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Switzerland
By Jake Wallace and Ben Daley
GOVERNMENT
The Swiss Confederation was founded in 1291 as a
defensive alliance.
Government Type: formally a confederation, but similar
structure to a federal republic.
Capital: Bern, 46 57 N, 7 26 E
Swiss President: Eveline Widmer
Population: 7,655,628
Country flag
• The origin of Switzerland
country flag
started in 1889
It started in wars so you
could
identify swiss troops
To identify the confederate
troops they
would put a white cross on
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swiss flag
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Economy
Switzerland has a modern and peaceful market Economy.
A market economy is an economy that relies chiefly on
market forces to allocate goods and resources and
to determine prices.
Switzerland's GDP is 665.9 billion dollars
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•Switzerland's debt is is 1.346 trillion dollars
•Some of Switzerland's agricultural products are grains,
fruits ,meats and eggs.
Economy #2
Imports - commodities: machinery, chemicals, vehicles, metals; agricultural products, textiles.
Exports:
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: machinery, chemicals,
watches, metals
Economy #3
Swiss products
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Swiss army knife
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Swiss water bottles
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Swiss army watch
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Swiss army backpack
Swiss Army watch
Currency
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Switzerland's currency is the swiss franc
1 united states dollar = .9189 swiss francs
Comparing Costs
Xbox 360
us $300
swiss 274 swiss francs
smoothie maker
us $58
swiss 54 swiss francs
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an xbox360 available in
switzerland
food in switzerland
breakfast typically includes bread, butter or
margarine, marmalade or honey, maybe some cheese or
cereals.
Lunch: Lunch may be as simple as a sandwich or a
birchermüesli or it could be a complete meal.
Dinner: dinner can be a full main course or just some
bread, cheese, maybe some dried meat or any other light
meal
Breakfast:
fondue:
a swiss
meal of cheese
meat and
chocolate
Swiss Holidays
• Swiss national day is the official swiss
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holiday since 1994.
Just like americans the swiss
celebrate holidays such as Christmas
also New Years Eve and Easter.
The swiss have a lot of christian
holidays such as Ascension or
immaculate conception.
Climate
• Mostly mountains with lots of rolling
hills and plateaus.
• The temperature in switzerland is
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affected by elevation since there are
a lot of mountains in switzerland.
September, May, and October tend
to be the driest seasons.
April and November are the wettest
periods in switzerland.
Geography #1
Geography #2
Geography #3
Fun Facts
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One of the worlds best tennis player, Roger Federer is
from Switzerland.
The font, “Helvetica” was created in Switzerland.
You can’t turn right on a red light.
The average Swiss eats 23 lbs of chocolate per year
compared to the 11.7lbs eaten by Americans.
James Bond's mother is
Swiss.
Swiss National Anthem
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Switzerland
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https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-worldfactbook/geos/sz.html
http://www.about.ch/culture/food/index.html#CH_BasicF
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http://funfacter.hubpages.com/hub/Fun-Facts-aboutSwitzerland