Key Terms & Significance Flashcards
Capital of Denmark
Copenhagen
Capital of Sweden
Stockholm
Capital of Norway
Oslo
Capital of Finland
Helsinki
Capital of Iceland
Reykjavik
Capital of Greenland
Nuuk
Capital of Faroe Islands
Torshaun
Capital of Aland of Islands
Mariehamn
Word War II
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
Characteristics of Region
- climate
- landforms
- vegetations & Wildlife
Criteria of a region
Physical or Cultural
The Codex Regius
- contained poems
- old manuscripts
- when Iceland gained independence there was a movement for these manuscripts to comeback to Iceland
Rinkeby Swedish
- A dialect of Swedish that most immigrants spoke
Viking Age
793-1066 - violent people in a violent age, sophistication/innovation also present
Immigrant Chest
Their most valuable items
CSV
Development of Sami Politics during the 70s and 80s, young Sami wanted to reclaim what was lost
Sami Committee of 1956
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.
SLF
The Norwegian Sami Union should work on the basis of the principles of the Norwegian Constitution.
NSR
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
Ecological Institutionalism
“the inclusion of ecology in economic decision making emerging in Scandinavia” “The intertwining of nature in the operation of politics”
