SOFIA BULGARIA

Name: Stalaane Date: February 8, 2012 Grade:7 Teacher: Ms. Babb

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Location Place ~Population ~Capital City ~Longest River ~Highest Mountain ~Size Weather ~ Part 1 ~ Part 2 ~ Part 3 Customs and Traditions Religion Celebrations

 Food and Drink

~Part 1 ~Part 2 ~Part 3  Human Environment- Interaction ~ Part 1 ~ Part 2  Movement ~ Part 1  Regions ~ Flag  Bibliography ~Part 1 ~Part 2 ~Part 3

LOCATION
I have chosen this City because I wanted to try something new.

Absolute location: 43 degrees north and 23 degrees east Relative location: Bulgaria is located on the map in both northern and eastern hemispheres and is placed in the southeastern

PLACE

QUIZ
Guess the population of Sofia Bulgaria? A.7,543,325 B. 10,987,097 C. 4,987,987 D.5,987,876 The answer is A. There is 7,543,325 people is Bulgaria.

QUIZ
What is the Capital city of Bulgaria? A. Toronto B. Whitehorse C. Hamilton D. Sofia
The Answer is D. The Capital City of Bulgaria is Sofia.

QUIZ
Guess the longest river in Bulgaria? A. The Iskar river Danube B. River Amazon C. River Congo D. River Nile The Answer is A: The Iskar River Danube

QUIZ
What is the highest mountain in Bulgaria? A. Kom Sofia B. Musala Sofia C. Botev Plovdiv D. Vihren, Blagoevgrad
The Answer is B. Musala Sofia is the highest mountain in Bulgaria.

QUIZ
What is the size is Bulgaria? A. 123,675 sq. km B. 857,653 sq. km C. 110,879 sq. km D. 974,762 sq. km
The Answer is C. 110,879 sq. km is the area of Bulgaria.

WEATHER

The climate is seasonal but there seasonal is hot summer and cold snowy. Toronto`s weather is different kind of seasonal like as in Winter, Spring, Summer, and Winter.

WEATHER
Number of Rainfalls

The Average Hours of Sunlight

WEATHER

The weather effects the people in Sofia Bulgaria because they have to wait for the bus or train in the cold winter. Some of the people are weak and they cannot wait in the coldness for long and then they can die or get sick.

CUSTOM AND TRADITIONS

Christmas Day of Culture Easter Fire Dancing Name Days

Palm Sunday Enyovden

Ignazhden

Kukeri

National Day

Nikulden

Sirni Zagovezni These are the Customs and traditions in Bulgaria.

RELIGIONS
The main religions in Sofia Bulgaria are: Bulgarian Orthodox Christians Muslims Roman Catholics Protestants Christians

CELEBRATIONS

The special celebrations in Sofia Bulgaria are: Bulgarian Salsa Festival Sofia International Film Festival Sofia Jazz Peak

FOOD AND DRINK

FOOD AND DRINK

Recipe of Mushroom Soup

What you need? 1 pound fresh mushrooms 2 cubes of mushroom base and one cup of noodles or a cube and one package of ramen-type mushroom noodle soup 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 2-3 cups milk 2-3 cups hot water the juice of one-half to one lemon, to taste 2-3 spoonful's of chopped parsley

FOOD AND DRINK

How to make the Mushroom Soup? In a pot fry the flour in the melted butter till slightly golden (about 3 min). Add the water and stir till smooth. Add the milk, the mushrooms (sliced if too big), and the cubes of soup base. Boil for less than 10 min or till the mushrooms are cooked but not soft, add the noodles and boil till cooked. Take the pot off the burner, add the lemon juice, the parsley and more milk if you like the soup to be less thick. Enjoy!

HUMAN ENVIRONMENTINTERACTION

HISTORY AND FAMOUS PEOPLE

Saint John of Rila Patron Saint of Bulgaria 19th October (also known as Saint Ivan Rilski) 18th August

HISTORY AND FAMOUS PEOPLE

There is 45 famous people in Bulgaria in total. I will talk about one of the famous people and her name is Baba Vanga. Baba Vanga predicted a lot of stuff like: WWII, WTC attack, Russian attack on Georgia, accident with submarine Kursk.... Baba Vanga and so on. Baba Vanga was born on January 31st, 1911 and she lived in Bulgaria. She died on August 11th, 1996. Baba Vanga lost her sight when she was 12 years old. This happened when a tornado swept her away. She was found alive but had sand in her eyes and that caused her blindness. She started to make predictions when she was 16 years old.

