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Sweden

Sweden is in which continent?a) Asia

b) Africa

c) Europe

65% of Sweden is covered in what?

a) Desert

b) Glaciers

c) Forests

Capital of Sweden: Stockholm

Capital of Sweden: Stockholm

Sweden in the winter

Sweden offers extensive social welfare benefits and has a very high standard of living, but it has…

a) Very high taxes

b) A lot of pollution

c) Irresponsible logging of their forests

What famous prize is awarded by Sweden?

a) Nobel Prize

b) Pulitzer Prize

c) Congressional Medal of Honor prize

What famous prize is awarded by Sweden?

a) Nobel Prize

b) Pulitzer Prize

c) Congressional Medal of Honor prize

Open Discussion:Parliament vs “winner takes all”

• Parliament seats are allocated among parties in proportion to the number of votes they get

• “Winner takes all”; you vote for individual seats and whoever gets the majority gets the sets.

Sweden

• Population: 9,045,389 • The last war in which Sweden was

directly involved was in 1814 • Constitutional monarchy (parliament

and a monarchy); the king has very limited power)

• Sweden has one of the world's longest life expectancies and lowest birth rates.

Europe

REVIEW

In country #6 you can find a cloud forest and wildlife such as jaguars, pumas and

sloths, what is it?

a) Panama

b) Costa Rica

c) Bolivia

This island is the largest in the Caribbean, what is country is it?

a) Jamaica

b) Haiti

c) Cuba

This landlocked country was the first country in South America to declare independence from Spain in 1811

a) Peru

b) Paraguay

c) Chile

This Caribbean country covers the eastern 2/3 of the island Hispaniola, what is it?

a)Jamaica

b)Dominican Republic

c)Columbia