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Italy By: Connor Nguyen
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Rome The capital of Italy is Rome, it’s latitude is and its longitude is
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Lake Garda A major body of water in Italy is Lake Garda, a lake with an area of 91,424 acres.
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Mont Blanc The highest point in Italy is the peak of Mont Blanc, with an elevation of 4,808 metres.
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Most Popular Sport In Italy, the most popular sport in Italy is football, or soccer in America.
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Battle of the Oranges A famous festival in Italy is Battle of the Oranges, a food fight where oranges represent old weapons, this is celebrated after the tale of a evil marquis who was killed by a young woman.
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Exports & Companies In Italy, popular exports from there would be refined petroleum or pharmaceuticals, with companies like Eni or Luxottica shipping them.
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European Union Italy joined the EU on January 1’st 1958, they originally joined the EEC which was renamed to EU.
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Robert De Niro Robert De Niro is a famous Italian actor who is considered a living legend due to his fluent Italian in the Godfather.
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Benito Mussolini Benito Mussolini was the founder of the Fascist Party, and being an ally of Hitler.
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Italy in WWI During WWI, Italy originally was part of the Central Powers, but then switched to the Allies. They has assisted in at least 7 battles.
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Italy in WWII During WW2, Italy had sided with the Germans on the Axis Side, and very eventually invaded, on a mission named Operation Husky.
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Sergio Mattarella Sergio Mattarella is the current President of Italy since February 3rd,
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Italy’s Government Italy has a Republican, Unitary State, Parliamentary republic, and Constitutional republic government.
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Death of Julius Caesar Julius Caesar was assassinated by 3 Roman politicians, he was stabbed several times in the Theatre of Pompey.
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Pantheon The Pantheon is currently a museum, it used to be a temple that dedicated to all gods of Pagan Rome.
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Population As of January 1st, 2017 Italy has 60,656,000 citizens living there.
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Roman Catholicism Roman Catholicism is the main religion in Italy, with Rome being where the Pope resides.
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Climate Region Italy has a mediterranean like climate, where it has hot dry summers and cold humid winters.
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Language In terms of native tongue, the top 3 are Italian being 96.8% being Italian, 1.31% being English, and 1.04% being Basque.
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Relationship with U.S Italy currently has a good relationship with the U.S ever since they signed the Treaty of Peace which is one of the Paris Peace treaties.
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Bibliography “The Carnival of Ivrea.” Italian Tourism Official Website, 24 Jan. 2014, “Benito Mussolini.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 28 Apr. 2017, History.com Staff. “Italian Campaign.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, “The Ides of March: Julius Caesar Is Murdered.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, Anonymous. “Italy - European Union - European Commission.” European Union, 13 Dec. 2017, europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/countries/member-countries/italy_en.
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