9. The Czech Republic

9. THE CZECH REPUBLIC

• itscapital cityisPrague

• theofficiallanguageisCzech

• ourcurrencyiscalledthe Czech crown

• theheadofthestateisthe president Miloš Zeman

GEOGRAPHY AND WEATHER

• the Czech Republic islocated in theheartoftheEurope

• it’ssurrounded byGermany to thewest, Poland to thenorth, Slovakia to theeast and Austria to thesouth

• it’sland-locked countrywhichmeansthatthereis no borderwith a sea

• the country ismade up of 3 lands: Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia

  • and 14 regions

• theterrainismountainousaroundtheborders and lowlandin the centre

• thehighestpeakisSněžka in the Krkonoše mountains

• thelongestriveristhe Vltavawhichflowsintothe Elbe

• the Czech Republic has a temperateclimatewithwarmsummers and coldwinterswithsnow

POLITICAL SYSTEM

• the Czech Republic isa parlimentarydemocracy

• theheadofthestateisthe president Miloš Zeman

  • whoiselectedevery 5 years and canbeelectedonlyfor2 terms

• theparliamentconsistsof 2 chambers:

  • the House ofDeputies (thelower house)

  • and theSenate (theupper house)

  • theMPs are electedfor 4 years and thesenatorsfor 6 years

• theexecutivebranchisrepresented by thegovernmentandthe president

  • theheadofthegovernmentisthe prime minister (nowdays Andrej Babiš)

FLAG

• the flag consistsofa blue triangle on theleft

• and 2 horizontal lineswherethelower stripe has redcolor and theupper has whitecolor

• „Whereis my home“isthenational anthem

SPORT

• footballandice-hockey are the most popularsports in the Czech Republic

  • famoussportsmen are f.ex. footballplayerPAVEL NEDVĚD and hockeyplayer JAROMÍR JÁGR

• anotherpopular sportistenniswithsuccesfulltennisplayerPETRA KVITOVÁ

FAMOUS PEOPLE

• KAREL ČAPEK, MILAN KUNDERA, JAROSLAV HAŠEK – writers

PLACES OF INTEREST

• CITIES – viz 10. otázka

• NATIONAL PARKS

  • Krkonoše, Šumava or Podyjí

• BOHEMIAN PARADISE (ČESKÝ RÁJ)

  • it’s a landwithsandstone rock formations in northern Bohemia

  • it’spopular area forhiking

• MORAVIAN KARST (MORAVSKÝ KRAS)

  • ispopularforitscaves and theMachochaabyss (propast)

  • itlies in Moravia