Eastern Europe By: Alina, Ashtin, Sapphire Sapphire

Eastern Europe’s Nations Finland o Capital: Helsinki Estonia o Capital: Tallinn Latvia o Capital: Riga Lithuania o Capital: Vilnius Belarus o Capital: Minsk Ukraine o Capital: Kiev Moldova o Capital: Chisinau Poland o Capital: Warsaw Czech Republic o Capital: Prague Slovakia o Capital: Bratislava Austria o Capital: Vienna Hungary o Capital: Budapest Romania o Capital: Bucharest Croatia o Capital: Zagreb Bosnia-Herzegovina o Capital: Sarajevo Yugoslavia o Capital: Belgrade Bulgaria o Capital: Sofia Albania o Capital: Tirana Greece o Capital: Athens

History of Eastern Europe - The "Iron Curtain" was spoken by Winston Churchill Said that a Iron curtain had fallen down and that on one side there was the Western side of Europe that was bad and the other side (Eastern Europe that was good) Russia owned most of Eastern Europe The U.S.A. saw this as a communist way to dominate all of Europe -Russia turns gas off in Ukraine the European Unioin said it was Unacceptable.

Map of Eastern Europe

Agreements/Alliances: Hungary Germany and Austria are their Alliances o Since October 1879 o Against Russia o They agreed they would help each other out of they were attacked by Russia.

Government: HUNGARY Parliamentary Democracy The president is elected every five years by the national assembly o The unicameral*,386 members o National assembly is the highest organ of the state authority o 15 member constitutional court has power to challenge legislation on grounds of unconstitutionality. November 16,1918 became independent President is Fereng Madl Prime minister is Peter Medgyessg Branches o Executive  Chief of state  Head of government  Cabinet  Elections o Legislative  Elections o Judicial Branch  Courts (elected by the national assembly to 9 year terms) *Unicameral- consist of one chamber

Economy Hungary -GDP(purchasing power parity) - $190 Billion (2010) it went up 1.5 Billion Between Official Exchange Rate: $132.3 Billion -Real Growth Rate:.8% went up to 7.1% ( ) -Composition By Sector: AG: 2.8% Indsutery: 35.7% Services: 61.5% -Labor Force by occupation: AG: 4.5% Industry: 32.1% Services: 63.4% -Unemployment rate: 11.5%

Government: ROMANIA Based on a Civil Law System Chief of State- President Traian Head of Government: Prime Minister Emil BOC Since December 22, 2009 Their Cabinet Consist of Council Of ministers that the prime minister appoints President elected for a five year term Eligible for a second term and is elected by National Assembly

CULTURE AND ECONOMY -Joined European Union On the first of January of Population: Around 21,000,000 - Life Expectancy: 73 years -Ethnic Groups: Romanian 89.5%, Hungarian 6.6%, Roma 2.5%, Ukrainian 0.3%, German 0.3%, Russian 0.2%, Turkish 0.2%, other 0.4% (2002 census) - Religions:Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 86.8%, Protestant (various denominations including Reformate and Pentecostal) 7.5%, Roman Catholic 4.7%, other (mostly Muslim) and unspecified 0.9%, none 0.1% (2002 census) -Languages: Romanian 91% (official), Hungarian 6.7%, Romany (Gypsy) 1.1%, other 1.2%

Culture and Economy Continued -Literary Rate: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.3% male: 98.4% female: 96.3% (2002 census) -GDP(Purchasing Power over Parity): $253.3 billion (2010 est.) -Official exchange Rate: $158.4 billion (2010 est.) -Real Growth Rate: -1.9% (2010 est.) -Labor Force: agriculture: 29.7% industry: 23.2% services: 47.1% (2006) - Budget: Revenues: $50.89 Billion Expenditures: $62 Billion -Public Debt: 38.4% Of GDP (2010 est.)

