Poland

Capital: Warsaw

Demographic info

Population: 38,115,000

61% live in rural area

Population growth is at 0.08%

 Average life expectancy was 70.5 for men and 78.9 for women

Government  Democracy,  Parliamentary republic They have a prime

minister and a president

Serve 2 5 year terms

Historical moment Invasion of Poland

• The start of WW• Germany invited

Poland • Created a chain

reaction of wars and became WWII

Economy

• High income economy • Fastest growing economy in

Europe• Only Country in the

European union to not avoided a decline in GDP

Food

• The roman catholic church has influence on the food

• Makes a lot of grains • This includes wheat, rye,

buckwheat, and barley

Zupa pomidorowa• A soup with rice and tomato

Cities

Biggest City • Warsaw

– Capital and Largest CityLocated by the Vistula River– Population: 1,708,491

– major international tourist destination

Arts

Pop John Paul 2nd • Pope of The catholic church

from 1978 until his death in 2005

• 2nd Longest living pope ever

• improved the Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, Islam

Wild Card

Poland Nobel prize winners

• Poland has 23 Nobel prize winners

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Sources

• http://en.poland.gov.pl/• http://www.paiz.gov.pl/en?lang_id=12• http://www.commonwealth.pl/ • http://

www.theancientweb.com/explore/content.aspx?content_id=24

• http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/466681/Poland

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfHuVEDjdnc