NORTHERN EUROPE

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NORTHERN EUROPE
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Norway
United Kingdom
Iceland
Finland
Sweden
Ireland
Match the Northern European countries!
Denmark
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Northern Europe

• Can be divided into two regions.
• British Isles - United Kingdom -
  Ireland
• 2. Scandinavian (Nordic) Countries - Norway
• - Sweden
• - Denmark
• - Iceland
• - Finland

                                                   
Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Sweden
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UNITED KINGDOM

• Includes
• England
• Scotland
• Wales
• All on the island of Great Britain
• Northern Ireland.
• Thames River most important river.
• Climate Marine West Coast
• Two landform regions
• 1.Lowland Southern half
  
• 2. Highlands North and West

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U.K. (CONTD)

• Great Britain was 1st to industrialize.
• Constitutional Monarchy with Queen but Parliament
  is lawmaking branch of government.
• Queen Elizabeth is a figure head (no real
  powerjust for show)

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More on the United Kingdom

• London is capital largest city
• Home to Buckingham Palace
• (residence of British Monarch).

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REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

• Called the Emerald Isle
• Marine West Coast Climate.
• Government is a Parliamentary Democracy
• 19th Century Famous potato famine many Irish
  to emigrate to U.S. (Chicago Boston)
• Country produces dairy products, beef, poultry,
  potatoes, grains, beer.
• 1/3 of people live in Dublin (capital).

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Irish Revamp their Resources

• How?
• Created PEAT BOGS!
• Cut peat from large beds and burn it as fuel.
• What is Peat? Partially decayed plant matter
  found in bogs

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Royal Guard
Tower of London
Castle in Wales
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SCANDINAVIA (NORDIC COUNTRIES)

• Once the home of the Vikings.
• People are urbanized and well educated.
• All of the nations are Protestant (Lutheran) in
  religion.

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Fjords Polders
Polder Land reclaimed by diking and draining.
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Europe Vocabulary

• 1. Euro
• 2. Polder
• 3. Fjord
• 4. Ethnic Cleansing
• 5. Balkanization
• 6. European Union
• 7. Eurasia
• 8. Holocaust
• 9. Nationalism
• 10. Anti-Semitism

• 11. Trans Siberian Railroad
• 12. Chunnel
• 13. Aqueduct
• 14. Peat
• 15. Chernobyl
• 16. Berlin Wall
• 17. Satellite Nations
• 18. Folk Art
• 19. Yurt

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• Northernmost nation of Europe
• Climate
• Marine West Coast
• One of Europes most mountainous nations.
• Most people live on coastal plain or shores of
  fjords
• Steep U-shaped valleys that connect to the sea
  filled w/seawater after glaciers melt
• Europes leading fishing nation.
• Oslo (capital) is home to more than ½ of the
  population.

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• Largest Scandinavian country
• In both area and population
• Four industries are forestry, farming, mining,
  and manufacturing.
• Forests cover more than ½ of country.
• Have some of the highest world taxes. (60 of
  paycheck)
• Neutral foreign policy.

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Businesses of Sweden
Other Activities of Scandinavia
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Ice Hotel in Sweden
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DENMARK

• Smallest of the Nordic countries.
• Most densely populated
• 60 of land is used for agriculture.
• Has one of the worlds highest per capita
  incomes.

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Tivoli Arch
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GREENLAND

• Lies between the North Atlantic and Arctic
  Oceans.
• Self-governing province of Denmark.
• Thousands of feet of ice caps cover nearly 85 of
  the island.
• Most of the people are Inuit.

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ICELAND

• Europes westernmost nation.
• Land of lava rock and more than 100 volcanoes.
• More than 70 of income comes from fishing.
• Home to geysers (hot springs that shoot hot water
  and steam into the air).
• Little crime or unemployment.

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International Issues Whaling
The hunting of whales dates back centuries
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FINLAND

• Mainly a glaciated plain with about 50,000 lakes.
• Only 10 of land is arable (good for farming).
• Forests cover 60 of country (valuable resource).