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History Western Europe Flashcards

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Dikes

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Dam like barriers made of earth and stone

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Netherlands

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Often called Holland Known for tulips windmills wooden shoes People called Dutch or Hollanders Nether means low.

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Windmill

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Pump water

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Made land

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Pumped water off land below sea level

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Artists of Netherlands

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Rembrandt and Vermeer

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Klompen

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Wooden shoes protect feet from dampness in field

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Father of Dutch Liberties

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William the Silent

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Belgium

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Famous for lace Between Germany and France

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Luxembourg

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Center for European banking and finance

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Scandinavia

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Norway, Sweden,Finland,Denmark ,Iceland

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Vikings

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Fierce warriors, skilled craftsmen, and daring seamen started Lutheran Church

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Welfare states

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Socialism government provides jobs, medical care, child care etc. result:countries in debt ;heavy taxes less responsible

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Norway

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Farther North than any other European country called Land of Midnight Sun area above Arctic Circle has 24 day sun from May -July

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Fjord

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Long narrow sea inlet high banks

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Prime minister

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Important

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Government of Norway

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Constitutional monarchy

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Sweden

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Called Venice of the North

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Government of Sweden

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Constitutional monarchy

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Denmark

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Once very powerful people called Danes Hans Christian Anderson wrote The Ugly Duckling fairy tales. Greenland belongs to Denmark

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Government of Denmark

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Constitutional monarchy with king prime minister and parliament

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Iceland

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Unusual. Settled by Norwegians Called Land of Fire and Ice because of volcanoes hot springs and steamy geysers alongside glaciers

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Finland

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Many of their people came from Russia land of many lakes and forests

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Tundra

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Marshy plain north of the Arctic Circle frigid

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Permafrost

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Permanently frozen ground

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