1. By Spencer Rothfleisch Visit The Website Version of this PowerPoint at: Visit- Iceland.weebly.comVisit- Iceland.weebly.com

2.  East of Greenland  Northeast of USA  Northwest of UK  Capitol, Kopavogur is located at 22W 63E  3554.20 Miles direct route from USA to Iceland

3. Language is Old Norse and Old Norwegian Official religion is Lutheran Church of Iceland. Other religions are Roman Catholic, Reykjavik Free Church, and Hafnarfjorour Free Church. Currency is Króna 114 Krona is equal to a dollar Foods are fish, lamb, and diary products Main sport played is Glíma Glíma is a form of wrestling Other Popular sports are football (soccer), track and field, handball, and basketball Ásgrímur Jósson was a famouse painter in Iceland, below is one of his peices

4. All Holidays Below  Twelfth Night-last day of christmas  Bóndadagur-Husband’s day  Thorrablót-Month of Thorri feast  Konudagur-Wifes day  Bolludagur-bun day (pastries)  Sprengidagur-Bursting day (eat heavily salted lamb with peas, eat until your bursting point; until you cant eat anymore)  Öskudagur-Ash Wednesday, ashes are collected into small ash bags, then you pin the bag on an innocent passerby  Easter-Give and receive large chocolate eggs  Sumardagurinn fyrsti-First day of summer  Sjómannadagur-A holiday for seamen with fish and fun games  Icelandic Republic Day-June 17 th, when Iceland became a republic in 1944  Jónsmessa-Midsummer night, the longest day of the year!  Verslunarmannahelgi-The bank holiday, celebrating the shopkeepers and other merchants  Dagur Íslenskrar tungu-Icelandic language day  Independence Day-Unofficial Independence day on Dec. 1 st when Iceland declaration of independence was created from Denmark in 1918  Þorláksmessa-Eat putrefied steak to symbolize the what was traditionally the end of of the Christmas fast  Christmas-Celebrated on December 24 th, at 6pm  New Year’s Eve-Friends and family get together to see bonfires and fireworks

5.  Blue lagoon, a beautiful geothermal spa  Gullfoss, and awesome waterfall  Askja, a stratovolcano  Dynjani, a waterfall  Museum of Iceland, a great museum  Akureyrarkirkja, a chuch with beautiful architecture!

6. Natural Recourses:  Fisheries, the base of the Icelandic economy  Renewable Energy, almost all of Iceland’s electricity is from renewable recourses  Water, pure and you can drink high quality right out of a water fountain

7. Transportation  Main way is car  Busses  No public railways Exports  Meat, fish, and processed foods Ports  Reykjaneshofn  DHL Express Iceland ehf  Faxafloahafnir sf  Jonar Transport hf  Port of Hafnarfjordur  and Samskip hf

8. PowerPoint by Spencer Rothflisch. Please check out visit- iceland.weebly.com for more in depth explanations of stuff you saw here! Thank you to Mr. Maver for assigning this amazing project! I learned a lot!visit- iceland.weebly.com Sources: Google Images. Google, n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2013.. Iceland. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Wikipedia. Web. 23 Oct. 2013.. "Iceland." Encyclopedia Britannica. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2013.. "Blue Lagoon." Wkipedia. Wkipedia. Web. 24 Oct. 2013.. "Gullfoss." Wkipedia. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Wikipedia. Web. 24 Oct. 2013.. "Golden Circle." Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Web. 24 Oct. 2013.. "Askja." Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Askja>. "Dyjandi." Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Dynjandi>. "National Museum of Iceland." Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct. 2013.. "Icelandic Króna." Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2013.. "Traditions and seasonal customs." Iceland.is. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Nov. 2013.. "Natural Resources." Iceland.is. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2013. <http://www.iceland.is/the-big-picture/nature-environment/ natural-resources/>. "Transport in Iceland." Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Oct. 2013.. All about Icelandic Exports. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Oct. 2013.. "Akureyrarkirkja." Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Nov. 2013..