Slovakia
By: Sydney White
Date Joined The EU
Slovakia joined the EU (European Union) the May 2004. They are not part of the founding of the EU, as you can tell by the date that they joined, the European Union was formed in 1993.
Slovakia's History
Slovakia has some of the oldest artifacts from 270,000 BCE, one of them includes Novè Mesto Nad Vàhom. Slovakia was settled by Slavic Slovaks in the 6th century. They where United polictcaly to the Moravian Empire in the 9th century.Later in 907 the Moravain Empire was captured by The Germans and Magyars and soon fell under the rule of the Hungryians until the 10th century. When the empire fell in WWI, the Slovaks quickly joined Czech and made Czehoslovakia. In 1991, the country split into to two; one being Czeh Republic, the other, Slovakia.
Slovakia's Flag
The flag is to represent a few things.The coat of arms was the arms they used with Hungry. The blue, white and red stripes are the traditional Slovic colors. The flag was so close to Russia's flag, they had to add the arms in order to stop confusion between flags
Slovakia's Location
Slovakia is in Europe and is surrounded by Poland, Czech Repeublic, and Russia.It dose have thick forested areas and some grassy plains.
Places to Visit.
Bratislava
This is Slovakia's Capitol.
Kosince
This photo is of the cities' Main Street.
Presovo
Tourism.
Slovakia has a lot of cool places to visit, one of them includes the Devìn Castle. This castle is one of the oldest trace of the 5th century, and it's remains lie in Slovakia.
Devìn Castle
Bojnice Zoo
One of the oldest zoos in Slovakia.
Belianska Cave
The only largest and open cave to the Tatras.
Currency
Slovakia today uses euro, but it always has not been like that. Before that, they used the Slovak Koruna. The switched to the euro in 2009.
Government
Slovakia runs on a Parliamentary Republic. That means citizens vote for representives to rule the country.
Language
The Slovic Language (there main language) is spoken by more than 2 million people.
People
A little over 5 million live in Slovakia.
Education
99% of Slovakian adults can read.