MOVEMENT

Movement Goods are moved by vehicles over 3.5 ft. According to the 2011 century. The population trend of Bulgaria is 7,543,325 people, down from a decrease of nine million inhabitations is 1989. Bulgaria has had a negative population raise since the early 1990s, when the damage happened and the economy caused some 800,000 people and mostly young adults to emigrant by 2004. The population continues to decrease and the growth rate is the lowest of any sovereign country in the world.

REGIONS

FLAG
The meaning of the Sofia Bulgarias flag is the white colour means peace and honesty. The green colour means hope, joy and love. In many cultures have a sacred significance. The red colour means hardiness, bravery, and strength.

The history of Sofia Bulgarias Flag is that long ago, in the 1860's, Legia Bulgarian, a revolutionary group in Serbia by Bulgarian emigrants, had a flag with the colours green, white and red. There was a war against Turkey, but S. Paraskevovo thought and made a white-green-red striped flag and it was shown to Bulgarian- Russian Crowd in the city of Romanian of Braila in 1877. It had a lion and the word "BULGARIA" on the centre of the lion chest and there was Cyrillic characters around the lion. It is called the Braila Banner and it was currently kept in the War Museum in Sofia.

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Location http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Absolute_location_of_Bulgaria http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/bulgaria/bglatlog.htm Fascinating Facts http://www.geonames.org/BG/highest-mountains-in-bulgaria.html http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/geography/longestriverstable.htm http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_longest_river_in_Bulgaria http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=what+is+the+population+of+Bulgaria& gbv=2&oq=what+is+the+population+of+Bulgaria&aq=f&aqi=g2g-v1gb1&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=254786l263436l0l263686l34l27l0l10l10l0l468l4154l0.1.2.6.3l12l0 http://apsd.k12.ar.us/perritt/AboutLEP/Programs/Country_of_the_month/Brazil/amizon.j pg http://www.clker.com/clipart-26786.html http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/infoCountryPage/setimes/resource _centre/countries/bulgaria?country=Bulgaria http://www.geographyalltheway.com/ib_geography/ib_resources/imagesetc/stork_popn_reso urces.jpg

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Weather http://insidesofia.com/country---climate/p-90/ http://www.geog.psu.edu/sites/default/files/people/files/Herwehe%20Bulgaria%20Transportation.pdf http://www.weather-and-climate.com/uploads/average-sunshine-bulgaria-sofia.png http://www.climatetemp.info/graph/sofia_files/image001.gif http://images.wikia.com/wxrisk/images/1/19/WeatherCartoon.jpg http://image.yaymicro.com/rz_512x512/0/443/cartoon-weather-images-4438ce.jpg http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs21/i/2007/293/5/6/Hot_Summer_Days_by_isacg.jpg http://mi9.com/wallpaper/cold-snowy-day_7373/ Custom and Traditions http://www.investbulgaria.com/BulgarianTraditions.php http://www.sundayschoollessons.com/sunfolderd/image21.gif Religion http://www.mapsofworld.com/cities/bulgaria/sofia/religion.html Celebration http://www.2camels.com/festivals/bulgaria.php http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5oD67zsPdHA/TK2AY6_rZFI/AAAAAAAAAC4/vbU1XoFEowg/s1600/1821celebration.jpg

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Food and drink http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian_cuisine http://www.roesing.net/recipes/mushroomsoup.html History and Famous People http://12121.hostinguk.com/JohnRila.htm http://12121.hostinguk.com/rila.jpg http://www.investbulgaria.com/FamousBulgarians.php http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gjn0_2b2Fg8/SjAo7mIU1_I/AAAAAAAAA mg/eDStlA___EE/s400/baba+Vanga.jpg http://2012forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=7076

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Movement http://www.und.org.tr/public/kisitlamalar/bulgaristan.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/JGRED10ElectricLocomotive.jpg Flag Http://www.Flags-flags-flags.Org.Uk/bulgarian-flag.Htm Http://www.Informationbulgaria.Com/bulgarian_flag.Html http://carrental-sofia.com/wp-content/gallery/bulgaria/bulgaria-flag.jpg http://www.topnews.in/files/Bulgaria-flag_0.jpg