European Country Disovery Project
By: Kamryn Lyon
The Flag Of Iceland
Geography
Location
Norway, Finland, and Denmark surrounds the country. Iceland is on the continent: Stockham
Major landforms
Volcanoes,Glaciers,Water Falls,Gesers,Sea Cliffs.
Major Land marks: Golden circle,blue lagoon,Gulfoss,National Musem Of Iceland,Sunvoy Ager , Perlan.
Major Bodies Of Water
The Medditeranian sea, Greenland Sea, Norweigan sea, Atlatic sea.
How does the environment effect the citizens?
Iceland expiriences severe volcanic activity, and can seriously kill, or injure citizens.
Government
Costitutional Republic
Leaders
Olafur Rgnar Grimsson, Sigmundar Davio Gunnlaugsso.
Citizen Rights
Voting, Freedom Of Speech, Personal Privacy, Acts Of Law, Opinion, Court Rulings.
Economy
Rich, but some parts are poor.
What kind of money
Icelandic Krona
Main Import And Export
Export: Got a european union. Import: Mchinery, equipment, prducts. food, textiles.
LE, BR, LR,DWC
Life expancy:, literacy rate:, birth rate: Drinking water:.
82.97 years, total 99% , per (1,000) people, eceptionally good
iceland waterfall
Culture
No diffrent then the U.S
Major Language(s)
Icelandic, English, German
Holidays
They believein elves, trolls, and other Mythical Creatures.
Religion:
Roman Catholic, Pagnism.
Food
Lamb:
Fish and Dairy
Climate
Sever volcanic activity.
Average yearly rainfall
30-70 cm
Average yearly temperature
11 degrees
effects on country
The snow gets very heavy during winter.
2 Historical Events
The established a nation assembly ,Called Althingi ,in 930 Althingi is the oldest continuous paliament.
2:
Iceland was part of Norway and then was ruled by Denmark fr more than 500 years .Iceland was was an indipendant coutry in 1944.
Language Diffrence (U.S vs Iceland)
Iceland: Their language is Darnish.
U.S: Their language is English.