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Chapter 11

Chapter 11 . Sec 4 and 5. Nordic Countries. The northern most parts of Europe is made up of five countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland. They have some of the highest standards of living in the country. Norway.

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Chapter 11

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  1. Chapter 11 Sec 4 and 5

  2. Nordic Countries • The northern most parts of Europe is made up of five countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland. • They have some of the highest standards of living in the country.

  3. Norway • Norway’s long jagged Atlantic coastline has many Fjords. Fjords give Norway protected harbor and scenic views. • Norway is mostly cold the southern coastline is warmer though and most people live near it. • The North Atlantic Current brings warm winds from the south to these parts of Norway and other Nordic countries.

  4. Norway is has wealth from oil and natural gas that it gets from beneath the north sea. • Norway is a parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy.

  5. Sweden • Sweden is wealthy as well and is an industrial country. • They produce a lot of goods from their abundant natural resources. • About 8% of the land is used for farming. The farmers use modern techniques and technology to efficiently grow enough food for the entire country.

  6. Sweden is also a welfare state- a country that uses high tax rates to provide services to people who are sick, needy, jobless, or retired. • Sweden is a parliamentary democracy.

  7. Finland • Finland holds some of the largest unspoiled wilderness in Europe. • Most of its wealth comes from the forests where they use the trees to make paper and wood products. • They also have heavy industry- or industry where machinery is made, that has driven the economy in recent years.

  8. Most people live on the southern coast. • The country has snow on the ground for about half a year and the people do a lot of outdoor activities. • They also enjoy saunas- or wooden rooms heated by water sizzling on hot stones.

  9. Denmark and Iceland • Denmark ruled Iceland for many centuries. So the two countries are closely related. • Most of Denmark is made up of a peninsula called Jutland. • It also includes about 500 islands although only 100 have people living on them. • Denmark is kind of like a connecting place for the Nordic countries and the rest of Europe.

  10. Denmark’s capital is Copenhagen and is home to the Little Mermaid statue. It is based on a novel by Hans Christian Andersen written in the 1800s.

  11. Iceland • Iceland is in the North Atlantic Ocean and is a land of hot springs and geysers- springs that shoot hot water and steam into the air. • The people make the most of this and use geothermal energy- or heat produced by natural underground sources, to heat their homes, buildings, and swimming pools.

  12. The geothermal activity is caused by Iceland sitting on a fault line. • The heat is released from volcanoes. • Iceland has constant volcanic activity and every few years one of the 200 volcanoes in Iceland Erupts. • The volcanoes also heat the springs that appear all over Iceland.

  13. Iceland’s economy depends heavily on fishing. • The people worried that overfishing could cause economic problems so they have begun to introduce manufacturing and service industry to the area. • About 99% of the 320,000 Icelanders live in urban areas. More than half live in the capital of Reykjavík.

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