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Food
Source:Culture Grams
Keywords:
Risotto (rice dish vetchdables meat and soup)
Pizza
Gnocchi (potato dumplings)
thin crust
Gellato
Paragraph: Italy has a variety of diffrent foods. For instance people like gnocchi (potato dumplings).Plus pizza, italian pizza is different from american pizza . The crust is thinner and does not have as much toppings, and it is baked in a oven heated with wood. Italians like cheese.The Italians have their own special ice cream they call Gellato.
what is a popular Italian sport?
Source:culture grams
Keywords:
Bocce
big ball
small ball
ruler
popular
paragraph
A favorite Italian sport is called Bocce lots of older people like to play Bocce. There are two teams who each have about 3-4 small balls. The teams take turns throwing a small ball towards the big ball. The object is to get the small ball as close to the big ball as possible. After you throw the ball someone measures it with a ruler. My grandmother liked it a lot.
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What are marriage traditions in Italy?
Source:Culture Grams
Keywords:
Marriage
Home
Traditions
Catholic
Paragraph:Many Italian wedding ceromonies follow the catholic traditions.Italian weddings are a lot like american weddings. Normally men get married after they have found a job that is why engagments last so long. Some engagments last for several years, some live together then marry, and some people live together but never marry.
what is the Vatican City?
source:culture grams
keywords:
smallest independent city
catholic pope
leader
Paragraph:The Vatican City is a city inside a city. It is the only one of it's kind in the world. It is inside Rome, and is led by the catholic pope. The Vatican City is the smallest independent nation in the world. It even has it's own flag! It is home to the Sistine Chapel and it's famous ceiling. Painted by Michelangelo.
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What was the Renaissance? source:Culture Grams Keywords: Beauty Art Science Appreciate Birthplace Center Paragraph:The Renassaince was a time when people started appreciating the arts and science. It was a time of beauty. Here are some of the famous pieces of art from Italy. David (sculpted by Michelangelo), and Mona Lisa (painted by da Vinci)
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Source:culture grams
keywords:
water-taxi
water-bus
flooding
sinking
canals
Paragraph:Venice is a city on the east coast of Italy. It is well known for it's lack of roads. Instead they use canals of water, and instead of cars the use gondola's, and instead of buses and taxi's they use water-buses and water-taxi's.One of the disadvantages to living on water is the flooding. Scientists are telling us that Venice is sinking a little each year.
Who were the Romans?
Source: Culture Grams
Keywords:
City
Government
Mayor
Sindaco
Paragraph: Rome is the capital of Italy. Like Greece it is well known for it's government-el habits. It is home to the famous Colleseum. In which gladiators came to fight lions.The city's government consists of a mayor (Sindaco).
Social
Values and Beliefs
Arts
Economics
Government
Location
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Food
Source:Culture Grams
Keywords:
Risotto (rice dish vetchdables meat and soup)
Pizza
Gnocchi (potato dumplings)
thin crust
Gellato
Paragraph: Italy has a variety of diffrent foods. For instance people like gnocchi (potato dumplings).Plus pizza, italian pizza is different from american pizza . The crust is thinner and does not have as much toppings, and it is baked in a oven heated with wood. Italians like cheese.The Italians have their own special ice cream they call Gellato.
what is a popular Italian sport?
Source:culture grams
Keywords:
Bocce
big ball
small ball
ruler
popular
paragraph
A favorite Italian sport is called Bocce lots of older people like to play Bocce. There are two teams who each have about 3-4 small balls. The teams take turns throwing a small ball towards the big ball. The object is to get the small ball as close to the big ball as possible. After you throw the ball someone measures it with a ruler. My grandmother liked it a lot.
Values/Beliefs Notes
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What are marriage traditions in Italy?
Source:Culture Grams
Keywords:
Marriage
Home
Traditions
Catholic
Paragraph:Many Italian wedding ceromonies follow the catholic traditions.Italian weddings are a lot like american weddings. Normally men get married after they have found a job that is why engagments last so long. Some engagments last for several years, some live together then marry, and some people live together but never marry.
what is the Vatican City?
source:culture grams
keywords:
smallest independent city
catholic pope
leader
Paragraph:The Vatican City is a city inside a city. It is the only one of it's kind in the world. It is inside Rome, and is led by the catholic pope. The Vatican City is the smallest independent nation in the world. It even has it's own flag! It is home to the Sistine Chapel and it's famous ceiling. Painted by Michelangelo.
Arts Notes
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What was the Renaissance?
source:Culture Grams
Keywords:
Beauty
Art
Science
Appreciate
Birthplace
Center
Paragraph:The Renassaince was a time when people started appreciating the arts and science. It was a time of beauty. Here are some of the famous pieces of art from Italy. David (sculpted by Michelangelo), and Mona Lisa (painted by da Vinci)
Economics Notes
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Source:culture grams
keywords:
water-taxi
water-bus
flooding
sinking
canals
Paragraph:Venice is a city on the east coast of Italy. It is well known for it's lack of roads. Instead they use canals of water, and instead of cars the use gondola's, and instead of buses and taxi's they use water-buses and water-taxi's.One of the disadvantages to living on water is the flooding. Scientists are telling us that Venice is sinking a little each year.
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Who were the Romans?
Source: Culture Grams
Keywords:
City
Government
Mayor
Sindaco
Paragraph: Rome is the capital of Italy. Like Greece it is well known for it's government-el habits. It is home to the famous Colleseum. In which gladiators came to fight lions.The city's government consists of a mayor (Sindaco).
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