GAME ON PARTNER COUNTRIES Cultural Awareness
Basic Questions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Where is it located in Europe? What is the population? What is the capital city? What languages are spoken? What is the traditional sport? What is the top 5 famous landmarks of this country? Where are they? Who are the top 5 famous people of this country? Their jobs? What are the cultural things of this country? What are the cultural food and drinks of this country? What are the top 5 city names?
TURKEY
1.It is located on the southern-east of Europe 2. 82 million of population 3. Ankara is the capital city of Turkey 4. 88%Turkish , 9%Kurdish are spoken. 5. Wrestling is the traditional sport. 6. Hagia Sophia(Istanbul), Cappadocia(Nevşehir), Ephesus(İzmir), Pamukkale(Denizli), Göbeklitepe(Şanlıurfa) 7. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk(the founder), Orhan Pamuk(writer), Aziz Sancar(scientist), Tarkan(singer), Nuri Bilge Ceylan(director) 8. Evil eye bead, Turkish laces, Turkish rugs, leather 9.kebab, lahmacun, döner, mantı, dolma, Turkish tea, Turkish coffee, Ayran 10. Istanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Antalya, Muğla
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Anıtkabir (Ankara)
Ataturk - the founder of TR
Aziz Sancar - Scientist
The Maiden’s Tower (Istanbul)
Wrestling -Traditional Sport
Cappadocia (Nevşehir)
Pamukkale -Denizli
Turkish Rug -Cultural Object
Tarkan -Singer
The Blue Mosque Istanbul
Hagia Sophia Istanbul
Turkish Tea
Evil Eye Bead Cultural Object
Sarma -Traditional Food
Turkish Kebab -Food
Ephesus -Ä°zmir
GREECE
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It is located on the southern east of Europe. Greece has a total of 1132.049 square kilometers in which live about 11.000.000 inhabitant.
3. Athens is the capital city of Greece 4.The official language is Greek , while the official currency is the euro. 5. Track and field athletics. 6. Acropolis (Athens), Olympia (Peloponnese), Delphi ( Fokida), Vergina (Makedonia), Knossos (Kreta). 7. Elytis (poet), Kazantzakis (writer) , Lanthimos ( director), Theodorakis ( composer) , Papanikolaou (scientist) 8. Olive oil, feta cheese, medicines, honey, information systems 9.Mousakas, greek salad, spanakopita, bean soup, pita souvlaki, tzatziki 10.Thessaloniki, Patra, Piraeus, Hrakleio, Rhodos
Photos of the country
NORTH MACEDONIA
1.It is located on the southern-east of Europe 2.North Macedonia has a total of 25,713 square kilometers in which live about 2,114,550 inhabitants 3.Skopje is the capital city of Northern Macedonia 4.The official language in the country is Macedonian, while the official currency is the denar. 5.Handball is a traditional sport in North Macedonia 6. Ohrid,Berovo,Struga,Skopje,Bitola 7.St. Kliment Ohridski( protector of the North Macedonian Orthodox Church) Kocho Racin(writer) Kiril Lazarov (handball player)Tose Preovski (singer) 8.Filigree, Ohrid pearl, Woodcarving, Mosaic 9.beans,pitulici,dried peppers,wine 10.Ohrid,Skopje,Bitola,Prespa,Veles
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Ohrid
Bitola
Oldtown Macedonian house
FINLAND
1. Finland lies in the north of Europe 2. There are 5.520 million inhabitants 3. The capital city is Helsinki 4. The languages spoken are Swedish, Finnish and Same. 5. Baseball is the traditional sport. 6. Fortress of Suomenlinna, which is in Helsinki; Turku Castle, which is in Turku; Temppeliaukio church,
which is in Helsinki; Lapland and the Finnish archipelago. 7. Sauli Niinistö, who is our president. Johan Runeberg was a poet and is our national poet. Jean
Sibelius was a famous composer. Paavo Nurmi was a runner. Matti Nykänen was a ski jumper. 8. One of the most known cultural things is ”Kalevala” which is the Finnish national epic 9. They are mämmi, a dessert eaten at Easter, “karelsk pirog” which is a rye pastry with rise. And the
cultural drink is coffee. 10. The top 5 cities are: Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Vantaa and Oulu(and Turku is number 6.)
Photos of the country
Turku, photo by student at Cygnaeus skola
"Snowy evening in Helsinki" by taivasalla is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Lapland,and seashore photos by students at Cygnaeus skola
"Helsinki Skyline" by IceNineJon is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
LITHUANIA
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8. 9. 10.
Lithuania is located in Eastern Europe. The population of Lithuania is 2,794 million. The capital city in Lithuania is Vilnius. In Lithuania, people speak: Lithuanian, Russian, Polish. Traditional sport is basketball.in Lithuania. Famous places in Lithuania:are The Trakai castle in Trakai, The Gediminas castle in Vilnius, Kernavė mounds in Kernavė, Stelmužė oak in Zarasai district, The Curonian spit in NIda Famous people in Lithuania: Arvydas Sabonis – a basketball player; Rūta Meilutytė – a swimmer; Žydrūnas Savickas – an athlete, powerman; Jurgis Kairys – a pilot; Juozas Statkevičius – a designer. Amber and linen artworks as well as pottery are popular in Lithuania and known as cultural heritage. Cultural food in Lithuania is potato dumplings with minced meat inside and cold beetroot soup, drinks that are popular with Lithuanians are kvass and beer The top 5 cities of Lithuania are: Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Palanga and Šiauliai.
Cultural heritage: landmarks, crafts and cuisine in photos
ITALY
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It is located on the south of Europe
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60,36 of population
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Rome is the capital city of Italy
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Italian is the official language of Italy, 90% of italian people speak italian
5. Traditional sport of Italy is football 6.
The main monuments are the Tower of Pisa, in Pisa, the Duomo of Milan, in Milan, the Colosseum in Rome, and the Royal Palace in Naples.
7. The most famous people of this country are the singer Mina Mazzini, the swimming champion Federica 8.
Pellegrini,the poet Dante Alighieri, the influencer Chiara Ferragni, and the actress Sophia Loren.
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The foods that belong to the Italian culture are pizza and pasta, the typical Italian drinks are
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wine, limoncello and cedrata
The top city names is Milan, Rome, Naples, Palermo and Cagliari
Photos of the country Milan Cathedral
actress Sophia Loren the swimmer Federica Pellegrini
Colosseum
Italian singer Mina Mazzini olive oil
The Royal Palace of Naples
mozzarella
the gulf of Naples with Vesuvius behind
The Italian poet Dante Alighieri
pizza