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  The *# Poland is approximately [*.                                                                                                                              population of                                          work force of                                          unemployment in                                        annual income in                                       38 million                                             1 1/2 billion                                          17 million                                             143 million                                             
  *Nearly all # [*.                                                                                                                                               38 million Poles                                       women                                                  men                                                    children                                               go to church                                           study electronics                                      work in industry                                       are registered in the Army                              
  *Poland consists mostly of # that form part of the northern [*.                                                                                                 lowlands                                               mountains                                              valleys                                                slopes                                                 European plain                                         polish plain                                           lights                                                 sea coast                                               
  *The # run along the southern border of Poland and rise to [*.                                                                                                  Carpathian mountains                                   Alps                                                   Andes mountains                                        Cliffs of Croatia                                      8,200 feet                                             12,200 feet                                            4,700 feet                                             6,000 feet                                              
  The *Polish # is [ miles*.                                                                                                                                      coastline                                              highway                                                border                                                 train system                                           only 305                                               5,000                                                  3,206                                                  1,907                                                   
  Poland is *# land with 1% permanent crops, 13% meadows and pastures and 29% [*.                                                                                 48% arable                                             very rocky                                             57% unusable                                           all farm                                               forest and woodland                                    housing projects                                       national parks                                         fields and streams                                        *The currency, the Polish zloty, is divided into # [*.                                                                                                          100                                                    10                                                     50                                                     500                                                    groszy                                                 rubels                                                 marks                                                  francs                                                    Poland's *# is the Poland [*.                                                                                                                                   money                                                  weight measurement                                     train                                                  subway                                                 zloty                                                  lira                                                   krone                                                  crown                                                     The *Tatra mountains*, with the *# of Zakopane*, are *[ places* in southern Poland.                                                                             ski resort town                                        capital city                                           parochial school                                       hydroelectric plant                                    picturesque                                            treacherous                                            medieval                                               religious                                               
  Poland's *major language is #*.                                                                                                                                 Polish                                                 German                                                 Danish                                                 Swiss                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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  Poland's *# are Warsaw, Lodz, Cracow, Wroclaw, [*.                                                                                                              major cities                                           major rivers                                           past Kings                                             national parks                                         Poznan and Gdansk                                      Moscow and Leningrad                                   Barcelona and Madrid                                   Paris and Munich                                        
  Poland is *# [ Europe*.                                                                                                                                         located in                                             united with                                            at war with                                            supported by                                           eastern                                                northern                                               western                                                southern                                                
  Poland's *boundaries are #* to the North, *and [* to the east.                                                                                                  the Baltic Sea                                         Germany                                                Czechoslovakia                                         France                                                 the former USSR                                        Belgium                                                Germany                                                Czechoslovakia                                          
  *Poland borders #* to the south *and [* to the west.                                                                                                            Czechoslovakia                                         Sweden                                                 Germany                                                the former Yugoslavia                                  Germany                                                Paris                                                  Hungary                                                Netherlands                                             
  The *highest point in Poland is # [*.                                                                                                                           8,199                                                  10,348                                                 4,952                                                  6,859                                                  feet                                                   meters                                                 kilometers                                             yards                                                   
  *Dzien dobry means good # or good afternoon in [*.                                                                                                              morning                                                night                                                  bye                                                    day                                                    Polish                                                 German                                                 Slovic                                                 Spanish                                                 
  Poland's *# is continental, with [ and cold winters*.                                                                                                           climate                                                capital                                                Lazienki Park                                          Stalinist landmark                                     warm summers                                           hot summers                                            mild springs                                           warm autumns                                            
