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By,
Hannah Hartman
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Food- they eat in a continental style with the fork in the
left hand and knife in the right hand.
Clothing- some people make their own clothes because
stores are so expensive.
Religion- 90% are roman Catholics .
Tradition- parents stick with Polish names such as
Michal for boys and Anna for girls. The average family
has one or two children.
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2005 the Kaczynski government wishes to keep
the Catholic values while slowing market
economy reforms and protecting social welfare
programs.
The U.S Catholic church is similar to Poland’s
because they both talk about helping the poor
and treating others with respect.
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The physical features in Poland are mountains, seas,
small lakes, some forests, and rivers.
The land- the land in Poland rises to the south
because of the wind coming in.
Natural resources in Poland are mostly minerals but
the also have fertile soil, coal, and fuel.
Poland is on the border on the Balsic sea so they
transport goods on a water route.
The minerals and goods that they have in Poland
effect what there jobs are like today.
Such as trading
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Poland is a highly developed country and one
of the highest growing in the EU.
Poland is the fifth biggest economy in the EU.
It is ranking 14 in world education.
It is the second country with the lowest
homicide rates in the EU.
Homicide- means the deliberate and unlawful
killing of one person by another; murder.
Q: How did the Germans conquer Poland so
fast?
A: They marched in backwards and the Polish
thought they were leaving.
 Q: How many Polaks does it take to change a
light bulb?
A1: 3. One to stand on a chair and hold the bulb
and the other two to spin the chair.
A2: 100001. One to hold the bulb and the other
100000 to spin the house.
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In Poland, people peel bananas from the blossom
end and not the stem end.
Geographically, Poland is not actually in Eastern
Europe – it is in fact in the very center of Europe.
Poland’s national symbol is the white-tailed Eagle.
In Poland, pizza bases do not have tomato or sauce
on. Tomato sauce is served separately and put on top
of the pizza, and very often it is basically ketchup!
Roman Catholicism is so popular that Poland
actually has a TV channel dedicated to the Pope.