DENMARK 



1761 



DENMARK 



OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON DENMARK 



Outline 



I. Location and Character 



(1) Relation to other countries 



(2) Neighboring bodies of water 



(3) Peninsula of Jutland 



( 4 ) Islands 



(5) Size 



II. Physical Feature* 



(1) Baltic plain 



(a) A sandy, wind-built country 



(2) Fiords 



(3) Heights of land 



(4) Denmark's only river 



(5) Forest area 



(6) Climate 



III. The People 



(1) Physical and mental characteristics 



(2) Language 



(3) Literature 



(4) Art 



(5) Religion 



( 6 ) Education 



IV. Industries 

 (1) Predominance of agriculture 



(a) Products 



(b) Cooperative methods 



(2) Manufacturing 



(3) Fishing 



V. Transportation and Commerce 



(1) Railways and navigable waterways 



(2) Coastwise trade 



(3) Articles of export and import 



VI. Government and Colonies 



(1) Constitutional monarchy 



(2) The legislative branch 



(3) Local government 



(4) Important colonial possessions 



(a) Iceland 



(b) Greenland 



(c) Danish West Indies 



VII. History 



(1) The Viking era 



(2) Canute the Great 



(3) The Union of Kalmar 



(4) Medieval struggles 



(5) Early modern period 



(6) Napoleonic era 



(7) Recent prosperity 



Questions 



What part has the wind had in the building of this country? 



What is the railway mileage for each hundred square miles of area? For each 

 thousand inhabitants? 



What has been the attitude in Denmark toward woman's suffrage? 



What did the activities of the country during the Napoleonic wars cost ii? 



What has Denmark long possessed which the United States desired? 



How many metals are produced on the peninsula and islands? 



Which city of Denmark figured in one of the most famous literary works ever 

 produced? 



What relation does the country bear to the largest island in the world? 



Why have manufactures developed so slowly? How are some of them still car- 

 ried on? 



What world-famous sculptor has the country produced? 



When, besides in the Viking era, was Denmark a "mistress of the seas"? 



Which is the most thickly settled of Denmark's colonial possessions? 



What principle have Danish farmers introduced which has made possible remark- 

 able agricultural development? 



What famous writer made the world familiar with many picturesque phases of 

 Danish life? 



Who was Denmark's great queen and what did she accomplish? 



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