FRANCE France is next to Spain. France is a big country. Its population is high. Its capital is Paris. There are a lot of monuments: ●Eiffel Tower. ●Triumphal Arch. ●The Cathedral of Notre-Dame. ●Castle Pribac. France has got a varied gastronomy: ● Foie grass ● Agneau de Pavillac. ● Cassoulet. ● Creps. France has got a lot of typical festivals: ● In January: Le Nobel An, L'Épiphanie. ● In February: La Fête des Amcureux. ● In March: Saint Patrick. ● In April: Poisson d'Avril, Fiesta de los trabajadores. ● In May: L'Ascension, La Pntecôte. ● In June: Music festival. ● In July: Bastille Day. ● In August: La Asunción. ● In November: All Saints day, Day of the Dead. ● In December: Virgen festival, Christmas. The customs of France: ●They are good cooks. ●They say hello and goodbye with handshake. ●They arrive 15 or 20 minutes later. ●They pass their holidays in their country. The weather is warm in summer and cold in winter. The vegetation is varied. Alba Troncoso López 2º ESO
Germany Germany is a big country. It is situated in Centre Europe. Its capital is Berlín. It has got 82 million inhabitants.
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Monuments
There are a lot of monuments like: The Brandemburgo’s door (Berlín), The building of Reichtag (Berlín) and The Victory’s Column (Berlín).
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Typical festival
They celebrate: the Carnival, the fair (kirchweih o kirmes), the wine and Christmas markets. In its capital they celebrate the Berlín Marathon.
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Typical food
The most typical food is the sausage. Its food includes the brezel or the nudel and the wine too.
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Customs • Don’t listen music in high volume. • •
Be punctual. Give a present to our hostess.
Climate Germany’s got a cold and wet climate. Very cold winters. Temperatures between -6ºC in winter and 24ºC in summer.
Fauna and flora Its mammals include: the roe buck, the common deer, the wild boar, the red fox, the Europe fallow deer, the heavers, the otters... The principal plants are: The cereals (barley, oats, wheat, rye), the potatoes and the maize.
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Economy It is the third world power and its coin is the euro (€).
Culture Its composers include: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwing van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms y Richard Wagner. Other important personalities are: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer), Nicolás Copérnico, David Hilbert (mathematical) and Albert Einstein (scientific).
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are a lot of religions: The Christianity (64%) The Islamic (4%) The Buddhism and the Judaism (0,25%) The Hinduism (29,6%) The Protestantism Muslim
Language The official language is the german.
Important festivals In this country they celebrate the Olympic Games in 1936 and 1972. The germany football selection has won three Mundial Cups (in 1954, 1974 and 1990) and three European Cups (in 1972, 1980 and 1986).
María José Fernández Vega 2º ESO
CHINA China is a big Asian country. It's got 9.600.000 km2. It is in the east of Asia. Its capital is PekĂn. China is the most inhabited country in the world. It has got 1.294 million of inhabitants. China has got a varied landscape: mountains, high plateaus, deserts, deltas, hills, etc. The highest mountain in China is the Everest. It has got a varied climate: tropical in the south and subartic in the north. In China there are many importants monuments: The Great Wall of China The mausoleum of sun Yat-sen. The summer Palace. The bridge of seven arches. there are typical customs: The food dishes always are shared. They invite to eat and a person must pay the bill. No exist about tips. No discuss about politic. In China there are many festivals, but the most important are: Spring festivals. The lanterns festivals. The Mid-Autumn festivals. The Dragon Boat festivals. There are The The The The
varied food: rice cooked in various ways. Dim Sum. shark fin soup. Zong.
People in China often believe in: His spiritual doctrine. Gods. Buddhas. Witches. Diego Sierra Valero 2Âş ESO
ITALY Italy is a country in Southeastern Europe. It's a big country. Its capital is Rome. Its population is about 60 million inhabitants in 2008. This country is very tourist. Italy has a lot of monuments, for example 'La Cúpula de Santa Maria
de Fiore', 'St. Peter's
Square', ... The most typical italian food is: pasta, meatballs, pizza, risotto... Italy is a Mediterranean character, with huge forest and trees such as pine. An important sport in Italy is football, in italian 'calcio'. The Formula1 is the most developed sport in Italy.
