1. Italy By: Ryan Merrikin

2. Location Capital: Rome, Italian: Roma Location: Southern Europe Map:

3. Geography Waterforms: The Po, Italy’s longest river, empties into the Adriatic sea. Italy’s five largest lakes are the Garda, Maggiore, Como, Trasimeno, and the Bolsena lakes. Landforms: The Alps and the Apennine mountains are mountain ranges that run through Italy. The highest point in Italy is located at Mont Blanc there are also the Padan plains. Italy has 14 volcanoes 3 of which are active: Etna, Stromboli, and Vesuvius. Vesuvius is the only active volcano Europe and is commonly known for it’s destruction of Pompeii and Herculanum.

4. Government  Type of government: The politics of Italy take place in a framework of a parliamentary, democratic republic, and of a multi-party system.  Leader: Giorgio Napolitano, 11th President of the Italian Republic.

5. People  Religion: Roman Catholicism is by far the largest religion in the country.  Foods: Modern Italian cuisine has evolved through centuries of social and political changes, with its roots reaching back to the 4th century BC.  Ethnic Groups: Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)  Population: 58,090,681  Language: Italian, German, French, and Slovene

6. Economy  Industries: cars, Machinery, agricultural products  Economic System: Judicial system  Currency: Euro

7. History  History: Italy was united in 1861, Italy contributed to the cultural and social development of the entire Mediterranean area. Many cultures and civilizations have existed there since prehistoric times

8. Weather  Italy has harsh winters and great summers that is the time to go.

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