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- 1. Jeremiah Dailey Iceland
- 2. 3 Historical Facts about Iceland The first settlers were Irish religious are people who wanted to live a simple life. They established a national assembly, called Althingi Iceland was a part of Norway and then it was ruled by Denmark for more than 500 years, but the country became independent republic in 1944.
- 3. The Geography of Iceland The latitude of Iceland is 65. 0 0 N The longitude of Iceland is 18. 0 0 W In Iceland there are volcanic action , snow fields , and glaciers. Norway is a bordering country The colors on the flag in Iceland are red ,white , and blue.
- 4. Capitals and Large Cities Icelands capital city is Reykjavik Two large cities in Iceland are Kopavoqur and Hafnarforour The population in Iceland is 323,002
- 5. Government/Currency/ Religion Their government is constitutional and parliament Olafur Ragnar Grimsson is the head of government Their money is called ISK-IsIensk Their religion is Roman Catholic
- 6. Famous things in Iceland Jokulsarlon Gullfoss Geysir
- 7. The major attractions Golden circle Viking world museum Blanda Hot Springs
- 8. Holidays May day Mutton
- 9. Language spoken They speak North germanic But, they mostly speak english
- 10. Belligerent Former Adversaries United Kingdom vs Kingdom of Iceland
- 11. Commanders Robert Sturges on the united kingdom Hermann Jonasson on the kingdom of Iceland
- 12. strength United kingdom: 746 marines , 2 cruisers and 2 destroyers Kingdom of Iceland: 60 officers , plus policemen and other forces
- 13. The terrible lost Iceland lost and this moment was called the invasion of Iceland was codenamed Operation Fork
- 14. Sports In Iceland they play soccer a lot because its a popular sport there. This is what theyre soccer uniforms look like.
- 15. Everyones favorite: Cars! In Iceland they have a lot of trucks like this one. These cars are good for driving in bumpy areas.
- 16. President This is Icelands president. Hes pretty short but I cant find a awesome picture of him standing.
- 17. Bordering countries Germany France Ireland Greenland Spain
- 18. Games made in Iceland The Intresting thing is Iceland made a video game. The video game is called Game of Thrones it looks like this:
- 19. Thats that Well thats all I know, so.. Yeah bye.
- 20. Citations www.Population.mongabay.com/population/Iceland www.Icelandontheweb.com/articles-on-Iceland/travel- info/currency-money/ www.gomapper.com/travel/list-of-countries- near/Iceland.html www.facts-about-Iceland.com/famous-places/ www.Iceland.islthe-big-picture/peopletraditions/ www.travelmath.com/country/Iceland