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Italy
Unit 2
Climate/Geography
• Location: Italian peninsula in Southern Europe
• Climate: Mainly Mediterranean
-South is more hot and dry
- Colder in the north (near Alps Mts.)
• Highlands: Apennines Mountains
• Small islands: Sicily, Sardinia, other small islands
Government
• Capital: Rome
• Government type: Constitutional
Republic
• Head of State: President
• Head of Government: Prime
Minister
– Similar to a Vice President, they
are chosen by the President
• Assembly: Senate & Chamber of
Deputies (similar to USA)
Economy
• Main industries:
– tourism, iron & steel,
textiles, cars,
clothing, footwear,
ceramics
• Currency: Euro
– 1 Euro - $1.11 US
Demography/Culture
• Population: 58+ million
• Language: Italian (official)
• Religion: 90% Roman Catholic,
small Protestant, Jewish &
Muslim communities
• Life Expectancy (77-M) (83-F)
• Literacy rate: 98.4%
• State run health care system
• Art: Leonardo Da Vinci &
Michelangelo
Brief History
• In 753 BC, Romulus & Remus founded Rome
– brothers of Gods who were raised by a she-wolf
• On March 15, 44 BC, the King, Julius Caesar,
was murdered by senators and his best friend
• In 1922, Benito Mussolini took power away
from the King of Italy (without a fight) and
became the supreme ruler
• During World War II, Italy was
initially neutral, but then joined
with Germany
Tourism
• Rome: Colosseum, Roman
Forum, Trevi Fountain,
Pantheon, Spanish steps
• Vatican City:
– smallest country in the
world- home to the pope
-Vatican museums & Sistine
chapel
-St. Peter’s Basilica
Tourism Continued
Gondola Ride
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Pantheon
Tourism Continued
Colosseum
Rialto Bridge
Tuscany
Interesting Facts
• Italy is the most crowded nation in
Europe.
• The city of Rome is almost 3000
years old.
• Is known for the production of Sports
cars like Lamborghini and Ferrari
• In Italy people make more than 140
varieties of “Pasta”
• Has the most volcanoes in all of Europe
• Soon after the finishing of the Pisa
Tower in 1173, it stared to lean.
– The leaning Tower of Pisa
Food