online assignment 2

Describe roughly the history of the Czech Republic (and also Czechoslovakia) : The Czech Republic is a country in Central Europe. The capital and largest city is Prague
The capital and largest city is Prague. The Czech Republic has been a member of NATO since 1999 and of the European Union since 2004. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, the Czech lands fell under Habsburg rule, becoming part of the Austrian Empire in 1804 and of Austria–Hungary in 1867. The independent Republic of Czechoslovakia was formed in 1918, following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire after World War I.
In a 1948 coup d'état, Czechoslovakia became a communist-ruled state. In 1968, the increasing dissatisfaction culminated in attempts to reform the communist regime. The events ended with an invasion by the armies of the Warsaw Pact countries, the troops remained in the country until the 1989 Velvet Revolution, when the communist regime collapsed. On 1 January 1993, Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolved into its constituent states, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The Czech Republic is a pluralist multi-party parliamentary representative democracy. President Václav Klaus is the current head of state. The Prime Minister is the head of government. The Parliament has two chambers: the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. It is also a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Council of Europe and the Visegrád Group.
The Czech Republic made economic reforms such as fast privatizations. The country is the first former member of the Comecon to achieve the status of a developed country. The Czech Republic also ranks top among the former Comecon countries in the Human Development Index.

How is the country divided / organized today?
Since January 1, 2000 (according to Czech Law no. 129/2000 (Law on Regions), which replaced paragraph 1/1993 of the Czech Constitution on Vyšší územně správních celcích (higher-level territorial administrative units) the Czech Republic has consisted of thirteen regions (kraje) and one capital city (hlavní město) with regional status. The older seventy-three districts (okresy, singular okres) are still recognized and remain the seats of various branches of state administration[1], such as the judicial system.

Regions of the Czech Republic.
Prague, the capital city
Central Bohemian Region Prague
South Bohemian Region České Budějovice
Plzeň Region Plzeň
Ústí nad Labem Region Ústí nad Labem
Liberec Region Liberec
Hradec Králové Region Hradec Králové
Pardubice Region Pardubice
Olomouc Region Olomouc
Moravian-Silesian Region Ostrava
South Moravian Region Brno
Zlín Region Zlín
Vysočina Region Jihlava
Czech Republic Prague

¹ 2004 estimate. updated numbers and source (in Czech)

What are the major physical features and formations in Czech?
The Czech landscape is quite varied. Bohemia, to the west, consists of a basin drained by the Elbe and the Vltava rivers, surrounded by mostly low mountains, such as the Krkonoše range of the Sudetes. The highest point in the country, Sněžka at 1,602 m , is located here. Moravia, the eastern part of the country, is also quite hilly.
. According to the World Wide Fund for Nature, the territory of the Czech Republic can be subdivided into four ecoregions: the Central European mixed forests, Pannonian mixed forests, Western European broadleaf forests and Carpathian montane conifer forests.

What are the different natural vegetation in Czech?
According to the World Wide Fund for Nature, the territory of the Czech Republic can be subdivided into four ecoregions: the Central European mixed forests, Pannonian mixed forests, Western European broadleaf forests and Carpathian montane conifer forests.

What are the major types of economies / industries in Czech?
The Czech Republic possesses a developed, high-income economy with a GDP per capita of 82% .Most of the economy has been privatised, including the banks and telecommunications.
Before World War II, Czechoslovakia favored traditional export-oriented light industries, including food processing. Concentration on the production of capital goods since the war has been at the expense of consumer goods and foodstuffs, although there have been increases in the metalworking industry and in the production of glass, wood products, paper, textiles, clothing, shoes, and leather goods. Some of these and other consumer goods—such as the world-famous pilsner beer, ham, and sugar—had figured prominently in the pre-World War II export trade, but machinery was predominant under the communist regime