By Sarah Dolan

The colors come from the polish emblem, a white eagle on a red field. The flag may also have the emblem in the white.

 "Mazurek Dabrowskiego"  Written in 1797, but not adopted until  Commonly known as: “ Jeszcze Polska nie zginela“ (Poland Has Not Yet Perished)

 continental; moderate, changeable weather  Average temperatures:  January °F  February °F  March °F  April °F  May °F  June °F  July °F  August °F  September °F  October °F  November °F  December °F  Average annual rainfall: 600 mm

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Manufactured Good Chemicals Minerals & Fuels

Average income – 3,362 zloty Minimum wage – 1,276 zloty gross

Poland’s Individual income tax rates: (As of 2010) Tax Base (PLN)Tax % ,52818% 85,528 and over 32% of base exceeding PLN 85,528

Germany invaded Poland on September 1 st 1939 without any warning. The start of World War 2

Roman Polanski Fryderyk Chopin Marie Sklodowska-Curie

 Born in Krakow as Karol Józef Wojtyla.  The 1 st Polish pope.  Known as “The People’s Pope.”

Some consider Poland the birthplace of vodka and that they make some of the most distinctive varieties!

Won a gold medal in the 1972 summer Olympics

90% 10% Of their 12 million tons of garbage….

Internet Users million Cell phones million Land Lines million

Then Communism Now Republic

The Civic Platform (PO) The Law and Justice Party (PiS) The Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) The Polish Peasants' Party (PSL) The President of Poland Bronisław Komorowski

Adequate medical care is available Facilities and nursing staff aren’t as advanced as western standards Rural doctors aren’t as well trained Most hospitals want immediate cash payment To be a priority, doctors expect bribes

The Catholic Church is very dominant in Poland The Church puts pressure on the school to eliminate sex education Students don’t learn the knowledge they need Over 20,000 birth from girls under the legal age

Polish born astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was the first person to propose that the earth was not the center of the universe

Polish 96.7% German 0.4% Belarusian 0.1% Ukrainian 0.1% other and unspecified 2.7%

Coal sulfur Copper natural gas silver lead salt amber arable land

Machine Building Coal Mining Ship Building Food Processing Glass

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