ICELAND

Location
Iceland is located southwest of the Norwegian Sea in Northern Europe

MAJOR PHYSICAL FEATURES

• Volcanoes- Mount Helka, Bardarbunga
• Glaciers- Vatnajökul, Katla
• Geysers- The Great Geyser

RELIGION

• 75% Church of Iceland
• 4% Lutheran
• 3% Roman Catholic

MAJOR HUMAN FEATURES

• Reykjavik
• Blue Lagoon
• Imperial War Museum

LANGUAGE

• 93% Icelandic
• 2% Polish
• .32% English
• .31% German

GOVERNMENT

• President: Olafur Ranger Grimsson
• Constitutional Republic
• Oldest Parliamentary Democracy

HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

• Geothermal Energy
• Fishing
• Whaling

REGION OF THE WORLD

• Northern Europe

ECONOMICS

• GDP: $14 billion
• $5 billion exporting goods
• Fish, aluminum, and dynomite
• Make a lot of money fishing

EDUCATION

• Few private schools
• Required ages 6-16
• School year lasts 9 months

TECHNOLOGY

• Average use of technology

FAMILY

• Average family lifestyle
• Christmas, Easter, New Years
• Icelandic National Holiday
• 3-5 kids

INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

• Baroarbunga eruption sience September, 2014
• Concitered most peaceful country in the world
• Less jobs avalible

CITATIONS

• Central Intelligence Agency. Central Intelligence Agency, n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.
• "What You Need to Know." Volcanic Eruption in Iceland. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2015.
• "Iceland: Government." GlobalEDGE: Your Source for Global Business Knowledge. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.
• "Iceland: Government." GlobalEDGE: Your Source for Global Business Knowledge. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2015

Untitled Slide