1. Netherlands Data By Ma’at Peart

2. Table of Contents  Bikes Bikes  Most Popular Most Popular Flower  Dikes Dikes  Foods Foods  Online Resources Online Resources  Bikes Bikes  Most Popular Most Popular Flower  Dikes Dikes  Foods Foods  Online Resources Online Resources  Land Land  Climate Climate  Clog Shoes Clog Shoes  Windmills Windmills  Major Holiday Major Holiday  Land Land  Climate Climate  Clog Shoes Clog Shoes  Windmills Windmills  Major Holiday Major Holiday

3. Land The Netherlands is located in Europe. It has a few hills, flat lands, and no mountains. The land is made of clay which makes it good for farming. Nether stands for low and the land is below sea level. Home

4. Climate The Netherlands has cool weather. It rains a lot. – Rain causes floods – The Dutch built dikes which are big walls located along the sea. – They stopped water from getting into low lands. Home

5. Clog Shoes The Dutch use clog shoes to walk on the damp and wet land. – They are wooden and hard with round tips. Home

6. Windmills The Dutch used windmills to dry the land. They put scoop wheels on some of their windmills. When the wind turned the blades, the scoop wheel moved. As the wheel moved, it took water from the land. Dutch windmill built in 1862. Home

7. Major Holiday [Christmas] Home

8. Bikes Bikes are the most popular form of transportation. Kids as young as 3&4 learn how to ride bikes. Home

9. Most Popular Flower Tulips are the most popular flower. – They come in 4 different colors: red, yellow, white, and pink. – Sometimes they are mixed. Home

10. Dikes Dikes are big walls placed on damp land to help prevent water from flooding over the land. Dikes are heavy and big. Home

11. Foods The Dutch eat everything New Yorkers eat. Home

12. Online Resources L.J. Slaski. L.J. Bear Goes to Holland – http://www.ljbear.com/Holland/Page_2.html http://www.ljbear.com/Holland/Page_2.html Windmills of the Netherlands – http://www.windmillworld.com/europe/netherlands.htm http://www.windmillworld.com/europe/netherlands.htm Image of Dutch Windmill from 1862 – http://climatelab.org/Wind_Power http://climatelab.org/Wind_Power Image of Food Dish – http://www.qffintl.com/pdf/july_2008/seafood4.cfm http://www.qffintl.com/pdf/july_2008/seafood4.cfm Image of Tulips – http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view- image.php?image=467 http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view- image.php?image=467 Home