Italy paul moore

ITALY

• Rome is the capitol

Demographics

• Main Language is Italian• Major religion is Catholicism• Most dense population near cities• Geographic size: 116,000

Government

• Democratic Republic• A Democratic republic is a hybrid

of a republic and democracy• Mario Monti is the current Prime

Minister

Unification of Italy

• Italy unified 1859-70• In 1860, Garibaldi led the

“Red Shirts” in conquest of Sicily and Naples

• Italy completely unified by 1870

Economics

• GPD: $1.5 Trillion in U.S. currency• Italy’s major resources include: Oil, Fish, coal and marble

• Tourism is a major industry• Italy’s exports are mainly produce and livestock

Italian Cuisine• Italy is famous for their

pasta • There is no exact date of

when spaghetti originated • The Ancient Romans and

Greeks ate a form of spaghetti

• Spaghetti became popular in the U.S. in the 1920’s

Major Cities-Rome

• Population is 2,777,979• Rome is famous for the Coliseum• Rome is 2672 years old• Nicknamed the Eternal City

The Renaissance

• Cultural movement from the 14th to the 17th century

• Famous Artists from this time include Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci

• Began in Florence, Italy• Many scientific contributions were made during this time as well

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIsypjHCPr8

Italian Soccer Team

• Soccer is called football in Europe• First Game was played in 1910• Has won 4 world cups

Works Cited• http://globaledge.msu.edu/countries/italy/government• http://italiandemographics.weebly.com/population-challen

ges.html• http://

www.history-timelines.org.uk/places-timelines/27-italy-history-timeline.html

• http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/italyandthecitystates/tp/keyeventsitaly.03.html

• http://www.indexmundi.com/italy/natural_resources.html• http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/world/A0858951.html• http://www.squidoo.com/the-history-of-spaghetti