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Lithuania

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Lithuania
Sena Meile Nerudyja
"An old love does not rust"

By: Sam Young

SVEIKI

HELLO
Photo by Neal.

BORDERS

THE BALTIC SEA AND THE WESTERN COAST OF RUSSIA
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ROMAN CATHOLIC

79% OF CITIZENS

LITHUANIAN LITAS

COMMON CURRENCY
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MINDAUGAS

ONLY KING TO RULE LITHUANIA
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CLIMATE

  • Summers are short
  • Long winters
  • Over 750 rivers
  • Forests cover 30% of the land

LAST EUROPEAN COUNTRY

TO ADOPT CHRISTANIATY

3.4 MILLION PEOPLE

ABOUT SAME AMOUNT AS CONNECTICUT
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POPULAR SPORTS

  • Basketball is most played sport
  • Other sports such as :
  • Soccer, Rowing and Tennis
  • Are also very common
Photo by BozDoz

DAILY LIFE

  • Children are required to go to school
  • Families of 2-3 are very common
  • Boys enjoy camping and fishing
  • Girls are very polite and proper
Photo by Claudio.Ar

GARDENS

ARE IN OR AROUND NEARLY EVERY HOME

Schooling
Kids MUST attend school
10 years is the minimum time
Children enjoy arts, studies
and sciences.

Photo by smbuckley23

Vinius Cathedral
Popular tourist attraction
Main Roman Catholic Cathedral of Lithuania

Photo by otzberg

HILL OF CROSSES

POPULAR TOURISM ATTRACTION

VILNIUS TV TOWER

TALLEST STRUCTURE IN LITHUANIA
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JEWS

BEGAN TO SETTLE IN EARLY 1400s
Photo by Werner Kunz

ZYDRUNAS SAVICKAS

WORLDS STRONGEST MAN FINALIST

FIRST SOVIET UNION

COUNTRY TO DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM USSR

Works cited

Misiunas, Romuald J. "Lithuania." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2014

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Works cited

ProQuest. ""Lithuania"" CultureGrams Online Database:. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2014

Photo by VinothChandar