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LOCATION AND GEOGRAPHY
Bordered by Hungary, Ukraine, Moldavia, Bulgaria, and Serbia
Capital is Bucharest 328,391 square kilometers Slightly smaller than Oregon Land is mostly mountains, hills or plains
Map of Romania
AGRICULTURE
Crops include: Grains; mostly Corn and wheat, also barley, oats, rye, and rice; Non-grains, hay, sunflowers, potatoes, soybeans, sugar beets, feed roots, corn silage, and table grapes
Livestock consists of: Sheep, pigs, cattle, poultry, and rabbits
ECONOMY
GDP equivalent to 161.62 million U.S. dollars Exports: agricultural products, chemicals,
footwear, fuels, machinery, metal products, and textiles
Imports: coal, cars, medicinal equipment Currency: leu, one leu is about 29 cents
CULTURE Holidays: Christmas, New Years, Labor Day,
and Easter Sports: Football, handball, rugby, tennis,
and gymnastics Romania food consists Cabbage rolls,
sausage, and stews; Muschi Poiana has mushrooms, and bacon stuffed beef pureed with tomato soup and vegetables
Muschi Poiana A Gymnastics team A Football Team
CULTURE (CON.)
86.7% of Romanians are Christian
Traditions: Coloring eggs for Easter, they hollow out the egg before they paint them, the most common colors used to decorate them are Red, Yellow, and Black
GOVERNMENT Prime Minister is Victor Ponta Form of Government: Republic The colors on the flag represent; Blue
stands for Liberty, Yellow stands for Justice, and Red stands for Fraternity
Romania’s Flag Victor Ponta
PEOPLE
Language: Romania also Hungarian and German
Ethnic groups: Mostly Romanians, also Gypsies, Magyars, Germans, Ukrainians, Tartars, Jews, Croats, Russian, Bulgarians, and Serbs
Population of 22, 181, 287 95.8% Literacy Rate
VAMPIRE LEGENDS
Transylvania is known for vampires Vampires in Romania are commonly known
as “Strigoi” People in Romania believed if your child was
born under strange conditions or if the mother did not eat salt or if the saw a vampire their children would be born a vampire
You could also become a vampire by being bitten by a vampire, a cat leaping over your corpse, swearing a false oath, committing suicide, or practicing witchcraft
VAMPIRE LEGEND (CON.)
Vampires were known to drink the blood of people or of livestock
Graves were watched to see if the dead became a vampire
If they thought someone in a grave was a vampire they would put garlic in their mouth or burn them piece by piece