Western European Countries

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Western European Countries

• Information from CIA World Fact Book

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United Kingdom

• Capital London
• Major Cities Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow,
  Belfast
• Population 60,776,238
• Area Comparative Slightly smaller than the State
  of Oregon.

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United Kingdom Cultural Aspects

• Religions Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic,
  Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6, Muslim 2.7,
  Hindu 1.
• Languages English, Welsh (about 26 of the
  population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic
  (about 60,000 in Scotland)

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United Kingdom Gov. and Economy

• Government Constitutional Monarchy
• GDP 1.928 trillion
• GDP per capita 31,800

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United Kingdom Famous Landmarks and People

• Landmarks Big Ben, Stonehenge, The Eye of
  London, The London Bridge
• Famous People The Beatles, Radiohead, Eric
  Clapton, Winston Churchill, Shakespeare, Princess
  Diana, J.R.R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling

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France

• Capital Paris
• Major Cities Marseille, Nice
• Population 63,713,926
• 60,876,136 in métropolitain France (July 2007
  est.)
• Area Comparative Slightly less than the size of
  Texas

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France Cultural Aspects

• Religions Roman Catholic 83-88, Protestant 2,
  Jewish 1, Muslim 5-10
• Languages French 100

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France Gov. and Economy

• Government Republic
• GDP 1.902 trillion
• GDP per capita 31,200

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France Famous Landmarks and People

• Landmarks Eiffel Tower, Palace of Versailles
• People Napoleon, Marie Curie, André the Giant

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Germany

• Capital Berlin
• Major Cities Munich, Hannover, Dresden,
  Dusseldorf, Cologne, Mannheim
• Population 82,400,996
• Comparative Area Slightly smaller than Montana

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German Cultural Aspects

• Religions Protestant 34, Roman Catholic 34,
  Muslim 3.7, unaffiliated or other 28.3
• Languages German

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German Gov. and Economy

• Government Federal Republic
• GDP 2.632 trillion
• GDP per capita 31,900

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German Famous Landmarks and People

• Landmarks Reichstag,
• People David Hasselhoff, Adolf Hitler, Ludwig
  van Beethoven

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Italy

• Capital Rome
• Major Cities Naples, Florence, Milan, Venice
• Population 58,147,733
• Comparative Area Slightly larger than Arizona

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Italian Cultural Aspects

• Religions Roman Catholic 90 (approximately
  about one-third regularly attend services), other
  10 (includes mature Protestant and Jewish
  communities and a growing Muslim immigrant
  community)
• Languages Italian

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Italy Gov. and Economy

• Government Republic
• GDP 1.756 trillion
• GDP per capita 30,200

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Italian Famous Landmarks and People

• Landmarks Roman Coliseum, St. Peters Basilica,
  Leaning Tower of Pisa
• People Benito Mussolini, Leonardo Da Vinci,
  Julius Caeser

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Spain

• Capital Madrid
• Major Cities Barcelona, Valencia
• Population 40,448,191
• Comparative Area slightly more than twice the
  size of Oregon

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Spain Cultural Aspects

• Religions Roman Catholic 94, other 6
• Languages Castilian Spanish (official) 74,
  Catalan 17, Galician 7, Basque 2, are official
  regionally

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Spain Gov. and Economy

• Government Parliamentary Monarchy
• GDP 1.109 trillion
• GDP per capita 27,400

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Spain Famous Landmarks and People

• Landmarks Running of the Bulls in Pamplona
• People Penélope Cruz, Salvador Dalí, Pablo
  Picasso

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Ireland

• Capital Dublin
• Major Cities Shannon, Cork, Limerick
• Population 4,109,086
• Comparative Area slightly larger than West
  Virginia

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Irish Cultural Aspects

• Religions Roman Catholic 88.4, Church of
  Ireland 3, other Christian 1.6
• Languages English (official) is the language
  generally used, Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge)
  (official) spoken mainly in areas located along
  the western seaboard

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Irish Gov. and Economy

• Government Republic
• GDP 180.9 billion
• GDP per capita 44,500

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Ireland Famous People and Landmarks

• Landmarks Guinness Plant, Blarney Stone
• People Colin Ferrell, Bono, U2, Pierce Brosnan,
  C.S. Lewis

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The United States of America

• Capital Washington D.C.
• Major Cities New York City, Chicago, Atlanta,
  Los Angeles, Houston, Boston, Detroit, Seattle,
  Lincoln
• Population 301,139,947 (July 2007 est.)
• Comparative Area About half the size of Russia
  slightly larger than Brazil slightly larger than
  China more than twice the size of the European
  Union

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U.S. Cultural Aspects

• Religions Protestant 51.3, Roman Catholic
  23.9, Mormon 1.7, other Christian 1.6, Jewish
  1.7, Buddhist 0.7, Muslim 0.6, other or
  unspecified 2.5, unaffiliated 12.1, none 4
  (2007 est.)
• Languages English 82.1, Spanish 10.7, other
  Indo-European 3.8, Asian and Pacific island
  2.7, other 0.7 (2000 census) note Hawaiian is
  an official language in the state of Hawaii

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United States Gov. and Economy

• Government Constitution-based federal republic
  strong democratic tradition
• GDP 13.86 trillion (2007 est.)
• GDP per capita 46,000 (2007 est.)

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U.S. Famous People and Landmarks

• Landmarks Statue of Liberty, Golden Gate Bridge,
  Empire State Building, St. Louis Arch, Space
  Needle, Yellowstone National Park, Grand Canyon,
  etc., etc., etc.