Ukraine Fact Sheet for Lap Books

Urban/Rural Comparisons:
Rural
Farmers grow wheat, potatoes, corn, beets, sunflowers
Farmers cattle, pigs, chickens
Take the train to the city
Small villages
Small shops
People get water from wells
Have electricity
Urban
Very crowded
Public Transportation: subway, buses
People work in stores, offices, and factories
Pollution from factories and traffic
Poor medical services
Fast paced
Both
Have electricity
Trains
Customs and Traditions
Traditional dance groups
Greet guests with a loaf of bread and a little mound of salt
Bandura: traditional stringed instrument
Most Ukranians belong to the Ukranian Orthodox Church
Some Catholics, Muslims, Jews
Official Language: Ukranian
2 kinds of easter eggs: Krashanky Hard boiled eggs dipped in dye, Pysanky
Eggs decorated with colours and patterns
Services in Ukraine
Public transportation buses, streetcars, subway
Doctors
Schools
Libraries
Post offices
Water & Electricity
School all have libraries, some have computers
Government
President: Petro Poroshenko

Location: Kyiv
Making Decisions: elections

Natural Resources
Iron
Oil
Gas
Coal
Manganese
Wheat
Corn
Climate
Temperate Continental climate: Cold winters, warm summers
4 Seasons
2 climates: Continental & Mediterranean
Steppes have very little rain
Food

Borscht
Kasha Hot cereal
Khlib Rye Bread
Syr Scrambled eggs and cheese
Kovbasa Sausage
Varenyky dumplings
Holubsti cabbage rolls
Kotleta po kyivsky Chicken Kyiv