  *Moderate rainfall is # distributed throughout the [*.                                                                                                          well                                                   never                                                  sometimes                                              heavily                                                year                                                   winter                                                 fall                                                   spring                                                     *Poles # attach much importance to dress, [ is generally worn*.                                                                                                 don't                                                  always                                                 never                                                  do                                                     and casual attire                                      however business attire                                so just about anything                                 so leather                                                 *When traveling in Poland*, you might want to know that *# means [* in Polish.                                                                                  Gdzie sa toalety?                                      Eau de potty?                                          Gdzie do nointe?                                       Eau de toilette?                                       Where are the toilets?                                 Where are the restaurants?                             Do you have any money?                                 Where is the bus station?                                  *Amber, jewelry, #, rugs, carved wooden ornaments, silver and metalware are all [* in Poland.                                                                   cut glass, embroidery, leather                         dishes                                                 plastic flowers                                        stuffed animals                                        good buys                                              expensive                                              black market items                                     bad buys                                                   *The # shops* of Poland *specialize in [ and folkloric articles*.                                                                                               Cepelia                                                Warsaw                                                 Cracow                                                 Poznan                                                 handicrafts                                            ceramics                                               video games                                            candles                                                    The # shops sell works of art; however, *[ cannot usually be exported*.                                                                                         Desa                                                   Gdansk                                                 Lodz                                                   Wroclaw                                                antiques                                               postcards                                              masterpieces                                           new art                                                   The *Poles go to #* more than almost any other Europeans; *even under communist* rule, the *country was noted for the fervor of its [*.                         church                                                 the opera                                              the horse races                                        holy pilgrimages                                       Catholicism                                            religious leaders                                      nationalism                                            patriotism                                              	  When a *Pole became # in 1978* it was the *first time since the 16th century that a [ got the job*.                                                             Pope                                                   Olympic ski-jump gold medalist                         Prime Minister                                         a Swiss Guard                                          non-Italian                                            non-Catholic                                           woman                                                  non-European                                              The *Nazi #*, such as Auschwitz, are *maintained as museums, constant reminders of the horrors of WWII*.                                                        extermination camps                                    boot camps                                             training grounds                                       battle fields                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         *#, whose theories about the universe provided the foundation for [ was born in Poland*.                                                                        Nicolaus Copernicus                                    Albert Einstein                                        Frank Lloyd Wright                                     Sir Isaac Newton                                       modern astronomy                                       modern architecture                                    bridge building                                        modern astrology                                          *#, whose research with her husband led to the discovery of [, was Polish*.                                                                                     Maria Curie                                            Madame Pompador                                        Maria Callas                                           Maria von Trapp                                        radium                                                 aluminum                                               radar                                                  uranium                                                   *#, whose mazurkas and polonaises seem to embody the Polish spirit, was born in Poland*.                                                                        Frederic Chopin                                        Ludwig van Beethoven                                   Frederick Remmington                                   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             	  *Poland* has *not always* been *#*; during the 19th century Poland *was divided between [*.                                                                     an independent country                                 a colony                                               a province                                             an empire                                              Prussia, Austria, and Russia                           Prussia, Austria and France                            Austria, France and Italy                              Prussia, Russia and France                              	  *In part because of #, Poland again became* an *independent nation with free access to* the *[ at* the *end of WWI in 1918*.                                    U.S. support                                           Russian support                                        French support                                         U.S. opposition                                        Baltic Sea                                             Adriatic Sea                                           Aral Sea                                               Black Sea                                               	  The newly *independent Poland (1918) faced many problems;* it suffered from *#*, had *no unified economy*, and had *[*.                                         war damage                                             failing agriculture                                    declining population                                   ethnic unrest                                          no political structure                                 a dictatorial government                               a ruling aristocracy                                   a strong Communist party                                	  *Hitler's* surprise *attack on Poland in 1939 began WWII*; the *speed of* the *# produced* the *term [,* or lightning war.                                      air and land attack                                    air and sea attack                                     naval blockade                                         seaborne invasion                                      blitzkrieg                                             ausweis                                                abweir                                                 lebensraum                                              	  *During WWII Poland* was *invaded and occupied* first *by* the *#*, and *then by* the *[* as it moved through Poland to attack Germany.                         Germans                                                French                                                 Allies                                                 Combined forces                                        Soviet army                                            French                                                 Allies                                                 Combined forces                                         	  At the *end of WWII*, the *Soviets, because their # was already in Poland*, were *able to set up a [ regime in Poland*.                                         army                                                   political structure                                    social structure                                       repair and rebuilding corps                            communist, pro-Soviet,                                 two-party political                                    hierarchical                                           democratic                                              	  *Under Poland's communist government*, the *# controlled* the *economy, restricted civil liberties*, and *persecuted* the *[*.                                  state                                                  army                                                   upper class                                            ex-nazis                                               Catholic church                                        Jews                                                   Moslems                                                intellectuals                                           	  *After* several unsuccessful *protests against* Poland's *communist regime* Polish *workers formed #*, a *[ union demanding change*.                            Solidarity                                             Workplace                                              Unity                                                  Euromash                                               radical                                                communist                                              middle class                                           women's                                                 	  The *# labor union*, outlawed in 1980, was *legalized in 1989,* and *its President, [*, became Poland's *first elected president*.                              Solidarity                                             Unity                                                  Polonaise                                              Internationale                                         Lech Walesa                                            Roman Polanski                                         Anton Kobarubias                                       Anton Jarelzewski                                         Poland's *new, non-communist government has huge economic problems--#* and *[.*                                                                                 a $48 billion foreign debt                             a huge positive foreign balance of payments            war reparations to the West                            repayment of debts to China                            annual inflation of more than 2000%                    enormous deflation of 40% per year                     payments to landowners                                 foreign control of factories                            	  The *borders of Poland* have *#* during its history; *in 1946* they *[* and *gained land in the west*.                                                          changed many times                                     remained relatively constant                           changed only before the 20th century                   have shrunk steadily since WWII                        lost land in the east to the USSR                      gained land in the east from Russia                    gained land to the north from Sweden                   gained land in the south                                
