Climate
The winters in the
Czech Republic are cold and very snowy. But the summers are very
warm. But watch out for flooding! Be sure to pack some boots if you
get stuck in a flood!
Government
If you are 18 years or
older you vote for the person that you want to be the leader. The
Czech government is a parliament democracy.
Economy
The currency of the Czech Republic is the
Czech koruna.
The Czech Republic has many
farmers that grow food for the country. They also export machinery,
transportation equipment, chemicals raw materials and fuel.
Food
The farmers
in the Czech Republic grow wheat, potatoes, sugar beats, hops,
and fruits. he farmers also raise animals like pigs and
chickens.
Most people grow
their own food but for the 21% people that live in the city
they by their food in a market. Since the Czech Republic is
landlocked most people don't eat seafood at every day meals.
The people in the Czech Republic drink a lot of beer. In fact
the Czech Republic is the country that drinks the most beer
world wide!
A typical days meal includes
meat, dumplings, cabbage potatoes or rice, and thick gravy. They use forks,
spoons and knifes to eat their food.
Holidays and Festivals
The most popular
festival is the Prague Dragon Boat Festival. 20 teams race in
a 12 meter Chinese dragon boat. Each team has one steersperson,
one drummer, one leader and a maximum twenty paddlers. The course is
320 meters. at the end of the race the drummer must ring the bell to
win. The winners fill the trophy with beer and drink it.
The Prague Jazz festival is a round the year event the celebrates
the world of Jazz artistes. it starts in the spring and ends in the
fall.
Sports and Recreation
For entertainment
the people of the Czech Republic watch movies, boat race, and go to
shows. One popular children's game is Pesek walks around (us).
This game is just like duck, duck, goose.
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Geography
The Czech
Republic is in Central Europe so it is landlocked. The
countries that surround the Czech Republic are Germany, Austria,
Slovakia, and Poland. The Czech Republic has rolling planes,
hills, and plateaus. It is a very hilly country.
The Czech Republic covers
77,276 square kilometers of land. With 1,590 square kilometers of water.
 The Czech Republic has
10,272,179 people living there. 21% of those people live in the cities.
99.9% of the people in the Czech Republic can read and write. people are
expected to live for about 75 years.
Cultural Arts
Jan
Hammer is one of the more well known musicians. Frantisek Bilek and Frantisek Kupka are some artistes in the Czech Republic.
The people
dance simple village dances and elegant ballroom dances with
a full orchestra.
The main
museum is City Gallery Prague. You can go to the web site www.citygalleryprague.cz
to learn more about it.
The fable
Clever Kids is story that tells kids to not open the door to
strangers. To read this story go to www.nsc.ru/folk/czech/cleverkids.htm
Family Values
It
is very common for three generations of family members to be living
in one house. When any family member in the house gets sick the
other members help to get them well again. Nobody lives alone in the
Czech Republic.
The mother and
the girls do the housework and the boys learn the trade from their
father. The girls also learn to cook, and how to run a
household.
Religion
One major
religions is atheist. The people that are atheist think that there are no
Gods and their rituals vary. Another religion is Roman Catholic. They
believe in one God and at Communion they bless bread and then it
becomes the body of Jesus
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Culture Walls 
Author:
Stephanie
