Cyprus

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Cyprus

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Location

• Relative
• South of most of Europe
• Absolute
• 35 degrees North,
• 33 degrees East

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Place

• Physical
• has mountains and is the hottest, driest island
  in the Mediterranean
• Gets 340 days of sunshine a year,
• Has an average amount of plants

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Place (continued)

• Human
• About 900,000 people live there
• Religions are mostly Greek and Muslim
• Languages include Greek, English and Turkish
• Cultures are Greek and Turkish

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Movement

• Goods are usually shipped by plane or boat
• Import partners include Greece, Italy, UK,
  Germany, and Japan

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Regions

• Mountain regions (Mt. Olympus)
• Hurricane regions

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Human/ Environment Interactions

• They depend on the hurricanes to water their
  crops

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Extra Facts

• Famous person is Makarois III, who was the first
  President of Cyprus
• They celebrate over 25 holidays a year, and we
  celebrate 10 of those in America

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Bibliography

• "Cyprus." The World Atlas. 25 Jan. 2005
  .

"Geography World." Cyprus. 25 Jan. 2005
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