  In the *southern part of Poland, known as #*, are located some of the *richest [ in Europe.*                                                                    Silesia                                                Polish Corridor                                        Sudentenland                                           Saar Basin                                             coal fields                                            agricultural land                                      iron mines                                             wildlife areas                                          
  Most of *northern Poland is part of the #* stretching *from France to Moscow*, which has been a *[ for invading armies.*                                        North European Plain                                   Central European Massif                                Carpathian Plateau                                     Polish Corridor                                        highway                                                barrier                                                trap                                                   hindrance                                                 Because Poland's *communist government failed to regulate #*, Poland's *[ has been seriously damaged.*                                                          air pollution and waste disposal                       electricity generation and transmission                the pharmaceutical industry                            military maneuvers                                     environment                                            economy                                                military                                               highway system                                            Because *Poland was not # until 1918*, and *suffered the ravages of [*, its *economy has been weak* for much of the century.                                    unified                                                conquered                                              divided                                                heavily populated                                      two world wars                                         civil war                                              agricultural failure                                   the industrial revolution                                 One *aim of the Polish communist government* was to *reduce Poland's* high *#*, but many *jobs they created were not [.*                                        unemployment rate                                      interest rate                                          employment rate                                        military employment                                    productive                                             high paying                                            filled                                                 industrial                                              
  Poland's huge coal deposits make *# the main source of energy for Polish industry*, but *burning coal has caused severe [* problems.                            coal                                                   nuclear power                                          hydroelectric                                          oil                                                    air pollution                                          poverty                                                negative balance of trade                              drought                                                   *Because of* both the *# and* the *[, Polish farms* have relatively *low yields.*                                                                               inefficiencies of communism                            efficiencies of communism                              cold climate                                           small farm size                                        use of old fashioned agricultural practices            poor soil                                              short growing season                                   lack of farm workers                                      *Poland lost her oil producing areas to the # after WWII* and was then *forced to import [ from the USSR*                                                       USSR                                                   Germans                                                Allies                                                 Czechoslovakians                                       petroleum products                                     food                                                   heavy equipment                                        hydroelectric generators                                 *The Palace of Culture, # tallest building* is a Stalinist landmark from the [.                                                                                 Warsaw's                                               Lodz's                                                 Wroclaw                                                Gdansk's                                               1950s                                                  1940s                                                  1930s                                                  1920s                                                  	  *Warsaw and its people were # during the war, and [ are everywhere*.                                                                                            devastated                                             neutral                                                deported                                               admired by the Nazis                                   war plaques and monuments                              burned out buildings                                   bomb craters                                           abandoned army tanks                                     The *# of the City of Warsaw shows* visitors captured *Nazi film, documenting the [*.                                                                           Historical Museum                                      State Theater                                          tourist information package                            city tour guide                                        destruction of the city                                building of the city                                   changing of the guard                                  Polish military parades                                  *#*, a 15th-century Old Town was *rebuilt after [ devastation*.                                                                                                 Warsaw                                                 Desa                                                   Cepelia                                                Madrid                                                 World War II                                           World War 1                                            Civil War                                              Vietnam War                                              *Gothic St. John's Cathedral*, in # was *originally built in the [ century and rebuilt after World War II*.                                                     Warsaw                                                 Wroclaw                                                Crocow                                                 Poznan                                                 13th                                                   11th                                                   15th                                                   18th                                                     The *Warsaw City Historical # documents its [ destruction*.                                                                                                     Museum                                                 Scrapbook                                              Film                                                   Mall                                                   wartime                                                earthquake                                             hurricane                                              tornado                                                  The *# century King Sigismund III column and the reconstituted Royal Castle in [ was the pre-war residence of Poland's President*.                              17th                                                   20th                                                   19th                                                   16th                                                   Warsaw                                                 Barcelona                                              Lodz                                                   Gdansk                                                   *Barbican town # in Warsaw are the remains of [ fortifications*.                                                                                                