GEOGRAPHY - Mr. Tavernia's Cyberspace Classroommrtavernia.com/HWG/HWGTW/HWGPPB14.pdf · Almost 30% of population are native ... ICELAND CAPITAL ... capital city. Known as the Nordic

GEOGRAPHYRealms, Regions, and Concepts

EUROPE

B14- The Discontinuous North

B14-The Discontinuous North

Sweden NorwayDenmark FinlandEstonia LatviaLithuania Iceland

Sweden


SWEDEN

CAPITAL - STOCKHOLM


SWEDEN

Member of EU but does not use the Euro.

Most of the population, major cities, and

industry lies in the south.

Norway


NORWAY

CAPITAL - OSLO


NORWAY

Large oil reserves offshoreLarge Fishing industry

The ride is gone at EPCOT. Made way for a silly Frozen ride. Sad.

Denmark


DENMARK

CAPITAL - COPENHAGEN


DENMARK

Entrepot: Port city that transfers good from sea to land/land to sea

Break of Bulk: Ships cannot go further, unload at Copenhagen


DENMARK

Owns Greenland.

Greenland is world’s largest island.

Finland


FINLAND

CAPITAL - HELSINKI


FINLAND

Closer ethnic ties to Estonia than Norway and Sweden and was historically occupied by Russia.

Estonia


ESTONIA

CAPITAL - TALLIN


ESTONIA

Heavily “Russified” under USSR

(Fun Fact: Skype developed here…)

Latvia


LATVIA

CAPITAL - RIGA


LATVIA

Almost 30% of population are native

Russians.

Went from being totally dependent

on the Soviet Union to an economy

dominated by trade with Germany,

Britain, Norway, and Sweden.

Lithuania


LITHUANIA

CAPITAL – VILNIUS


LITHUANIA

Prime coastline and ports remained part of Russia (Kaliningrad)

Iceland


ICELAND

CAPITAL - REYKJAVIK


ICELAND

Half the population lives in the capital city.

Known as the ‘Nordic Tiger’ in the early 2000’s but has stagnated in recent years.

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