This document discusses similarities and differences between Lithuania and other countries. It notes that Lithuania was the last European country to be Christianized in 1387 and speaks one of the two remaining Baltic languages. Lithuania also leads in some high tech areas like lasers and had the fastest broadband internet in the world in 2011. The most popular sport is basketball and the highest hill is only 293 meters. It also discusses how women's surnames indicate marital status and some political and historical similarities Lithuania shares with Poland and other countries.

1. COMENIUS MULTILATERAL PARTNERSHIP PROJECT
LET ME KNOW YOU: UNITED IN DIVERSITY
WHAT IS COMMON, WHAT IS DIFFERENT?
Made by Gabrielė Gudlenkytė, Gintarė
Kęstavičiūtė, Vytautė Sykaitė, Gvidas Pėlikis

2. Lithuania is different from other countries

3. Lithuania christening
Lithuania was the last unchristened European country. Lithuanians many
times refused to accept christening and didn‘t abandon the old religion. But
in the end Lithuania was christened in 1387.

4. Lithuanian Baltic language group
The Baltic language group is different from the others because it is
archaic, it is studied in many research centers and only two countries speak
this language. It consists of living Lithuanian, Latvian and dead -
Prussian, Yotvingian, Curonian, Semigallian and Selonian. All other Baltic
languages​​, with the exception of the Prussians, left no written monuments.

5. Lithuanian internet
Lithuania has the fastest Internet in all Europe. It is positive that in 2011
Lithuania had the fastest broadband Internet in all the world! Fiber-optic
Internet in Lithuania is the most outspread all over Europe. Lithuania is
in the lead with mobile Internet in penetration sphere.

6. Lasers in Lithuania
Laser technologies is one of the spheres of high technologies in which
Lithuania has the lead. No other branch of industry in Lithuania dominates
the world markets, whereas picosecond lasers created by the Lithuanians
constitute half the market, femtosecond parametric light amplifies account
for as much as 80 per cent of the world market. Lithuanian lasers are ever
more widely used not only in scientific research but they are also being
introduced in industry and medicine.

7. Basketball
The most popular sport in Lithuania is basketball. It is like our second religion. The
most significant basketball player in Lithuania is Arvydas Sabonis.

8. Hills
Lithuania does not have high hills. The highest hill is just 293 meters. It is called
Aukštojas.

9. Women surnames
We can know if Lithuanian woman is married or not. If she is married, her
surname ends with –ienė. If she is not married, her surname ends with -
aitė, -ytė, -utė or –iūtė.

10. Similarities between countries

11. All countries have the sea wall

12. Red colour is in all countries flags

13. In
Lithuania, Bulgaria, Italy, Poland, Turkey
and Romania the political system is a
republic

14. With Poland we share the same history. From 1569 to 1791 we were one
country called Abiejų Tautų Respublika (Žečpospolita).
May 3 Constitution was accepted by four - year parliament in 1791 and is
considered to be the first constitution in Europe and the second in the world
after the constitution of the United States of America in 1790.
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

15. Amber is found in Lithuania, Spain, Italy, Poland, Turkey and Romania
Amber