walls                                                  malls                                                  stores                                                 houses                                                 medieval                                               World War I                                            World War II                                           modern                                                   *Lazienki Park*, in #, *is a beautifully landscaped park of palaces and [*.                                                                                     Warsaw                                                 Crocow                                                 Poznan                                                 Wroclaw                                                monuments                                              subways                                                museums                                                forts                                                    *Wilanow #*, in Warsaw, *features a restored Baroque palace that is now part of the National [*.                                                                Park                                                   Town                                                   City                                                   Theater                                                Museum                                                 Park                                                   pastime                                                mascot                                                 	  The *#*, Warsaw's most important historical monument, was *blown up by [* during WWII; it has since been rebuilt.                                               Royal Castle                                           Parliament                                             Blarney Castle                                         Royal Skyscraper                                       the Nazis                                              the underground movement                               the Russians                                           the U.S.                                               	  The *# in Warsaw, where the [ was walled up in 1940* was not rebuilt but is *remembered by a Monument to the Heroes of the Ghetto*.                             ghetto                                                 park                                                   shopping center                                        medieval village                                       Jewish population                                      Japanese population                                    foreign population                                     Catholic population                                    
  The *largest # in Poland is [*.                                                                                                                                 city                                                   building                                               region                                                 lake                                                   Warsaw                                                 Cracow                                                 Athens                                                 Pisa                                                   	  *Cracow, in # Poland was the medieval capital of the Vistula*, and survived almost unscathed in [.                                                              southern                                               eastern                                                northern                                               western                                                World War II                                           the Korean War                                         World War I                                            the Revolutionary War                                     *Main Market Square, in #*, is *one of Europe's biggest [ squares*.                                                                                             Cracow                                                 Moscow                                                 Warsaw                                                 Gdansk                                                 medieval                                               World War II                                           modern                                                 designer                                                 The great *Renaissance #*, in Main Market Square of Cracow, *contains shops and the Gallery of [*.                                                              Cloth Hall                                             picture show                                           art museum                                             subway                                                 Polish painting                                        Polish royalty                                         Neo-Art Deco                                           Cracow Pictures                                          *Wawel Castle*, in Cracow, is  *Poland's # castle* with a 14th-century Cathedral *where Polish kings were crowned and [*.                                       most majestic                                          only moated                                            oldest                                                 biggest                                                buried                                                 married                                                fed                                                    murdered                                               	  *From #, excursions are available to Oswiecim, a Nazi extermination camp, in which [ died*.                                                                     Cracow                                                 Warsaw                                                 Poznan                                                 Gdansk                                                 four million                                           ten million                                            four thousand                                          twelve million                                         	  There were about *# Jews in Cracow before WWII; today there are about [*.                                                                                       60,000                                                 600                                                    6,000                                                  60                                                     2,000                                                  200                                                    200,000                                                2,000,000                                                *Czestochowa*, in southern Poland, is the *home of the Jasna Gora # and the Black [, Poland's most sacred icon*.                                                Monastery                                              Castle                                                 Subway                                                 Museum                                                 Madonna                                                Prince                                                 Diamond                                                Cross                                                  
  *Gdansk*, in Northern Poland is the *# center and the birthplace of [*.                                                                                         shipbuilding                                           tourist                                                dairy                                                  automobile                                             Solidarity movement                                    Poland's Zloty                                         Ernest Hemingway                                       Nadia Comanici                                           The *Gothic Church of the Holy #*, in Gdansk, is *Poland's [ church*.                                                                                           Virgin                                                 Rollers                                                Ghost                                                  Son                                                    largest                                                oldest                                                 newest                                                 smallest                                                 The modern style *Monument to # is located outside the Gdansk [*.                                                                                               Shipyard Workers                                       World War II veterans                                  Solidarity                                             the Union                                              shipyards                                              courthouse                                             town hall                                              police department                                      
  *Gdynia, in # Poland*, is a *Baltic port, fishing harbor, naval base, and [*.                                                                                   northern                                               southern                                               eastern                                                western                                                industrial city                                        tourist town                                           war center                                             dairy center                                             *Szczecin, Poland's #, was [ in 1945*.                                                                                                                          biggest port                                           capitol                                                biggest castle                                         battleship                                             destroyed                                              constructed                                            discovered                                             evaluated                                                *Szczecin*, in northern Poland, *has a # Town Hall and Pemeranian Castle* that were *[ several times* over the centuries.                                       restored 15th-century                                  modern                                                 run-down 14th-century                                  huge                                                   damaged and rebuilt                                    destroyed                                              moved                                                  flooded                                                