ICELAND

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

• Largely an artic desert ; has mountains, glaciers, geysers, hot springs, volcanoes, waterfalls.
• Low lands has vegetation and agriculture near the coastline.

POPULTIONS

• 317,351
• Growth rate ; 0.65
• Birth rate ; 13.09/1000
• Infant mortality rate ; 3.15/1000
• Life expenctancy; 81.22

HISTORY

• The history of Iceland began with the arrival of the Vikings
• The Vikings came from the east and began a settlement
• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Iceland

CULTURE

• Rooted in Scandinavia heritage
• Icelandic culture is both traditional and modern.
• http://www.factmonster.com/country/iceland.html

ECONOMICS

• Freedom score 72.4 (23rd freest)
• Ranked 13 out of 43 countries in Europe
• Has a strong commitment to restoring sound public finance and policy credibility
• mixed economy
• (Source)

sOURCES

• Heritage.org
• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Iceland
• Infoplease.com
• http://www.everyculture.com/Ge-It/Iceland.html
• Google