Wyoming: The Equality State

• Alternate Nickname: The Cowboy State
• Capital: Cheyenne
• Major Cities:
• Casper
• Laramie
• Major Geographical Features
  • Green River
  • Snake River
  • North Platte River
  • Bighorn River
  • Yen River
  • Rockie Mountains
  • Great Plains
  • Black Hills
  • Laramie Mountains
  • Bighorn Mountains
  • Wind River Range
• National Parks:
• Yellowstone National Park
• Grand Teton National Park
• 1803: The United States gains most of present-day Wyoming in the Louisiana Purchase
• 1869: First place in the United States to allow women the right to vote
• 1872: Yellowstone becomes the first national park in the United States
• 1890: Wyoming becomes the 44th state
• Motto: "Equal Rights"
• Name Meaning: "Valleys and Mountains" (a Native American dialect)
• Products
  • Coal
  • Cattle
  • Uranium
• Wyoming produces the second most wool in the United States
• 9th largest state by area but the least populated state
• First state with a female governor
• Its two national parks see 4 million visitors each year
• Yellowstone Lake is the highest altitude lake in the United States
• Famous People
  • Buffalo Bill

Florence, Italy

• Population: 379,180
• About the same size as Arlington, Texas
• Most populous city in Tuscany
• Capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and province of Florence
• Located on the River Arno
• Birthplace of the Renaissance
• Nicknamed the "Athens of the Middle Ages"
• One of the wealthiest cities of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
• Florence is one of the most visited cities in the world (over 1.8 million visitors per year)
• Forbes continually ranks Florence as one of the most beautiful cities in the world
• One of the fashion capitals of Europe
• Known for Florentine style steak
• 1377-1743: The Medici family rules Florence
• The Medicis became rich due to the banking industry
• The Medici family had a lot of power of Europe during this time, lending money to foreign leaders and producing 4 popes
• 1436: Duomo is opened
• 1865-1871: Florence is the capital of Italy
• 1944: The Ponte Vecchio is not destroyed as German army retreats during World War Two
• 1982: Florence is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
• 2008: Florence had the 17th highest average income in Italy
• 2013: Florence ranked as the 2nd best world city
• Climate
• Florence has hot summers with little precipitation and cool winters.
• Religion:
• Roman Catholic
• Tourist Attractions
• Duomo
• Ponte Vecchio
• Florence Baptistery
• Giotto Tower (Campanile)
• Palazzo Vecchio
• Uffizi Gallery
• Largest Renaissance art gallery
• Galleria dell' Academia
• Home to Michaelangelo's David
• Palazzo di Pitti and Boboli Gardens
• Piazza Michaelangelo
• Santa Croce
• Casa di Dante
• Famous Florentines
• Dante Alighieri
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Giovanni Boccaccio
• Filippo Bruneleschi
• Michaelangelo Buonarroti
• Niccolo Machiavelli 
• Gioto
• Donatello
• Sandro Botticelli
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Lorenzo di Medici

Hungary

• Capital: Budapest
• Major Cities
  • Szeged
  • Debrecen
• Major Geographical Features
  • Lake Balaton
  • Danube River
  • Tisza River
  • Great Hungarian Plain
• Official Name: Republic of Hungary
• Religions:
  • Roman Catholic
  • Calvinist
  • Lutheran
• Language: Hungarian (Magyar)
• Most spoken non-Indo-European language in Europe
• 1848: Louis Kossuth leads a relatively unsuccessful revolution against Hapsburg rule
• 1867: The Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary was established
• 1918: Austro-Hungarian Empire collapses
• 1945: Hungary established as a Soviet Bloc nation
• 1956: Hungary joins the Warsaw Pact after an uprising against communist rule that was put down by the USSR
• 1989: Communist rule overthrown
• 1999: Hungary joins NATO
• 2004: Hungary joins the European Union
• Independence: 1918 upon the dissolution of the Austria-Hungary
• Government: parliamentary democracy
• Currency: forint
• Indiana is slightly larger than Hungary
• Literacy: 99.2%
• Climate: temperate
• Landlocked
• Budapest was originally two cities, Buda and Pest. Each city was on a different side of the Danube River until they merged into one city