History

This is the Colosseum which is a historical mark in Italy

Accomplishments

What are 3 historical accomplishments?

• Italy was the first to establish a republic
• First to codify their laws
• The thermometer, eyeglasses, typewriter, and telephone were all Italian inventions

What is a historical accomplishments relating to the believes of Catholics?

• The Vatican was built by Constantine and is very important to Italy because that is where the pope lives and the pope is very important to the Catholic traditions

Facts

What are 3 significant facts?

• Italy did not become a united country until 1861
• The prime minister is the head of the government and is the one who runs the country
• Everybody over the age of 18 can vote but only those over the age of 25 to vote in senate elections

How about a couple fun facts?

• The Italian flag's colors represents different virtues: Green= Hope, White= Faith, and Red= Charity
• Pasta is Italy's national dish and Italy consumes about 55 pounds of pasta a year
• Italy is the 4th most visited country in the world with almost 40 million visitors, and has more hotel rooms than any other nation in Europe
• "A Vespa is an Italian-made motor scooter that many people ride around busy city streets"

1 Accomplishment that helped a cultural, government, or economic event

What accomplishment was a driving force to a government event?

• Establishing a republic helped the government because it let the government get organized and come together

Economic

This is a picture of the Italian currency. Some is in paper and other in coins just like the American currency

Currency System

What is Italy's currency system?

• Agriculture used to make up over a third of the countries economy
• Italy's currency was known as lira
• In 2002 Italy switched to a currency called euro
• Euro is Italy's current currency

Major Imports and Exports

What are Italy's Major Imports?

• Italy imports almost 75% of their energy
• Machinery and transport equipment, foodstuffs, ferrous and nonferrous metals, wool, cotton, energy products, and tobacco

What are Italy's Major Exports

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• Automobiles, appliances, machinery, sand, stone, cement, and lime

Physical Landscape

How did the physical landscape affect the economy?

• The mountains allowed less trade from other countries
• The mountains also made it harder to export and import items
• More than 75% of Italy has mountains or hills meaning there is less area to have a farm and grow crops, making there less to sell for the farmer or country
• Being very close to the water did help a lot to get and give items

Economy's affect on culture in Italy

How does the economy affect Italy's culture?

• Italy is a lot about the way people look and if Italy's economy suddenly went down then people would not be able to get clothes and feel good about their impression on others

Culture

This is a picture of one of the churches used to worship the believes of Roman Catholics.

System of Values

What are the systems of value in the Italian culture?

• They follow most Catholic values.
• The family is the center of social structure and it provides a stabilizing influence for it's members.
• Appearances and clothes matter in Italy.
• They are extremely fashion conscious and judge people by their appearances.
• The way you dress can indicate your social status and your family's background.
• First impressions are lasting impressions.
• The family provides an emotional and financial support to it's members.

Religious Percentages

What are the religious percentages in Italy?

• 90% of Italy are Roman Catholics

Of the remaining 10%

• 97.3% are regular Catholic
• 1.7% are Muslim (Islam)
• 0.2% are Buddhists(Buddhism)
• 0.8% are other religions

Roman Catholics

What do Roman Catholics believe in?

• Basic Roman beliefs are very close to those of the Christian religion
• The central belief is that God entered the world through incarnation of his son
• Roman Catholics believe that forgiveness of God is given through rituals done in church
• Catholics also pray to God, Mary, or a Saint
• Catholics honor statues symbolic to an individual Saint

What do Roman Catholics celebrate?

• Catholics celebrate Christmas (Birth of Jesus)
• Roman also celebrate the New Testament ("The Good News")
• Catholics celebrate Easter (Death of Jesus)

Interactions with other countries

How do their belief systems affect their interaction with other countries?

• At some times it might be good if the country believes in God and Jesus.The interactions will go well.
• Then again if you are staying in Africa and they do not celebrate Christmas and you are trying to carry out your traditions that may not go over well and the interactions with them will be bad.
• So your belief systems can help or hurt you when interacting with other countries.

Government

This is some of Italy's members of government in a meeting

Type of Government

What type of government does Italy have?

• The type of government in Italy is a parliamentary democracy.
• The President serves a 7- year term and can dissolve Parliament, hold elections, and commands armed forces /calls war.
• The Prime Minister determines the national policy and is chosen by the president.The Prime Minister is the head of the government.
• The Parliament consists of a Chamber of Deputies (630 members) and the Senate (315 members).They serve 5- year terms and have equal power in passing laws.
• The government has a system of checks and balances.

Repressive Parts of Government

How is Italy's government repressive?

• Italy's government is repressing against migrant workers from Africa.
• Italian anarchists and other social rebels are being rrepressed against.

Change of Government

How has Italy's government changed through time?

• At first, Italy's government started as a monarchy ruled by a king and changed to a democratic republic.
• The major reason for this change is that the monarchy was abolished due to a popular referundum(vote on an issue of public importance). Many citizens wanted a say in the government and did not want to invest all power on one king.

Geography

This is a picture of Mont Blanc the highest in Italy and Western Europe

Location

Where is Italy located?

• The exact coordinates of Italy are 42N, 13E
• Italy is in the continent of Europe
• The region it is in is Southern Europe, by the Mediterranean sea

Features and climate

What is the climate like in Italy? What physical features does Italy have?

• Physical features in Italy include sandy beaches, mountains, volcanoes, and hills topped with green fields and vineyards.
• Physical features that are emphasized of Italy are the two mountains ( Alps and Apennines), large volcanoes and the Mediterranean sea.
• The climate in Italy is very hot and dry in the summer, generally sunny during spring and fall, and rainy and cloudy in the winter.

The Italian Flag

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