NORWAY 



OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON NORWAY 



Outline 



I. SIe and Location 



(1) Long, narrow coast country 



(2) Area 



(3) Western part of Scandinavian penin- 



sula 



(4) Contains most northerly point of con- 



tinental Europe 



II. Physical Feature* 



(1) Coast line 



(a) Length 



(b) Character 



(2) Surface 



( 3 ) Rivers and lakes 

 (4) Climate 



(a) "Land of the Midnight Sun" 



III. Induntrien and < ommiuilcntlon 



(1) 



(2) 



Agriculture 



(a) Crops 



(b) Dairying 

 Forestry 



(3) Fishing 



(4) Mining and Manufacturing 



(5) Railroads 



(6) Post roads 



( 7 ) Commerce 



IV. The People 



(1) Physical characteristics 



_ i .Mental and moral characteristics 



( 3 ) Tendency to emigration 



( 4 ) Language 



(5) Literature 



(6) Education and religion 



V. Defeime 



(1) Army 



(2) Navy 



VI. Government and Illntory 



(1) Constitutional monarchy 



(2) Most democratic country of Hurope 



(3) Early years of independence 



(4) Union with Denmark 



(5) Union with Sweden 



(6) Independence achieved 



(7) Modern progress 



Questions 



What are the "drowned valleys" of Norway? 



What arc the "cod mountains," and where are they to be found? 



What is the most northerly town in the world? The most northerly point on the 

 continent of Europe? 



Who were the Vikings, and what do the modern Norwegians inherit from them? 



In what way, besides from pictures, can it be known with certainty what the old 

 Viking ships looked like? 



With what justice can it be said that Norway is the most democratic country of 

 Europe? 



What country has a Norwegian population two-thirds as great as that of Norway 

 itself? 



Who were the Skalds, and what part did they play in history? 



How does the length of Norway's outer coast line compare with that of a coast 

 line which includes all the fiords? How does the latter compare with that of Africa 1 ' 



Describe the famous Maelstrom. 



What are the two "seasons" of Norway? 



In what sort of a vehicle does the tourist make his way over the mountain road- 



a great natural tumid four hundred feet above sou l< 

 What does the fact that this was once at sea level pn>\ 



-v did the attitude of Denmark towards Napoleon nftVct Norway? 

 What great dramatist has the country produced? What well-known no\ - 



