BY: ASHLEY NORTHRUP

ITALY IS KNOW FOR THE WORLD'S GREATEST PAINTINGS. THIS PAINTING IS FROM MICHELANGELO.

THE COLISEUM IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS STRUCTURES IN ROME, ITALY. THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLES IN ITALY ARE MOSTLY CLASSICAL.

PREDOMINANTLY MEDITERRANEAN; ALPINE IN NORTH; HOT, DRY IN SOUTH.

THE PEOPLE IN ITALY DRESS VERY MODERN.

THE ECONOMY IS STRUGGLING. THEY HAVE MORE DEBT THAN INCOME COMING IN. Unemployment rate: 8.4% (2011 est.)

THE AVERAGE FAMILY SIZE IN ITALY IS ABOUT 4 PEOPLE. THE IMPORTANCE OF ITALIAN FAMILIES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.

THE GOVERNMENT TYPE IN ITALY IS REPUBLIC. President Giorgio NAPOLITANO. Prime Minister Mario MONTI

THERE ARE THREE MAJOR HISTORIC EVENTS IN ITALY, BEING THE RENAISSANCE, ANCIENT ROME, AND UNIFIED ITALY. THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE RENAISSANCE

tourism, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, food processing, textiles, motor vehicles, clothing, footwear, ceramics

Unemployment rate: 8.4% (2011 est.) MOST PROFESSION JOB IN ITALY IS TO BE A TOUR GUIDE, OR AN ENGLISH TRANSLATOR, BEING THAT MOST OF THERE INDUSTRY COMES FROM TOURISM.

MALES HAVE TO ATTEND AT LEAST 16 YEARS OF SCHOOL. FEMALES HAVE TO ATTEND AT LEAST 17 . THE LITERACY RATE 15 AND ABOVE IS 98%

THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN ITALY IS ITALIAN. THE OTHER LANGUAGES ARE GERMAN, FRENCH, AND SLOVENE.

IN ITALY THE CURRENCY OF MONEY IS THE EURO. 1 EURO IN ITALY IS THE SAME RATE AS 1.34 IN US DOLLARS.

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF ITALY IS CALLED IL CANTO DEGLI ITALIANI. THE HOLIDAY THE ITALIANS CELEBRATE IS REPUBLIC DAY.

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION PARTICIPATION: ADB (NONREGIONAL MEMBER), AFDB (NONREGIONAL MEMBER), AUSTRALIA GROUP, BIS, BSEC (OBSERVER), CBSS (OBSERVER), CD, CDB, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (IMPLEMENTING COUNTRY), EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-20, G-7, G-8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NATIONAL COMMITTEES), ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (PARTNERS), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOS), LAIA (OBSERVER), MIGA, MINURSO, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (OBSERVER), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, PARIS CLUB, PCA, PIF (PARTNER), SCHENGEN CONVENTION, SELEC (OBSERVER), SICA (OBSERVER), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNION LATINA, UNMISS, UNMOGIP, UNRWA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

THE POPULATION IN ITALY IS 61,261,254

Italy has some bad problems, like the high cost of taxes, energies, houses, and a corrupted political class. A lot of family have economical problems and the situation is going worse. Besides of this, common culture is higher compared to the american one, italians are very interested to culture, and school teaches a lot of history, philosophy, like math.

THE RELIGION IN ITALY CONTAINS 80% CHRISTIANITY, MUSLIMS, ATHEISTS AND AGNOSTICS 20%

THERE ARE ALSO THE USUAL SOCIAL CLASSES THAT ARE FOUND IN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY. ITALY HAS A HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RICH AND POOR ARE NOTICEABLE. NEW IMMIGRANTS STAND OUT SINCE THEY COME FROM POORER COUNTRIES. THE GOVERNMENT HAS HAD A VAST SOCIAL WELFARE NETWORK THAT HAS BEEN CUT IN RECENT YEARS TO FIT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. THESE BUDGET CUTS HAVE FALLEN ON THE POORER STRATA OF SOCIETY.

Almost 40% of the Italian territory is mountainous,[1] with the Alps as the northern boundary and the Apennine Mountains forming the backbone of the peninsula and extending for 1,350 km (840 mi)

ITALY HAS MORE URBAN AREAS THAN RURAL.

ITALY IS BIG TIME BASED ON THERE TOURIST ATTRACTIONS. VENICE ITALY IS KNOW AS ONE, WITH ITS UNIQUE TRANSPORTATION AND BEAUTIFUL SCENERY.