This week in 5th and 6th Class we were learning about the European Union (EU). There are 27 member states in the European Union and luckily, there are 27 students in 5th and 6th class so everybody got a Country from the European Union. We each had to fill out information about the Countries in the European Union. We learned the Capital, Currency, Languages, Population, Rivers, Mountains and famous Landmarks of each of the countries.
Here are the European Countries and their Capitals:
- Ireland (Dublin)
- France (Paris)
- Germany (Berlin)
- Spain (Madrid)
- Portugal (Lisbon)
- Italy (Rome)
- Poland (Warsaw)
- Sweden (Stockholm)
- Finland (Helsinki)
- Netherlands (Amsterdam)
- Czech Republic (Prague)
- Romania (Bucharest)
- Greece (Athens)
- Bulgaria (Sofia)
- Luxemburg (Luxemburg)
- Lithuania (Vilnius)
- Denmark (Copenhagen
- Belgium ( Brussels)
- Slovenia (Ljubljana)
- Cyprus (Nicosia)
- Malta (Valletta)
- Austria (Vienna)
- Hungry (Budapest)
- Croatia (Zagreb)
- Slovakia (Bratislava)
- Estonia (Tallinn)
- Latvia (Riga)
Did you know?
- The European Union covers 4.5 million square kilometres and has a population of about 450 million people. Only China and India have a larger population than the combined EU Countries.
- Germany has the largest population of the EU States with 83 million while Malta has the smallest with about half a million.
- One in five of every burger sold in McDonald’s all across Europe is made from Irish beef.
- The EEC (European Economic Community) was formed in 1958.
- In 1993 the EEC changed its name to the European Union.
- Ireland joined the EU in 1973.
By: Sean Hynes & Harry Larkin.
