R OMANIA By: Georgia. L OCATION AND G EOGRAPHY Bordered by Hungary, Ukraine, Moldavia, Bulgaria, and Serbia Capital is Bucharest 328,391 square kilometers.

ROMANIABy: Georgia

LOCATION AND GEOGRAPHY

Bordered by Hungary, Ukraine, Moldavia, Bulgaria, and Serbia

Capital is Bucharest 328,391 square kilometers Slightly smaller than Oregon Land is mostly mountains, hills or plains

Map of Romania

AGRICULTURE

Crops include: Grains; mostly Corn and wheat, also barley, oats, rye, and rice; Non-grains, hay, sunflowers, potatoes, soybeans, sugar beets, feed roots, corn silage, and table grapes

Livestock consists of: Sheep, pigs, cattle, poultry, and rabbits

ECONOMY

GDP equivalent to 161.62 million U.S. dollars Exports: agricultural products, chemicals,

footwear, fuels, machinery, metal products, and textiles

Imports: coal, cars, medicinal equipment Currency: leu, one leu is about 29 cents

CULTURE Holidays: Christmas, New Years, Labor Day,

and Easter Sports: Football, handball, rugby, tennis,

and gymnastics Romania food consists Cabbage rolls,

sausage, and stews; Muschi Poiana has mushrooms, and bacon stuffed beef pureed with tomato soup and vegetables

Muschi Poiana A Gymnastics team A Football Team

CULTURE (CON.)

86.7% of Romanians are Christian

Traditions: Coloring eggs for Easter, they hollow out the egg before they paint them, the most common colors used to decorate them are Red, Yellow, and Black

GOVERNMENT Prime Minister is Victor Ponta Form of Government: Republic The colors on the flag represent; Blue

stands for Liberty, Yellow stands for Justice, and Red stands for Fraternity

Romania’s Flag Victor Ponta

PEOPLE

Language: Romania also Hungarian and German

Ethnic groups: Mostly Romanians, also Gypsies, Magyars, Germans, Ukrainians, Tartars, Jews, Croats, Russian, Bulgarians, and Serbs

Population of 22, 181, 287 95.8% Literacy Rate

VAMPIRE LEGENDS

Transylvania is known for vampires Vampires in Romania are commonly known

as “Strigoi” People in Romania believed if your child was

born under strange conditions or if the mother did not eat salt or if the saw a vampire their children would be born a vampire

You could also become a vampire by being bitten by a vampire, a cat leaping over your corpse, swearing a false oath, committing suicide, or practicing witchcraft

VAMPIRE LEGEND (CON.)

Vampires were known to drink the blood of people or of livestock

Graves were watched to see if the dead became a vampire

If they thought someone in a grave was a vampire they would put garlic in their mouth or burn them piece by piece

COLLAGE