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Bell Ringer #11-7-14
Compare the Physical Map and the Transit Railroad map. Why were the rail lines laid the way that they were?
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Ch. 15 s. 2Alpine countries
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• AUSTRIA shares a common history and culture with Germany. German is the main language.
Try to speak German!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr7Q_GZlvis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO0jWxhVW1A
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• Vienna is Austria’s capital.
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• Many famous artists and musician lived here, example Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
• Vienna Opera Ball• http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OF8vL74avI
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• Austria is a member of the EU and has a strong, diversified, free market economy.
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• *SWITZERLAND is a confederation of 26 states. A confederation is a group of states joined together for a common purpose. Their government is much like the USA with Canton (state) rights and a Federal government.
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Can you yodel?
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6qy8RVo4v4
• Swiss horns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWhMLfnlYIc&list=RDxT5wVLxmDSk
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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pRJDE4MlJ0
Look at the Geography of Switzerland
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• It is a neutral country that does not take sides in international conflicts or alliances. To preserve their neutrality it does not join international organizations like the EU.
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• Switzerland holds many international conferences (meetings between countries) in Geneva, Switzerland. Countries feel safe meeting in Switzerland because it does not take sides.
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Switzerland Conventions focus on peace and preserving humanity during war.
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• Switzerland has one of the world’s highest standards of living. It has a diversified, free market economy.
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• Timber production is declining because government of Switzerland has set a limit tree cutting, this is due to the air pollution that damaged 35% of the country’s forests.