Canada

The cities
Canada is the second largest country in the world close to 10 Million km2. Population in Canada is just over 33 Million. Canada's capital is Ottawa, but the largest city in Canada is Toronto, following by Montréal and then Vancouver. Other major cities in Canada are: Victoria, Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg. The Largest province in Canada is Quebec. However the largest population is in Ontario with capital city of Toronto whose population is almost half of the population in Ontario.

The people and their activities
Canada's natural growth rate is 0.4%, but Canada's overall growth rate is 1.0%, due to Canada's immigration policies. It has been approximated that by 2070, Canada's population will double from 30 million to 60 million people in Canada. Canada is well known for its stunning natural beauty and Canadian hockey, but is also famous for its cosmopolitan multicultural cities and high quality of life. Canada is known for other things like Canada maple syrup, Canada ice wine, cleanliness, communication industry, Canadian Fishing and hunting natural resources. Canada is also well known for quality post secondary education having university in each province.

The government system and language
The government system is parliamentary constitutional monarchy. With Queen Isabel II. O Canada is the begining of Canada's National Anthem. Not only Canada and Canadians respect the government of Canada but also many other countries have a high respect for the goverment of Canada. The flag of Canada is red and white, with a red leaf in the center of Canadian Flag. The languages are English and French because originaly, Canada is an union of Old French and British Colonies.

The landscape and wildlife
Wildlife of the north: Reindeer, polar beers, arctic foxes, wolves, weasels and caribous.Wildlife of the southeast: Deer of white tail and buffalo of the forests. And the bison, only in nationals parks.Wildlife of the mountain ranges: Wild goats, mount caribous and brown bears.Birds: Canadian ganders, wild gooses, partridges, quails, golden eagles, owls and crows.Marine birds: docks, ganders, cormorants and swallows.Wildlife of the sea: salmons, perchs, cods, mackerel, sword fishes and giant tunny.
Landscape: One of the most important richnesses of the country are the woodlands and the Conifer woodlands.

Why did you choose Canada?
We choose Canada because both love the same singer, Avril Lavigne, who was born there. We love polar beers and the government system of the country too.

Agustina Bergés y Angeles Rodriguez. 3º2º

An Amazing Country: Brazil

An amazing country: Brazil

Brazil is the biggest country of South America. It’s limited by all the countries of South America except Chile and Equator. It’s climate is tempered, and its fauna, ample. The basic currency is the real (one) introduced in 1994 July.




The cities

The capital of Brazil is Brasilia, and some of the most important cities are Rio de Janeiro, Sao Pablo, Florianopolis, Camboriu and Buzios.They are important because they are the most interesting tourist places .
In Brazil, several attractions can be found: The Carnival celebration is in Rio de Janeiro, also (is) the famous Redentor Christ which you can visit.




“The Redentor Christ”

“Brazil’s Carnival”

The People

The Brazilian population is composed mainly by groups that live in Northern regions and the west on the territory, descendants of Portuguese who began to colonize the country from the century XVI, of African who (they) were brought like slaves and some immigrants of Europe and Asia.
Around 39 per cent of the population is racially mixed, fundamentally of European, black and very little of Chinese origin.


The government

Brazil is a constitutional republic, with 26 federal districts, which have their own popular elections, legislatures and governments. The presidential period is of five years.

The official language is (the) Portuguese, although the Brazilian(s) have incorporated to their language words and phrases of other languages like (the) Italian and German.


The landscape

The vegetation in Brazil is very diverse, particularly in the Amazon.
Also Brazil is well known by its beautiful beaches. The Brazilian coast has regular lines, although it has some excellent bays.
Then the amazonian zone where the forest is, occupies more of the third part of the country, hundreds of species of plants are in this region.
In the most barren zones, cactus and other plants are common (in those territories).






The Wildlife

The wildlife is also extremely varied, fauna that includes pumas, jaguars, ocelotes, vixens, armadillos; monkeys and many more otherspecies. Many varieties of birds are native of Brazil and the fauna reptile includes many species of serpents and boas.In the rivers, lakes and marine coasts of Brazil different varieties of fish and turtles abound.








Final Comment


We chose Brazil because we like the country, and its wildlife, and the landscapes are amazing.
We thought it was going to be more interesting to investigate a country, instead of one of the seven wonders, because there’s so much more to say about a country, with its history and people and places.

