Portugal. Jacob lee 3rd period

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1 Portugal Jacob lee 3rd period

2 Geographical locations The bordering countries are spain in europe. The country is miles with a coastline of miles. The capital is lisbon

3 Climate and landscape The climate is cool and rainy in the north and dry and warmer in the south Their are rivers one is the tagus divides the country in two and rolling plains The major features are the tagus river ponta de pico at 2351 miles up.

4 Lay of the land The 5 major resources in the country are fish, cork forest, zinc, iron ore and copper. 39% of land is used in farming 37% is forest land 22% is something else. The majority of the people in the country are on the coast. The 2 major environmental issues are soil erosion and acid rain.

5 The history of portugal The iberians were the first inhabitants in the paleolithic period. The people to conquer portugal are celts, phoenicians, carthaginians, and the greeks and the romanes plus spain, as well as the visigoths, moors, Portugal gained independence in The portuguese empire 1815.

6 numbers The total population of the country is and is 84th 64% of the population is urban The five most populated cities are vila nova de paiva 300,000 Barga 190,000 satra 380,000 cascais 210,000 coimbar 140,000 The dominant ethnic group is eastern mediterranean. Na The official languages of portugal is portages. The major religion is roman catholic 80%

7 Statistics The median age is 42 The total life expedicy is 79 for males and 82 for females. The infant mortality rate is 4.3/1000 The fertility rate is 1.53

8 Education The literacy rate is 95.7% males is 97.1% females 94.4% The basic structure is elementary middle school the high school. There's a easy access to the education

9 Education slide 2 The typical school life is a long hour days. There's several colleges, universities.

10 General attitudes The people's general attitudes are open and friendly

11 Personal appearances Most people dress in the way most people in europe do

12 Greeting in portugal The general greeting in the country is handshakes and waving your hand. The greeting of family and friends is a hug and or handshake when meeting strangers just a handshake.

13 Common gestures One common gesture is to wave on finger with you poem showing.

14 Visiting and etiquette When entering someone's home you must wipe your feet off.

15 Food and Drink The common table manners are don't reach for something. The majority of food eaten the country are fish and beef.

16 Family life Their can be 3 generations in one house no more than 5 on rare occasions. Parents work to support the kids and the kids take care of them later in life.

17 Gender roles In urban areas males and female roles are not set will in the countryside the are males do heavy lifting females do house work.

18 housing People in the urban areas live in apartments mostly. In rural areas people live in red roof tile houses.

19 Dating and engagement The typical dating is a dinner outing or a movie. The engagement is a gold or silver ring.

20 Marriage and weddings The typical marriage is done by a catholic priest. The wedding is the bride is walked up to the person marrying her the they say a few words than are marred.

21 Recreation The largest sport played in portugal is soccer. One other leaser activity is going to the movies or a soccer game. The place that most people go for vac is the beach.

22 The arts The main type of art in the country is the traditional arts of the romans and greeks in some areas the paintings are mostly classical.

23 Holidays The first major holiday is new year's then easter last is christmas.

24 Health Care The health care in the country is pretty good and easy to access. The main dishes in the country is hiv and aids.

25 Government Portugal has a parliamentary democracy government. The country gained independence in The voting age is 18 The leader is the president the current one is Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. The political landscape is 230 members in parliament. The people elect a member of parliament who then elects the president.

26 The flag Red is the blood of those defending the nation Green is for hope Then it's the coat of arms

27 Economy The gdp is billion 133th in the world Gdp per capita is 30,300 The unemployment is 9.7% The poverty percentage is 19% Wine corks and other chemical products = 62.6 billion Imports of meatball = 74.32%

28 Energy and Communication The total population that has electricity is 100% The total number of people that have cell phones is 11,572,085 it 80th in world rank The internet usage is 70.4% it 57th in the world

29 Transportation There is a total of 64 airports which is 77th in the world and the total railway lines in miles is its 59th in the world the total miles of roads is its 59th in the world rank. Paved roads is unpaved is The major seaports are leixes,lisbon,setubal,sines The population that uses public transport is 60 % privet is 40%