Italy!

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By! : MICHAELA
BARBARA

FACTS ABOUT
ITALY! :

OFFICIAL NAME! : Republica Italiana or Republic of Italy.

Location! : Europe
Independence! : March 17, 1861

Type of Government! : Unitary State: Constitutional Republic,

Parliamentary Republic
Total Population & Rank! : 59.83 million (2013) # 24

Age Breakdown! :

0-14! : M# 51.09 % 4,340,380 F# 48.1 % 4,154,737

15-24! :M# 50.12% 3,0358,586 F# 49.88 % 3,020,584
25-50! :M# 49.91% 13,063,733 F# 50.59 % 13,375,975
55-64! :M# 48.44% 63,756,546 F# 51.55 % 3,997,190
65+ ! : M# 43.06% 5,626,752 F# 57.27 % 7,483,637

Gender Breakdown! :

M! : 48.6

Education Level! :
F! : 51.4
M! : 16 F! : 17

Ethnicities!:
GERMAN
FRENCH
ALBANIAN

Catholic! : 87.8%

RELIGION/S! :
Non-believers/atheists! : 5.8%
Muslims! : 2.6%
Other! : 3.8%

EXPORTS (5)! :
Machines, Engines, Pumps! : $92.3 billion U.S. dollars 20.1% (of
total exports)
Vehicles! : $38 billion (8.3%)
Electronic Equipments! : $27.1 billion (5.9%)
Pharmaceuticals! : $22 billion (4.8%)
Plastics! : $18.7 billion (4.1%)

GDP/GNP! :
2015
#13

$1.819 TRILLION

2015
#49

$35,800

POLITICAL STRUGGLES! : Workers occupy ILVA steel plant in

Genoa. Italian death rate up 11%

PRE WWII SITUATION! :

Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini, center, hands on

hips, with members of the fascist Party, in Rome, Italy, October
28, 1922, following their March on Rome. This march was an act
of intimidation, where thousands of fascist blackshirts occupied
strategic positions throughout much of Italy. Following the march,
King Emanuelle III asked Mussolini to form a new government,

COLD WAR SITUATION OF ITALY! :

Italy was mainly focused on the nuclear revolution more than
anything during the Cold War. They wanted to win the race and
be prepared. The Wilson Center States, Why do nuclear weapons
matter? Italys military nuclear policy throughout the Cold War
was an attempt to achieve a position of parity with the major
European powers. The Non-Proliferation Treaty, however,
challenged this basic goal, and both the signature and the
ratification of the treaty became two of the most controversial
choices that post war Italy had to face, - See more at:
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/italy-the-cold-war-and-thenuclear-dilemma-the-struggle-over-the-npt#sthash.VrsHBclC.dpuf

Customs Of Italy! :
Greetings In Italy! : Hello is Ciao for friends but is not appropriate
for being respectful to older authority. Pleased to meet you after
being introduced is molto lieto.
You always shake hands when say hi, greeting, saying goodbye
which is buonasera. When leaving a small shop or place of outing
you say arrivederci, for one person arrivederla.
Kissing with friends and family consists of cheek kisses that
sometimes are just cheek brushes.
Their dress is very important to them. They love elegance and
fancy ways of style.

TRADITIONS OF
ITALY! :
Italian holidays

Italians celebrate most Christian holidays, including Christmas and Easter. Pasquetta, on the Monday after Easter,
typically involves family picnics to mark the beginning of springtime.
November 1 commemorates Saints Day, a religious holiday during which Italians typically decorate the graves of
deceased relatives with flowers.
Many Italian towns and villages celebrate the feast day of their patron saint. September 19, for example, is the feast of
San Gennaro, the patron saint of Napoli.
The celebration of the Epiphany, celebrated on January 6, is much like Christmas. Belfana, an old lady who flies on her
broomstick, delivers presents and goodies to good children, according to legend.
April 25 is the Liberation Day, marking the 1945 liberation ending World War II in Italy in 1945.

FAMOUS PEOPLE OF
ITALY! :

Famous people of Italy consists of Disney stars Dylan and Cole

Sprouse, Sylvester Stallone from Creed,Robert Di Niro, Julius
Caesar, Singers Michael Buble Selena Gomez, Lady
Gaga,musician Frank Sinatra and fashion designer Donatella
Versace.

FOODS! :
Pizza! : As everyone knows Italy is famous for their delicious
pizza. It has thin bread and they eat it with forks instead of their
hands like Americans do.
Pasta! : Another favorite is pasta. They differ in shapes, sizes,
styles, and types. For example meatball spaghetti is different
from the bow shaped pasta.