2. By Sarah Dolan

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

9.  "Mazurek Dabrowskiego"  Written in 1797, but not adopted until 1927.  Commonly known as: “ Jeszcze Polska nie zginela“ (Poland Has Not Yet Perished)

12.  continental; moderate, changeable weather  Average temperatures:  January - 26.1 °F  February - 28.2 °F  March - 35.4 °F  April - 45.9 °F  May - 56.3 °F  June - 62.1 °F  July - 64.4 °F  August - 63.1 °F  September - 55.6 °F  October - 46.8 °F  November - 37.8 °F  December - 30.4 °F  Average annual rainfall: 600 mm

14. Machinery and Transport Equipment Manufactured Goods Food and Live Animals

15. Manufactured Good Chemicals Minerals & Fuels

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

20. Poland’s Individual income tax rates: (As of 2010) Tax Base (PLN)Tax % 1 - 85,52818% 85,528 and over 32% of base exceeding PLN 85,528

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

23. Roman Polanski Fryderyk Chopin Marie Sklodowska-Curie

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

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

27. Won a gold medal in the 1972 summer Olympics

30. 90% 10% Of their 12 million tons of garbage….

31. Internet Users 22.452 million Cell phones 44.553 million Land Lines 9.556 million

32. Then Communism Now Republic

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

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

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

39. Coal sulfur Copper natural gas silver lead salt amber arable land

40. Machine Building Coal Mining Ship Building Food Processing Glass

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