jueves, 5 de noviembre de 2009

GETTING TO KNOW LITHUANIA

1.- Name Lithuania on the map.

2.- Name the countries which share borders with Lithuania.

it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad to the southwest.

3.- What’s the capital of this country? Name it on the map.

Vilnius is the capital.

4.- How many inhabitants has Vilnius got? And Madrid? And Santiago de Compostela?

Vilnius has got a population of 555,613 inhabitants.

Madrid has got a population of 6,300,000 inhabitants.

Santiago has got a population of 92,919 inhabitants.

5.- After the capital, what’s the most important city in the country? How many inhabitants has Barcelona got? And Vigo?

Kaunas is the second largest city.

Barcelona has got 1.615.908 inhabitants . It’s the second most populated city in Spain and the tenth in the European Union.

Vigo has got 295.703 inhabitants and it’s the most populated city in Galicia.

6.- How many inhabitants has the second largest city in Lithuania got?

Kaunas has got 411.600 inhabitants

7.- How many counties is Lithuania divided into? Make a list and then name them on the attached map.

Lithuania is divided into 10 counties: Alytus; Kaunas; Klaipėda; Marijampolė; Panevėžys; Šiauliai; Tauragė; Telšiai; Utena; y Vilna.

8.- What’s the official language in Lithuania?

Lithuanian

9.- What other languages are spoken?

Russian and Polish

10.- What type of government does Lithuania have?

It has been a democracy since 1991. Before 1991 it was a part of Communist Soviet Union. It turned into a democracy when the Soviet Union collapsed.

There are many political parties in Lithuania and the country has a parliament.

11.- What’s the president’s name?

Valdas Adamkus, president since July, 2004. Dalia Grybauskaite - 2009

12.- And the Prime Minister’s name?

Andrius Kubilius, July, 2009

13.- How big is Lithuania? And Spain? And Galicia?

Lithuania: 65,200 Km2

Spain: 492,000 km2.-505,000 km2 if we include Baleares and Canary Islands

Galicia: 29,575 km2

14.- How many inhabitants has Lithuania got? And Spain?And Galicia?

Lithuania:3,402,999 Spain: 46,157,822 Galicia: 2,78 0,000

15.- Calculate the density of population in Lithuania.

52.19 inhabitants/ km2

16.- What is the Lithuanian GDP (Gross Domestic Product)? GDP =PIB. Find Spanish GDP and compare them.

Lituania: GDP: $59,59 billion Spain: GDP: $1.362 billion

17.- What’s the GDP per capita in Lithuania? And in Spain?

Lithuania: GDP per capita: $16,700 Spain: GDP per capita: $33,700

18.- What’s the currency in Lithuania?

The litas

19.- What’s the average life expectancy if you are born in Lithuania?

74.4 years

20.- And in Spain?

87 years

21.- Find the average life expectancy if you are born in Galicia.

80.44 years

22.- What’s the average of children for woman in Lithuania, Spain and Galicia?

Lithuania: 1.21 Spain: 1.2 Galicia:1.03

23.- When did Lithuania join the European Union? And Spain?

Lithuania in 2004 Spain in 1986

24.- What are the main economic activities in Lithuania?

Agriculture and farming, energy and mineral, tourism.

Biotechnology as well as laser equipment. Also mechatronics and information technology (IT)

25.- When is Lithuania expecting to switch to the euro?

Lithuania is expecting to switch to the euro on 1st January 2013

26.- When is the National Holiday in Lithuania?

16th February

27.- What do they celebrate?

Independence day (1918)

28.- What’s the most popular sport in Lithuania?

Basketball

29.- When does the oldest reference to Lithuania appear?

The first written mention of Lithuania is found in a medieval German manuscript, the Quedlinburg Chronicle, on 14 February 1009.

30.- When was Lithuania considered a nation for the first time?

6th July,1253, in Vilnius.

31.- What event took place on that date?

Mindaugas was crowned as King of Lithuania.

32.- Which country was Lithuania associated to during the Middle Ages?

Poland

33.- In 1410 Grünwald Battle took place and it’s considered the largest battle during the XV century in Europe. Who fought and why?

The armies of Poland and Lithuania achieved a great victory over the Teutonic Knights in 1410 at the Battle of Grunwald, one of the largest battles of medieval Europe.

34.- What empire did Lithuania join in 1795?

The Russian empire.

35.- When was Lithuania declared Independent for the first time? When did they lose independence again?

During World War I, the Council of Lithuania declared the independence of Lithuania on 16 February 1918. In June 1940, the Soviet Union occupied and annexed Lithuania

36.- When did Lithuania recover independence permanently?

They proclaimed Lithuania's renewed independence on 11 March 1990

37.- After World War II the Lithuanian fought a guerrilla war against the Soviet system. How long did it last?

Lithuanian partisans fought a guerrilla war against the Soviet system until 1956

38.- Who was the first Lithuanian President after recovering independence?

In 1990 Vytautas Landsbergis was elected president.

39.- For how many years is the president of the country elected?

5 years

40.- What is the Lithuanian parliament called? How many members of parliament are there?

The Seimas and there are 141 members.

41.- What’s the current President’s name?

2009 - Dalia Grybauskaitė

42.- What’s the weather like in this country?

It is relatively mild. With a continental/maritime climate. In summer the mercury can reach as high as 30°C. Winter, by contrast, is bitterly cold with temperatures dropping below 0°C Rainy days are possible all year round, but most rain falls during mid-summer.

43.- The main Lithuanian painter Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911) successfully performed another artistic discipline. Which one?

He was a composer.

44.- What’s the Hill of the Crosses? Where is it?

The Hill of Crosses is a site of pilgrimage about 12 km north of the city of Šiauliai, in northern Lithuania. Over the centuries, not only crosses, but giant crucifixes, carvings of Lithuanian patriots, statues of the Virgin Mary and thousands of tiny effigies and rosaries have been brought here by Catholic pilgrims. The number of crosses is unknown, but estimates put it at about 55,000 in 1990.

45.- One of the most important buildings in the country is placed in Pazaislis. What kind of monument is it?

Pažaislis is a monastery and church

46.- In 1895 the poet Vincas Kudirka started publishing a newspaper trying to arouse Lithuanian patriotic feelings. What’s this newspaper called?

He began publishing the clandestine newspaper Varpas

47.- The first History book written in Lithuanian was published in 1822 . Who was its author?

Simonas Daukantas

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