THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Kateřina Kocábová G4.B
THE CZECH REPUBLIC
LOCATION- Central Europe
LANGUAGE- Czech
CAPITAL CITY- Prague
AREA - 79 000 km2
POPULATION- 10,3 milion people
CURRENCY- The Czech Crown
STATE SYSTEM - Parliamentary democracy republic
HISTORY
1918 – Czechoslovakia came into existence
1948 – the Communist Party seized power
1989 – the Velvet Revolution: the Communist Party lost power
1992 – Czechoslovakia split up
1993 – the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic came into being
Karel IV (Charles IV) – the House of Luxembourg ← under his rule, the Czech Lands became a prosperous country, Holy Roman Emperor – made Prague
centre of the Roman Empire, established Nové Město the New Town, Charles Bridge, Charles University 1348
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk-THE FIRST CZECHOSLOVAK PRESIDENT
Václav Havel – THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
LOCATIONS
Our country borders with :
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS
3 PARTS –Bohemian
Moravia Silesia
13 REGIONS
POLITICAL SYSTEM
THE HEAD OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC- the President Miloš Zeman
THE PRIME MINISTER
Petr Fiala
THE PARLIAMENT has two chambers :
the Senate ( 80) and The House of Deputies (200)
THE FLAG
The red color represents the courage and hardiness during war
The white color symbolizes peace and honesty
The blue colored isosceles triangle symbolizes justice, truth and loyalty
THE CZECH ANTHEM
Kde domůj můj – Where is my home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPTwOZWnm6E
GEOGRAPHY
border areas are mainly mountainous, interior is mainly hilly or flat
the highest peak: Sněžka (1,603 m)
no seacoast, many rivers – the Elbe, the Vltava, the Morava, the Dyje, the Berounka
dams: Lipno, Orlík, Slapy
ponds: especially in the south of Bohemia, e.g. Svět
lakes: Černé, Čertovo lake – in the Šumava mountains
CLIMATE
The CR lies in the temperate zone - it doesn´t have very cold winters and summers are not extremely hot either
The four seasons
POPULATION
The importatnt cities- Prague, Brno, Plzeň, Ostrava,…
One of the most atheistics countries
Ethnics groups-Czechs, Moravians, Romes, Pole, Ukrainians and Russians
SNĚŽKA – the highest mountain
LIPNO- THE BIGGEST DAMP
LAKES
Černé Čertovo
CZECH CUISINE
Meat dishes - pork, beef, and chicken
A variety of local sausages, wurst, pâtés, and smoked and cured meats
Czech desserts include a variety of whipped cream, chocolate, and fruit pastries
Czech beer has a history extending more than a millennium; the earliest known brewery existed in 993
Today the Czech Republic has the highest beer consumption per capita in the world
Aside from beer, slivovitz and wine, the Czech Republic also produces two liquors, Fernet Stock and Becherovka. Kofola is a non-alcoholic domestic cola soft drink which competes with Coca-Cola and Pepsi
SPORTS
The two leading sports in the Czech Republic are football and ice hockey
Other most popular sports include tennis, volleyball, floorball, golf, ball hockey, athletics, basketball and skiing
Jaromír Jágr, Jan Železný, Tomáš Berdych, Eva Samková, Martina Sáblíková, Ester Ledecká, Petra Kvitová
