1. Italy Meagan Chasse Period: 1 Day: 4 & 5 Date: 4.27.10

4. Economy Italy has high employment, the Government has a hard time spending to much money and going over the budget. Many of their goods are produced by small or medium sized enterprises many of them are family owned. They import $358.7 billion and export $369 billion.

5. Geography The location is in Southern Europe, it is slightly larger than Arizona. The size of the land is 294,140 sq km. Water takes up 7,200 sq km. The risks of living there are landslides, mudflows, avalanches, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and flooding.

6. Reasons Not To Live There Reasons not to live there, are landslides, mudflows, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and flooding. Many drugs are entering the European market such as heroine and cocaine.

7. History Italy became a nation-state in 1861 while united under King Victor Emmanuel ll. Benito Mussolini alliance was with Nazi Germany which led to Italys defeat in World War ll. Democratic and Republic replaced the monarchy in 1946.

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