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Key Terms & Significance Flashcards

1
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Capital of Denmark

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Copenhagen

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Capital of Sweden

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Stockholm

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Capital of Norway

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Oslo

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Capital of Finland

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Helsinki

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Capital of Iceland

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Reykjavik

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Capital of Greenland

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Nuuk

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Capital of Faroe Islands

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Torshaun

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Capital of Aland of Islands

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Mariehamn

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Word War II

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Denmark & Norway - occupied by Germany
Sweden - neutral & unoccupied
Finland - unoccupied @ war with Russia
Iceland “Friendly occupation” by Britain, took advantage of situation to declare independence from Denmark

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Characteristics of Region

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  • climate
  • landforms
  • vegetations & Wildlife
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Criteria of a region

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Physical or Cultural

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The Codex Regius

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  • contained poems
  • old manuscripts
  • when Iceland gained independence there was a movement for these manuscripts to comeback to Iceland
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Rinkeby Swedish

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  • A dialect of Swedish that most immigrants spoke
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Viking Age

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793-1066 - violent people in a violent age, sophistication/innovation also present

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Immigrant Chest

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Their most valuable items

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CSV

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Development of Sami Politics during the 70s and 80s, young Sami wanted to reclaim what was lost

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Sami Committee of 1956

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the question of whether the goal of our work w Sami issues should be cultural preservation, or whether we should aim at cultural & linguistic development leading to full equality.

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SLF

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The Norwegian Sami Union should work on the basis of the principles of the Norwegian Constitution.

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NSR

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NSR opposed a whole series of schemes that would affect the environment in Sami areas. The NSR exploited international developments in their campaigns and the concept of indigenous peoples now becoming a political reality

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Ecological Institutionalism

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“the inclusion of ecology in economic decision making emerging in Scandinavia” “The intertwining of nature in the operation of politics”

Scandinavian (4 decks)

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