PolandABDO, 1 de jan. de 2013 - 144 páginas Explore diverse landscapes, travel back in time, and discover unique populations, all without leaving your chair! Start your international tour in Poland, land of Kraków's historic Old Town, the Tatras Mountains, Pope John Paul II, and so much more. This colorful, informative book introduces Poland's history, geography, culture, climate, government, economy, and other significant features. Sidebars, maps, fact pages, a glossary, a timeline, historic images and full-color photos, and well-placed graphs and charts enhance this engaging title. Countries of the World is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company. |
Conteúdo
CHAPTER 1 A Visit to Poland
| 7 |
Land of Plains
| 19 |
Progress and Preservation
| 33 |
Polands Perseverance
| 47 |
Shared Roots
| 67 |
Proudly Polish
| 79 |
Growing Pains | 93 |
A Successful Transition
| 103 |
Timeline
| 128 |
Facts At Your Fingertips
| 130 |
Glossary
| 134 |
| 136 | |
Source Notes
| 138 |
| 142 | |
Photo Credits
| 144 |
CHAPTER 9 Poland Today
| 117 |
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4SPERH 4SPERH´W 4SPMWL approximately Baltic coastal plain Baltic Sea Białystok Bielsko-Biała Black Madonna border Bydgoszcz Catholicism Central Intelligence Agency central plains century Christianity cities coal communism Communist country’s Czech Republic Częstochowa Elbląg elected Europe farming film forests Gdańsk Katowice Kielce Germany Góra Gorzów Wielkopolski HEƙWO Ibid industry Katowice Kielce Radom Kazimierz Kielce Radom Olsztyn kingdom Kołobrzeg lakes region leaders Lech Library of Congress Lithuania live Łódź Mieszko miles nation Nazi Nobel Prize Olsztyn Opole Rzeszów Białystok Orthodox percent of Poles Piast plants Poland is home Poland joined Poland-Lithuania Poland’s economy political Pomeranian Bay Pope john Paul population Poznań president prime minister QSVI religion rivers Roma Roman Catholic Russia Rzeszów Sejm SJ XLI Solidarity Sopot Soviet Union Stettin Lagoon Szczecin Szymborska Tatra Mountains uplands Wałbrzych Walesa Warsaw Wielkopolski Włocławek World Factbook Wrocław young Poles Zakopane