Switzerland - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

1 / 10
About This Presentation
Title:

Switzerland

Description:

Switzerland – PowerPoint PPT presentation

Number of Views:3357
Avg rating:5.0/5.0
Slides: 11
Provided by: orchardel
Category:
Tags: switzerland | taw

less

Transcript and Presenter's Notes

Title: Switzerland


1
Switzerland
2
Marriage and Dating
  • Young teens often socialize in groups and begin
    dating a few years later, going to nightclubs
    (discos), pubs, restaurants, and the cinema.
  • The legal age for marriage is
  • 18 for woman
  • And 20 for men

3
Famous People
  • ROGER FEDERER/TENNIS PLAYER
  • Nicholas von der flue/Folk hero
  • Paul Klee/Artist
  • Ruth Dreifuss/Politac leader
  • William Tell/Folk hero

4
Did you know that?
  • About 70or Swiss rent their housing?
  • Every physically fit male is required to serve in
    the Swiss army
  • NOW YOU KNOW!

5
Population
  • Switzerlands population of 7.49 million!
  • Is growing at around 0.44 percent annually!

6
Language
  • Four official languages are spoken in Switzerland
    and they are German, French, Italian and Romansch.

7
Towns and cities
  • The top five major cities in Switzerland are
    Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Bernee and Lousanne. All
    of those cities elevations are 260- 900 Feet

8
Instruments
  • The Alphorn is a wind instrument consisting
    of a natural wooden horn of conical bore having a
    cup shaped mouthpiece used by mountain dwellers
    in Switzerland and else where

9
Swiss Cheese
  • Swiss cheese is the generic name in USA, Canada,
    and the Outback for several related varieties of
    cheese all of which resemble the Swiss emmentel
    and its freakin good!

10
Credits
  • http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Switzerland
  • http//www.culturegrams.com/world
    edition/Switzerland
Write a Comment
User Comments (0)
About PowerShow.com