Italy

By Zayne Reardon - Ball

Take a tour of Italy

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geography

Geography 2

Geography 3

people

People 2

religion

economy

food

Flag and map

sports

Geography

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The climate in Italy is warm in the north. But in the winter temps can reach below freezing.

Occasionally with some rain fall.

But very dry heat in the south

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• Mount Blanc or Monte Bianco 4,810 meters or 5781 feet above sea level.

• The longest river in Italy is called the Po stretching about 652 kilometers.

• Although Italy is only made up of two large islands, Sicily and Sardinia.

This is the Po river.

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• Italy is one giant peninsula

• It is surrounded by water on three sides

• Italy has mainly two mountain ranges, the Alps and the Apennines.

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Religion The people include many different cultures in Italy

In 2007 the population of Italy was 58,147,733

The people include small clusters of German, French and Slovene

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• A large portion of Italian people are Roman Catholics.

• Some of the people are very well educated and some are simple farmers.

• The people in Italy work hard and get a lot of extra time after.

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Religion

• The Italian people have a very artistic heritage.

• Christianity was the rule ink Italy. • Christianity was the idea of religious

freedom.

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Economy

• Sense world war two the economy has changed dramatically.

• It started as agriculturally based.• Now it is ranked fifth in the world in the

industrial state.

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Food

• Food is a big part of Italian culture.

• The north and the south of Italy differ in taste.

• The south has spicy cuisine the north does not.

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Major disasters of Italy

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• Italy has risked lots of major disasters by reducing farmland.

• Animals and plants are disappearing and risking extinction.

• In the past there have been earthquakes more

than 5 on the rector scale.

Holidays

• In Italy there are different holidays then we have in America .

• Some they have there are the same we have here.

• Like Easter , Christmas, and New Years but they have two days for Easter Sunday and Monday .

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Culture

• In the Italian culture the people wear masks to hide their identity.

• The Italian culture is bold rich and colorful.

• Italy is the cornerstone of the western culture.

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Sports

• Soccer is the main sport in Italy.

• But they also play basketball.

• They like cycling as well.

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Soccer

Rugby Cycling

Basketball

• Although soccer is played in Italy a lot it is not there only sport.

• It is still the most played sport in italy. • Italy now is working on a world cup.

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Soccer in Italy

Rugby in Italy

• In Italy they play a version of football called rugby.

• Rugby is a sport known all over the world franc Ireland and Scotland also play the sport.

• Rugby in Italy is a big sport next to soccer.

Basketball in Italy

• Many sports fans are shocked that basketball is so popular in Italy.

• The game has quickly been taken over to Europe and become popular.

• Most of this was only amateur basketball.

Cycling in Italy

• Cycling goes back in history for Italy.

• It has been in in the Italian life for a long time.

• Cycling is not leaving Italy for a long time.

Tennis in Italy

• 30 years have passed since the last big win for Italy.

• It has been some ruff years for Italy in tennis.

• I think Italy can come back.

Customs

• Italians are not big breakfast eaters.

• The biggest meal of the day is lunch, followed by the siesta.

• They will have a snack after the meals like in the summer they will have ice-cream.

Flag and Map

• This is the Italian flag and map

• The map of italy looks like a boot.

• That is haw it is recognized

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Bibliography

• Lifeinitaly.com• Wikipedia.org