2. 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

3. 5 Countries

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5. Profile Norway

6. 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

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

9. Choropleth Map

12. Profile Sweden

13. 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%

15. Ethnic Group
Sami
Herd reindeer

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

17. Profile Finland

18. 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

20. 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

21. Profile Denmark

22. 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%

24. Entrance to amusement parl

26. Profile Iceland

27. 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%

29. Atlantic Puffins
Often crash land

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