Transcript Italy - Fort Thomas Independent Schools

BY: ISABELLA MOSES
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GDP Growth Rate: -2.3%
GDP Per Capita: $30, 100
Unemployment Rate: 10.9%
Inflation Rate: 3%
Poverty Rate: 29.9%
GDP Composition by Sector: Agriculture-3.9%
Industry-23.9%
Services-67.8%
Budget Surplus or Deficit: -2.9% of GDP
Industries include tourism, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, food
processing, textiles, motor vehicles, clothing, footwear, and ceramics
Italy has an industrial economy and they make and produce many things
to export to other countries which may provide a variety of jobs
Italy is a developed country
They have a fairly high standard of living
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 Italy is 116,305 square miles
 There are Alpine mountains to the north and coastal
lowlands to the south
 Generally mountainous
 They have a Mediterranean climate
 Capital is Rome
 Winters are rainy and cold to the north, cool around
Rome, and mild towards the south
 Summers are very hot (up to 104 degrees F) in the
south; rest of country have moderate summers, though
hotter than usual in recent years
 The Italian Alps stretch along the northern border
 They agriculturally produce olives, grapes, seafood
(because they are not landlocked, therefore being able
to get to the ocean, providing jobs as a fisherman),
potatoes, soybeans, and grain (due to the amount of
farming fields in the south, providing jobs as a farmer)
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 Exports: $483.3 billion
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Export Partners:
Germany: 16.5%
France: 8.8%
Spain: 4.7%
China: 7.7%
Netherlands: 5.5%
Imports: 469.7 billion
Import Partners:
Germany: 16.5%
France: 8.8%
China: 7.7%
Netherlands: 5.5%
Spain: 4.7%
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Average family holds 1 or 2 children
The Renaissance began in Italy
Some of the greatest painters, sculptors, and architects come from Italy including da Vinci
and Giotto
Italians invented opera, musical notation, and the piano, one of the most popular
instruments today
Music festivals are popular in towns or big cities
National and religious holidays are New Year’s Day, Easter, Labor Day (May 1st),
Christmas, The Anniversary of the Republic (June 2nd), and St. Stephen’s Day (December
26th)
Every town and city honors the local patron saint with an annual celebration
Their main language is Italian
Their main religion is Roman Catholic
Clothes are extremely important to Italians and they often judge people based on clothing
that they wear
Men should wear dark-colored business suits and women should wear business suits or
dresses
Most families live in apartments due to the high, inconvenient prices of homes and love to
garden in their homes
They enjoy tea
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 The U.S. and Italy have volunteered for support for
French forces in Mali, Africa
 Fighting began when the French wanted to help
Islamic rebels in Mali, Africa
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