1. Italy's Economy By: Adelaide and Austin http://cinematicpassions.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/venice-italy.jpg

2. Monetary Unit Italy’s Monetary unit is the euro http://www.backroads.com/images/trips/2009/slideshows/BPLI-puglia-biking.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/1_euro_Italy.png

3. Comparing Euros and USD One Euro(1.00) = $1.35 USD One USD(1.00) = 0.73 Euros Italy per capita income- $30,200 in 2009 USA per capita income- $46,400 in 2009 http://www.destination360.com/europe/italy/images/s/italy-palermo.jpg

4. Comparing Prices Hamburger meat oranges €3.78EUR/kg = 5.06USD/kg €.66eur/kg =.88usd/kg potatoes coffee €.39eur/kg =.52usd/kg €6.98eur/kg = 9.35/kg http://www.thermorocks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/colosseum_461.jpg http://www.slowtrav.com/photos/data/558/1tabacchi197.jpg http://kiwidutch.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/hamburger-small.jpg http://www.expatsinitaly.com/blog/barb/uploaded_images/potatoes_0017-734174.JPG

5. Main Goods Engineering Products, Textiles, Clothing, Motor Vehicles, Production machinery,Transport, equipment, Food, Beverages, Tobacco, Minerals Italy’s Natural are sources are- coal, Mercury, zinc, potash, marble, pyrite, fish, natural gas, and crude oil http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/00/19/01/0a/florence-italy.jpg http://www.etftrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/coal-chunks.jpg

6. Bibliography "Italy". cia factbook. 3-14-10. "Italy Natural resources". index mundi. 3-24-10. 3-=24-10 http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount=1&From=EUR&To=USD&image.x=47&image.y=12http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount=1&From=EUR&To=USD&image.x=47&image.y=12 Shnucks. 3-25-10. Johnson, Robert. "Schnucks Weekly Ad". March 24 2010. "Weekly Ad". Johnny's. March 24 2010. "Universal Currency Converter". March 26 2010. http://www.travelitalytravel.com/apulia_south ern_italy.jpg