R OMANIA By: Georgia

L OCATION AND G EOGRAPHY 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

A GRICULTURE 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

E CONOMY GDP equivalent to 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

C ULTURE 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

C ULTURE (C ON.) 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

G OVERNMENT 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 FlagVictor Ponta

P EOPLE 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, % Literacy Rate

V AMPIRE L EGENDS 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

V AMPIRE L EGEND (C ON.) 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

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