.6 million people • Location of Poland from the US is in the east • The climate in Poland is continental,moderate,and changeable weather average temperature • Average annual rainfall: 600m

  3. GOVERNMENT • Republic • 16 provinces • Conventional long term is Republic of Poland • Constitution16 October 1997; adopted by the National Assembly 2 April 1997; passed by national referendum 23 May 1997 • Poland has the same kind of government as the united states.

  4. Geography

  5. ECONOMY • Population below poverty line is 18.4% • Industries are machine building, iron and steel, coal mining, chemicals, shipbuilding, food processing, glass, beverages, textiles • exports to different countries are $32.4 billion • Polish currency are zloty per US dollar 3.99

  6. HISTORY OF POLAND • Great Poland was found in 966 BC • The tribes of southern Poland were untied to form Little Poland • In 1047, both Great Poland and Little Poland united and the rule of Casmir 1 the Restorer. • The president today is Aleksander Kwasniewski.

  7. LANDSCAPES • The landscape of Poland can be divided into three relief groups • The lowlands • The highlands • The mountains • The northern zone’s principal topographical characteristic is the North European plain

  8. LAKE REGIONS • The belt immediately to the south of the coastal plains present, with its many lakes, a varied, hilly landscapes. • Wide river valleys divide the region into three parts: the Pomeranian Lakeland; the Masurain Lakeland, east of the lower Vistula; and the Great Poland Lakeland. • There are some 9,300 Polish lakes with areas of more than 1 hectare (2½ acres), and their total area is 1 percent of the national territory.

  9. U.S COMPARED TO POLAND Slightly smaller than New Mexico Central Europe, east of Germany

  10. AIRPORTS • In Poland there are two international airports. • The two airports are located in the two major cities of Poland. • One of the airports are in Warsaw • The second airport is in Krakow • The polish airline’s are Lot

  11. ATTRACTIONS • One attractions is visiting the holy mountain. • The best time to be in Poland is at Christmas time and new years eve party’s. • In Poland new years eve is called it is Sylvester's, because the 31st of December is its (Sylvester's) namesday

  12. Polish Hoildays • New Year (January 1) • Easter (March/April) • Labor Day (May 1) • Constitution Day (May 3) • Corpus Christi (May/June) • Feast of the Assumption ( August 15) • All Saint's Day (November 1) • National Independence Day (November 11) • Christmas (December 25)

  13. POLISH'S FOODS • Paczki (polish doughnut) is eaten with coffee. It is a sweet dessert. • Polish Pierogi (dumplings) this type of food has different varieties of stuffing. • Another sweet dessert is the poppy seed cake. This to can be eaten with coffee.

  14. FAMOUS PEOPLE • Pope John II • Nicolaus Copernicus • Casimir Pulaski • Thaddeus Kosciuszko

  15. WHY DID I PICK THIS COUNTRY? • I picked this country because my native language is polish. • I also picked this country because my parents were born in Poland. • I picked this country because it is an interesting country to see and live in.

  16. HAVE I EVER BEEN TO THIS COUNTRY? • Yes, I have been to Poland before • I have been all over Poland • In Poland, it is poor in some parts of the country. • In the high land’s of Poland there is a lot of mountains.

  17. NAME THREE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED • One thing I learned about Poland is I had learned about the land. • The second thing I learned from this project is that I found out more about my family Life and how many people were in my family • The third thing I have learned is the culture of Poland

  18. ONE THING I WOULD CHANGE ABOUT MY COUNTRY WOULD BE? • One thing I would change is the lifestyles • The lifestyles in Poland right now is poor and not good houses have • I would give money to lower parts Poland for rebuilding some broken house and town. • I would give the homeless some nice clothes and a nice place to live

  19. WOULD I MOVE THERE? • I would probably move there because most of my dad’s side of the family is living in Poland still. • I would move there also because it has a nice place and is a quite place to be in and there is a lot of nice people living in Poland.

  20. THE END

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