Eva María Fernández Granados 2º ESO
DENMARK Denmark is in the North of Europe. Denmark is the smallest country in the North. It has got about 5500000 inhabitants. Its capital is Copenhague. Denmark hasn't got many customs. They eat lots of potatoes with gravy and they play football and handball. They don't celebrate Christian festival. The food national in Denmark is the meatballs and the pork roast. 'Little Mermaid' is the most famous monument. Denmark has got a warm climate. The most important tree is the beech. There are also oaks Scots pine, black pine, sprice and fir trees. Its principal fauna is the roe deer, the red deer, foxes, squirrels and hares. Denmark is a beautiful country. All people should visit it.
Gloria Sรกnchez Menacho 2ยบ ESO
Mexico Mexico is a country located in Central América and its coasts are bathed by the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. Mexico has got 107.431.225 inhabitans approximately. México has got important monuments, for example: EL caballito. Calzada de los Misterios. Castillo de Chapultepec. Monumento de la Independencia. There are some festivals in Mexico: El día de los Muertos. Feria de la Plata en Taxco. Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe. The typical food in Mexico is: Tacos. Chile. Enchiladas Nachos. In Mexico you can find cold weather, tropical or temperate climates. It's a place with a lot of vegetation, a lot of beaches and mountains. If you travel to Mexico the best places to visist are: Los cabos. Veracruz. Ciudad de Mexico.
Irene Corbacho Pérez 2º ESO
Argentina
Argentina is in South America. It is a big country made up of small villages as Yapeyú. It has got a lot of inhabitants. Its capital is Buenos Aires. It has got lot of monuments as `Los Heroes de la Independencia´ and `La Iglesia de San Pedro Telmo´. In this country they eat a lot of meat and its typical food is the pasties and the creoles. In Argentina there are four climates: hot climate in the subtropicals areas, warm climate in the mountains, saws and fields, and cold climate in the Patagonia and in the Patagonian Andes. Its flag is light blue and white with a sun. It has got a lot of festivals as `25th May´. In this festival celebrate their freedom. On 9th July, they celebrate their independence and there are more common festivals as New Year and Carnival. There are all tips of landscapes: mountains, landing and evenness, jungles, woodllands and rivers. It has got a varied vegetation. Melania del Rocío Aguilar Morales 2º ESO
Australia It is located in the continent of Oceania. It's 7,686,850 Km long. It is one of the world's largest countries It has got 21,874,900 inhabitants. There are a lot of deserts. Kangaroos live with people. In summer, the temperature is about 37 degrees. In winter, the temperature is about 0 degrees. Its most famous celebration is Christmas. It is a huge and a beautiful country. It has a Protestant and Catholic Roman religion. The most abundant flora is the blood thistle.
Salvador Castellano Lechuga 2º ESO
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Scotland is situated in United Kidgom, in Western Europe.
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Festivals: - Day Christmas - Boxing Day - New year - Halloween - Resurrection Sunday - Pancake Day - The Burn night
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Tipycal food: - Chesse - Fish and seafood - Meat - Cakes and cookies
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There are a lot of lakes, wetlands, beaches and mountains. Sport: - Golf - Rides pony - Football Numbers of inhabitans: 5.062.011 Important monuments: - Castle of Edimburgo -The Royal Mile - Castle of Eilean Donan - Statue of Willian Wallace It's a very wet country. Typical dress: - Scotish skirt Leticia Mesa Zarzuela 2º ESO
JAPAN
It’s situated in Asia. Its capital is Tokyo. It is bathes by Pacific Ocean. It has got 12647000 inhabitants. Its language is Japenese. The typical clothes are the kimono. The typical food is washabi, dango, sushi… The most important monument is the Heion Jingo (1895) or Hachiko in Shibulla. The weather is rainy and wet. There are four seasons, the summer is long and the winter is short. The fauna has got 1700 species.
Raquel Oliva Domínguez 2º ESO