POLAND-Madison

= Poland =  Country Facts Size: 124,808 square miles Location: Europe Population: 33,835,000 Capital: Waesaw National Language: Polish Monetary System: Zloty Crops: Barely, Hogs, Potatoes, Rye, Sugar, Beets, and Wheat Industry: Chemicals, Food Products, Iron & Steel, Machinery, Ships, and Textiles
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Cultural Facts Foods:Soups with sauerkraut, potatoes, peas, barely, mushrooms, vegetables, Beetroot, or a mixture of all of them (But in the summer, preferably cold soup with fruits) Stuffed Meat Pies,Smoked Fish, Ham, or Sausage Pork Chops with potatoes and cabbage on the side  Clothing:Similar clothing of Northern Americans – expect on various holidays and events  Celebrations and Holidays: Christmas, Easter, Good Friday, Holy Saturday  *map of Poland*

Educational Facts Education: 99% literacy rate All students must receive religious instruction Education starts at age 6(or 7) for primary schooling  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Random (but important/interesting) Facts   : <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Medical Care is Poor, but improving <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Poland’s National Anthem is “Mazurek Dabrowsiego” <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Poland receives 18 million tourists per year <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Pope John Paul the second was born in Poland <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Poland made one of the world’s first written constitutions on May 3, 1791 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Poles health was suffered due to bad lifestyle, fatty diet, alcohol use, and smoking <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Poland’s complex grammar and vocabulary has been heavily influenced by the French, Latin, German, and Russian’s <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> Poland threw off communism in 1986


 * Greene, Carol. __enchantment of the world : poland__. Chicago: Childern's Press, 1983.
 * __world book__. Chicago: World Book Inc., 2003.