Unit 4: Western Europe Topic: The Nordic Nations (Northern Europe) Content Objective: How does geography (the climate and landforms) influence the lifestyle of the Nordic Nations? TLWBAT explain how cultural diffusion has reached Western Europe by creating a histogram and analyzing the Choropleth map of Starbuck’s locations

5 Countries

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Profile Norway

Capital Government Leader: Population GDP Per Capita Oslo Government Constitutional Monarchy Leader: Head of State King Harald V Prime Minister Erna Solberg Population 5,085,582 GDP Per Capita $54,400 Unemployment: 8.6% Gdp per capita compared to the world 10th

Fish thrive in this area Norway harvests the most 2.5 million tons of fish annually

Choropleth Map

Profile Sweden

Capital Government Leader Population GDP Per Capita Unemployment Stockholm Government Constitutional Monarchy Leader Head of State King Charles XVI Gustaf Prime Minister Frederik Remfeldt Population 9,647,386 GDP Per Capita 40,300 Unemployment 23.7%

Ethnic Group Sami Herd reindeer

Welfare State High taxes to provide services to people who are sick, needy, jobless or retired

Profile Finland

Capital Government Leader Population GDP Per Capita Unemployment Helsinki Government Republic Leader Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen Population 5,266,114 GDP Per Capita $35,800 Unemployment 17.7

Finland ranked #1 Education Near absence of poverty Socialized medicine and much more educational funding For residents, school lunches are free, preschool is free, college is free Children come to school ready to learn All students’ fluency with languages Most know three languages: Finnish, Swedish, and English Degree of respect and trust teachers are given in Finland status that doctors enjoy in the United States Hard to become a teacher in Finland Only one of eight applicants to teacher education programs is accepted Everyone has a master’s degree In the U.S. the bottom third of the students are becoming teachers

Profile Denmark

Capital Government Leader Population GDP Per Capita Unemployment Copenhagen Government Constitutional Monarchy Leader Head of State Queen Margarethe II Prime Minister Thorning Schmidt Population 5,556,000 GDP Per Capita $37,300 Unemployment 14.2%

Entrance to amusement parl

Profile Iceland

Capital Government Leader Population GDP Per Capita Unemployment Reykjavik Government Constitutional Republic Leader Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson Population 315,281 GDP Per Capita $39700 Unemployment 13.6%

Atlantic Puffins Often crash land

Assignment Histogram/Choropleth First one we will do together Second you will do on your own Take out your packet