CONT. -Inflation Rate: 6% (2010 Est.) -Industries: electric machinery and equipment, textiles and footwear, light machinery and auto assembly, mining, timber, construction materials, metallurgy, chemicals, food processing, petroleum refining -EXPORTS: $51.91 billion (2010 est.) -Exports - commodities: machinery and equipment, textiles and footwear, metals and metal products, machinery and equipment, minerals and fuels, chemicals, agricultural products

Cont. -Exports - partners: Germany 18.76%, Italy 15.42%, France 8.2%, Turkey 4.99%, Hungary 4.33% (2009) -Imports: $59.84 billion (2010 est.) -Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, fuels and minerals, chemicals, textile and products, metals, agricultural products -Imports - partners:Germany 17.3%, Italy 11.78%, Hungary 8.36%, France 6.14%, China 4.91%, Austria 4.75% (2009

Weather, Climate, Ext.

Diagrams of GDP and Export

Romania Pop. Pyramid... (Yes, I know it's in Romanian)

Greece Government -Government Type:Parliamentary Republic -Idependence in 1829 (from the ottoman Empire) -National Holiday: Idependence Day, 25 March (1821) -Constitution: June 11, 1975; amended in March 1986 April Legal System: Based on codified Roman Law; Judiciary divided into Civil, criminal, and Administrative courts; accepts compulsory ICJ Jurisdiction with reservations.

Gov. Cont. -Suffrage: 18 Yrs of age; universal and compulsory -Executive branch: Chief of State-President Karolos Papoucias (since March 12,2005); Head of Government- Prime minister Greorgios Andreas Papamrou -Elections: President elected by parliament for a five year term -last held on February 3, 2010 (next one will be in February 2015) -Election Results: Karolos Papoucias re-elected president. number of Parliamentary votes, 266 out of Judicial Branch: Supreme Judicial court- special supreme tribunal; All judges are appointed for life by the president after consultation with a judicial council.

Govt. Cont. -Legislative Branch: -Unicmeral parliament (300 seats) -members elected by direct popular vote to serve four-year terms -Elections- Last held on October 4, 2009 (Next one to be held by 2013) Election results- Percent of vote by party.

Population and Culture -Population: 10,749,943 -Population growth rate:.106% -Birth Rate: 9.34 births/ 1,000 population -Death Rate: 9.34 deaths/ 1,000 population -Net Migration Rate: 2.33 migrants/ 1,000 population -Urbinization: Urban population 61% of total population -Rate of Urbanization:.6% (annual rate changes) -Ethnic Groups: Greek 93%, Other (foreign citizen) 7% (2001 census) -Religions: Greek Othodox 98%, Muslin 1.3%, other 0.7% -Languages: Greek 99%(official) other 1% (Includes English and french) -Literacy: 96% population Male-97.8% Female-94.7%

Economy -Inflation rate: 4.5% -Agriculture Products: Wheat, Corn, Barley, Sugar Beets, Olives, Tomatoes, Win, Tobacco, Potatoes, Beef, Dairy Products. -Industries: Tourism; Food and tobacco processing, textiles, chemicals, Mint Products, Mining, Petroleum -Industrial production growth rate: 3.2% -GDP Purchasing Power Parity:$321.7 Billion -Official exchange rate: $302 Billion -GDP Growth Rate: 4.8% -GDP per capita: $30 -GDP composition by sector: AG- 4%, Industry-22.4%, Services-65.1% Unemployment Rate: 12%

Economy Cont. -the reason for the high unemployment rate is because of lack of skills, the inability of finding a job, and the existing system of taxation.... this is just a few reasons. -

WHATS GOING ON IN EUROPE --Hungary News- Elvis now has a public square in Budapest, Hungary, Now named after him. The mayor said it was because Elvis showed support for the Hungarians on the Ed Sullivan Show when he sang "Peace in the Valley" and asked those that were watching to send Packages to Hungary in difficulties after the 1956 uprising. -Romania News- A developer plans on Replicating the Disney Land, nearby Bucharest, worth 140 Million Euros (us money= $94,585,995.67) and the construction will last about 3 years. -Greece News- Greek H.R.T. (Hellenic Rescue team) plan on helping in Japan after the Tsunami. They are on Stand-by but the Equipment and the team members are ready to go!

This is the Parthenon in Greece

The Predeal In Romania

Somewhere In Budapest, Hungary

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