Switzerland by Hailey Decker https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy Made by Hailey, Katie, Maggie, Morelia, and Jasmin en-us 2017-02-27 15:45:30 UTC 2023-03-03 19:32:32 UTC hello@padlet.com Economics katherine_kotzan https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156449971 Switzerland GDP: $84,815
GDP per capita: $59,210
The based monthly income is an average of $2,500 ]]> 2017-02-27 15:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156449971 Leisure Activities and Sports margaret_bates https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156450174 Fall/Winter/Spring Sports:
Skiing , Mountaineering, and Ice hockey are the most played sports in the Fall/winter/Spring

Summer/Fall Sports: 
Football, rugby, and basketball are the most played sports in the summer/fall]]> 2017-02-27 15:49:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156450174 Religion morelia_valencia https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156450389 Religions: Roman Catholic 38.2% 
Protestant 26.9%
Christian 5.6%
Muslim 5%
Other 1.6%
none 21.4%
unspecified 1.3%]]> 2017-02-27 15:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156450389 Famous Architecture and Music hailey_decker https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156451043             Paulus Church
*Located in the city of Basel, Switzerland
*designed by Swiss architect Karl Coelestin Moser
*finished in 1901
*one of the few Protestant churches in Switzerland that is open to the public
            Edwin Fischer
*famous classical pianist
*born in Basel, Switzerland, in 1886
*one of the greatest interpreters of J.S. Bach and Mozart of the twentieth century]]> 2017-02-27 15:51:33 UTC https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156451043 Major Cities jasmin_landa https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156451941 Zurich  pop:380,000
Geneva pop:190,000
Basel pop:170,000
St.Gallen pop:76,000


]]> 2017-02-27 15:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156451941 hailey_decker https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156453566 Paulus Church]]> 2017-02-27 15:57:02 UTC https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156453566 Government katherine_kotzan https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156453806 Switzerland has a Federal republic. Switzerland has given it the access and political stability to become one of the world's wealthiest countries.]]> 2017-02-27 15:57:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156453806 Zurich jasmin_landa https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156454696 Population:380,000
Known for:Art galleries,Our lady church, The Uetliberg Mountain

]]> 2017-02-27 15:59:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156454696 hailey_decker https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156455638 2017-02-27 16:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156455638 International Organizations katherine_kotzan https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156456196 Switzerland has a international organization known as the Red Cross. It is based in Geneva, Switzerland. It had won the 3 time Noble Prize. It has given the ICRC a mandate to protect victims of international and internal armed conflicts.]]> 2017-02-27 16:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156456196 Current Issues hailey_decker https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156456557 Taxation
*lots of taxes - causes tensions with other countries
Tax Evasion
*bank secrecy - banks are very discrete about where money goes and who receives it
Migration
*The Swiss population voted to decrease migration into the country
*contradicts international treaties that the EU placed for the free movement of citizens
Currency
*The Swiss national bank no longer uses the Euro ( a previous monetary value ) causing the value of the Swiss Francs 
( another previous monetary value ) to go up significantly
*this causes people with more Euros to lose a lot of money, and people with more Swiss Francs to become wealthier ]]> 2017-02-27 16:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156456557 Geneva katherine_kotzan https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156458471 It is the home of the Calvinism. It is also considered the "Los Vegas" of Switzerland. It is also known for its beautiful views like the Alps, Lakes, Skiing, Hiking and more.]]> 2017-02-27 16:08:11 UTC https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156458471 A Famous Person morelia_valencia https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156459810 Roger Federer
He is a famous tennis player. Here is all his information:
]]> 2017-02-27 16:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156459810 hailey_decker https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156460673 2017-02-27 16:13:15 UTC https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156460673 Basel jasmin_landa https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156556015 Population:170,000
For Europeans Basel means Three F's  Fasnacht and pharmaceuticals, all loved and hated in equal measure.It is also the 3rd most popular]]> 2017-02-27 20:19:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156556015 St. Gallen jasmin_landa https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156559383 Population:76,000
St.Gallen is known for the Abby library,The Convent,and the cathedral ]]> 2017-02-27 20:31:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156559383 OECD Better Life Index Statistics hailey_decker https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156751892 Highest
*Jobs - 80% of Swiss citizens ages 15-64 are employed, and only 2.6% of the population has been unemployed for over a year
*Life Satisfaction - on a scale of 0 to 10, Swiss citizens gave their life satisfaction a 7.4
Lowest
*Civic Engagement - men outvote women by over 5 percentage points in elections, and only about 29% of the seats in the parliament are held by women
*Housing - 1% of Swiss citizen's gross adjusted disposable income is spent on housing]]> 2017-02-28 15:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156751892 Switzerland Flag katherine_kotzan https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156755557 2017-02-28 15:35:56 UTC https://padlet.com/hailey_decker/6uuzlhrxj4uy/wish/156755557