Switzerland

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Switzerland

• By Vittorio Ranieri and Matthew Ficele

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The Yodel
Click Below to Hear What Switzerland Music is
Known For
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Map of Switzerland
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Demographics of Switzerland Today

• Total Population 7,925,517 (2012 Statistics)
• Life Expectancy 81.17 (2012 Statistics)
• Most families have about 2 children.
• More than 39,000 Swiss immigrants in Canada.

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Switzerlands Culture

• Languages spoken- 63 German, 19 French and 8
  Italian
• Practiced Religions Christianity (main), Jewish,
  Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism
• Traditional types of clothing Women wore puffy
  blouses and a skirt, tight vest and ribbon,
  floral embroidery.
• Men wore cropped jackets and leather shorts
• Swiss people yodel and folk dance as a tradition
  to their culture.

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Traditional Clothing and Religion
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
Jewish
Buddhism
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Interesting Facts

• Switzerland has been an independent country since
  1499.
• There are three official languages. (German,
  French, Italian)
• Second highest life expectancy rate in the world.
• Highest employment rate.
• Created international committee of Red Cross
  founded in 1863.

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Swiss Immigration

• The Swiss were among the earliest to settle in
  North America during the 18th century, but was
  most common during World War 2.
• Most immigrants from Switzerland came to get
  religious freedom.

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Push and Pull Factors
PUSH FACTORS
PULL FACTORS
Bad Economy - Poor Better Job Opportunity
Religious Persecution Religious Freedom
Not Much Land Better Education
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Most Famous Swiss Immigrant

• Swiss came to America in the 1800s for the same
  reason the Irish and Scots did for land,
  religious freedom and a chance for a new life.
  Perhaps the best known Swisser was John Sutter,
  an explorer and businessman who founded
  California. It was at his mill in 1848 that gold
  was first discovered.
• From 1880-1890 nearly 82,000 Swiss packed their
  bags, traveled overland to ports such as Hamburg
  and Le Havre and boarded steamships for America.

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Swiss Immigrants

• US immigration records show that even though most
  arrivals from Switzerland could only afford
  third-class ship passage, they had more cash to
  kick-start their new lives. They also traveled
  with their families, another sign of greater
  means than the typical southern European

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Where the Swiss Went After Immigrating

• Most Swiss went west to take advantage of the
  free farmland, and to join communities where
  Swiss before them had settled - in California -
  or in some cases founded, like New Glarus in
  Wisconsin."They would help you get farmland or
  open shops and businesses and people would join
  Swiss social clubs," Moreno added. "There were
  churches that were run by Swiss."

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Famous Swiss Companies

• Swiss Army
• Swatch
• Nestle
• Lindt

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Swiss Chocolate!

• Switzerland is known for its good quality
  chocolate
• The ingredients of the swiss chocolate we brought
  today were
• sugar, cocoa, butter, milk, coconut oil, cocoa
  nibs, palm kernel oil, soya lecithin and
  artificial - blue bag
• sugar, cocoa, butter, milk, coconut oil, cocoa
  mass, palm kernel, soya lecithin, barley malt
  extract and artificial flavour- green bag
• sugar, milk, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, lactose,
  barley malt extract, soya lecithin and artificial
  flavour- extra creamy bag