Italy Amber Bishop

Location South of Germany, East of France, West

of Hungry and North of Africa. Is located in the Northern Hemisphere Latitude: 54 North Longitude: 27 East

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Italian Food Is said to be the “Food Capital of the World” The features which best describes the food

in Italy is the quality and simplicity. A few ingredients that make the food great is

tomatoes, oil, bread, wine, and mozzarella. Healthiness is what makes Italian food so

popular all over the world. Olive oil is used much more than butter and cream.

Italian Food Bruschetta is a classical traditional

food and it is just bread seasoned with garlic, oil, and tomatoes.

Caprese salad is made from buffalo mozzarella, tomatoes, and basil that is seasoned with salt and olive oil.

Bruschetta

Orecchiette dish

Caprese salad

Place Most of Italy is mountain and very hilly

with only a few areas with flat land. The Apennine Mountains forms the

backbone of the peninsula of Italy. The Alps mountains form its northern

boundary.

ApenninesAlps Mountains

Climate The Northern part of Italy has hot

summers and cold winters. In the Southern part of Italy the

winters are mild and the summers are long and dry.

In the mountain areas such as the Alps and the Apennines have long, cold winters and short, cool summers.

Temps in Italy

Movement People in Italy use cars, trains, and

boats to get around. A famous place for waterways is

Venice. Venice has no streets and the only way

of traveling is on boats.

Venice

Movement of Goods Main exports are footwear, wine, and

various types of stone for building. Main imports: Chemicals, engineering

products, transport equipment, energy products, minerals and nonferrous metals, textiles, clothing, food, beverages, tobacco.

Imported/exported goods

Main exporters and Importers

Main exporters are Germany, France, Spain, United States, and the United Kingdom.

Main importers: Germany, France, China, Netherlands, Libya, and Russia

Main exporters

Main importers

Human Interaction Pollution and Population are the two

main issues in Rome. The cause of the air pollution is from

motorized vehicles. There is over 3,000,000 people living in

Rome. Rome is the largest and most populated city in Italy.

Environment affecting people

Tuesday May 29th a earthquake hit Rome.

24 lives were taken the magnitude was 5.8

Regions There are 20 different regions in Italy. A few are: Lazio, Sicily, and Tuscany Tuscany: is the fifth largest region in

Italy. Is best known for its beautiful landscape that has vineyards, olive groves and cypress trees.

Regions Sicily is the largest island in the

Mediterranean. Sicily is well known as the home of one of Europe's volcanoes (Mount Etna).

Lazio- is originally poor. Deprives most of its wealth from agriculture, wine production, manufacturing, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and publishing. Lazio is the home to the Italian film industry.