1. Tyler LaBar PS 462

2.  -Long history of religious confrontation (Catholics/Protestants)  -Under Great Britain/U.K.’s control for long time  -Agricultural supplier for Thousands of years

3.  -Long Tradition of warfare-  Believed in great gods  Cultural changes throughout history  classic Greece, Ancient Greece, and Iron age Greece

4.  Parlimentary representative democratic republic  President Prime Minister Executive Legislative Judicial Multi-party system

5.  Parlimentary representitive democratic republic  Prime minister (head of state)  President Executive Legislative Judicial Multi-party system

6.  Greece- high GDP  Greece –trying to gain more economic export power in trading  Ireland- High GDP  Ireland trying to adjust and keep heritage of U.K. structure

7.  Ireland and Greece both deal with being apart of the E.U. and trying to keep its political system in line with its economics practiced, however many people from Greece, have a diverse ideology of what its like to be Greek. Ireland faces the struggle of Evolving into its own powerful state within the E.U. trying to keep the U.K. economic system, and adapting old Heritage for dealing with politics

8.  Because Greece with such a long history in cultural identity, I believe it has hindered its country of evolving into the potential is has with economic resources  Because Ireland has struggled so long to adapt its own political beliefs and structure, they are behind in economics world

9.  Do you believe that Irelands present governmental structure hinders Ireland from progressing in trade world?  Does Greek culture and heritage play a role in the advancement in Greece’s economy?  If you had to live in either country, in terms of politics and economics, which would you choose? why?