GREENLAND

LOCATION

• 72°N 40°W
• North East of North America

DEFINITIONS

• Absolute location- gives you the exact location
• Relative location- gives you a general description of where something is relative to something else

WHAT IS IT LIKE THERE

• Mountains, rockey coast, barren
• Artic to sub-artic, cool summers, cold winters

HUMAN CULTURE

• They fish
• Dog sled races

DEFINITIONS

• Physical characteristics - something that wasn't man made
• Human characteristics- something we made

GOODS IMPORTED EXPORTED AND POPULAR TRANSPORTATION

• Exporte

GOODS IMPORTED EXPORTED AND POPULAR TRANSPORTATION

• Imported- Machinery, transport equipment, manufactured goods, petroleum products
• Exported- fish, fish products
• Transportation- boat in summer dog sled in winter

DEFINITION

• Import- things that come into the country
• Export- things that go out of the country

WHAT TYPES OF CROPS ARE GROWN IN GREENLAND

• Potatos
• Turnips
• Beets
• Carrots
• Cauliflower
• Parsnips

>Important landmark or building found in Greenland is the capital
>Enviromental problems that exist in Greenland… preservation of the inuit traditional way of life including whaling and seal hunting

Three countries that neighbor Greenland are Iceland, Canada, and Svalbard

North America if the continent my country (Greenland) is on