“The Hanging Gardens of Babylonia”

This marvel was situated in the antique Babylonia, actual Iraqi territory, at the border of the Euphrates River, Asian continent.
About the sixth century before Christ, Nabucodonosor, who was the king of the city, constructed the “Hanging Gardens”. In year 539 B.C., the Persians conquered Babylonia and it caused its decay. When Alexander Magno visited the city, part of it was in ruins, and it definitive destruction was in 126 B. C., when Evemero conquered the city and set it on fire. Since then, there have been only ruins in this place.
Probably, the biggest characteristic is that the hanging gardens didn’t hang literally. The name comes from a wrong translation of a Greek word that really means to stand out as a balcony or a terrace. These gardens, which were full of vegetation and flowers today is a symbol of history and culture.
In the city everything is too level, too rectilinear: if we get high enough, we will see all the city at one sight.
Nabucodonosor’s wife, Amytis, who grew up in a luxurious place, was homesick, so the king decided to build a series of terraces planting some trees there. With just a short time, these overflowed with vegetation even described from outside the double walls of Babylonia. Nabucodonosor has been able to create a mount covered with exuberant vegetation.
We chose this marvel because we think it is really interesting, wonderful and amazing. It has a strange cause of creation, that astonished us. We think this theme is more interesting than the cities, and you can explain much more.

Egypt

Egipto is a country of Africa. His capital is Cairo. It is one of the most populous countries of Africa. It has more than 15 millions inhabitants. The majority of the population is in the banks of the river Nile and in the Delta where there is the unique zone of fertile land. The half of the residents in Egypt they live in urban areas, especially in the centers densely filled with Cairo, Alexandria and of other important cities. The climate in Egypt is characterized in general for being very warm in summer and moderated in winter.
Egypt is famous for his ancient civilization and his monuments, as the pyramids and the great sphinx. Egypt is a political and cultural important center of the Near East. The Arabic is the official language of the country. The current currency is the libra.
The religion was very important for the ancient Egyptians. They were polytheistic. They believed in more than 700 gods and different goddesses. Some importants gods were: Anubis, Isis, Horus, Amón. The pyramids served as tombs for the Egyptians. Giza's Great Pyramid, constructed by Keops, is one of seven Marvels of the Ancient World.
Tutankamon was a young Pharaoh that died at the age of 19. People say that they killed it with a blow to the head. Rumors say that every person that they enter to the place of his tomb, they die to a little time of strange illness.

We chose Egypt because his history is very interesting, their gods and godsess, piramids and his sphinx.

Something about United Kingdom

*Cities: There are a lot important and interesting cities in England.
York is a beautiful old city in the north-east of England on the River Ouse. It is not far from Leeds (another city).
London is the most important in England because is an interesting and the biggest city in the south of England

*The British system of Government: The United Kingdom is a monarchy. The Queen is the head of state, but she doesn't have much power. The monarchy is hereditary.
The Parliament consists of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The members of the House of Lords are called peers.
British citizens can vote when they are 18 years old.

*Sport :In Britain, forty per cent of the population regularly play a sport. There are many differences between sport in Britain and in other countries. Basketball and volleyball are not very popular in Britain, but many people play rugby or tennis.
The British play many sports that are unknown in most other countries, for example: cricket, squash and netball.

*Eating in United Kingdom: British people eat a lot of meat but they rarely eat raw ham.
Although not many people in Britain eat pasta or rice as a first course, they sometimes eat it as a second course. Wine is expensive, so not many people drink it with their meals. Mineral water is not very common, either. The most popular drink with meals in Britain is tea.


*Schools: In Britain, school starts between 8.30 and 9.00 and finishes at about 4 o 'clock in the afternoon.
Children usually have lunch at school; meals are not very expensive and are quite good. In Britain schoolchildren usually wear a uniform. For boys the typical uniform is a white shirt, a tie, a dark pullover and grey or black trousers. The girl's uniform consists of a white blouse, a pullover and a skirt.

A wonderful Wonder

The Colosseum or Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre, is an eliptical Amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is one of the greatest works of Roman architecture. Originally capable of seating around 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles It remained in use for nearly 500 years with the last recorded games being held there as late as the 6th century.the Colosseum has long been seen as an iconic symbol of Imperial Rome. It is one of modern Rome's most popular tourist attractions and still has close connections with the Roman Catholic Church, the Pope leading a torchlit Way of the cross" precession to the amphitheatre each Good Friday.
Its construction started between 70 and 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian.
We chose The Coliseum because this is very beautiful and we like it very much, our great-grandfathers were from Italia, so we feel identified.

Daniela García and Mariana Villalba 3º 3ª

holidays

HOLIDAYS
Daniela and Mariana from B A, Argentina.I'll be away in January. I'm going to stay for a month in Australia with my best friend Danny. This is our dream. It’ll be our first visit to another country, so we are very happy! We're going to do a lot of different things, we want to meet a lot of new people too, and new friends.It'll be our first time to travel by plane, we are nervous.We are going to try windsurfing for the first time. I think we are going to enjoy it all the time.

Daniela García 3º3ªMariana Villalba 3º3ª