Cultural geography chapter 11 Western Europe section 1 – Flashcards
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What type of landform is Europe?
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Peninsula
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Does Europe have deserts?
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No, it the only continent with no deserts. It had good soil and a good climate
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What percent of the worlds landmass is Europe?
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Less than 5%
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Northern Europe consists of...
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The British isles and Scandinavia
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What ocean current warms Europe year round?
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The North Atlantic Drift
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What is the largest island in Europe?
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Great Britain
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Where is Great Britain?
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At the heart of the United Kingdom
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What are the United Kingdoms four political divisions?
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England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland
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In what year were the kingdoms in Great Britain officially united?
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1707
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In 1801 what happened to Ireland?
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The entire island was brought into the United Kingdom
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What happened to Ireland in 1921?
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It mostly became its own nation
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What percent of the United Kingdom is Christian?
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60% but declining
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What is the largest division of the United Kingdom?
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England
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The United Kingdom is of the worlds top producers of...
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Flax fiber, hops, sheep, green peas, carrots, sugar beets, and raspberries
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What river flows through England?
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River Thames (temz)
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What is the largest city on the Thames River?
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London
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What is England's "first line of defense"
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The turbulent Straight of Dover
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Downs
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Chalk hills that can't support trees but have plenty of grass.
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A range of limestone hills in South Central England
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Cotswolds
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On which coast of England lies several good ports
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The Coast of South central England
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is off the Atlantic ocean and lies on the river Avon
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the deep Bristol Channel
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Southwestern England's geography consists of...
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a low plateau with scattered granite highlands
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the moor
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a wasteland on a high, treeless plateau
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moors are often called...
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heaths
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what is the southern extreme of great Britain?
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Lizard Point
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most moors are in...
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the uplands of Scotland
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what is the western extreme of great Britain
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Land's End
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*United Kingdom
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London
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*Ireland
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Dublin
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*Norway
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Oslo (cultural center)
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*Sweden
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Stockholm
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*Finland
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Helsinki (largest city and main seaport)
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*Denmark
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Copenhagen
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*Iceland
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Reykjavik
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where is the home of the industrial revolution
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Central England
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when did the industrial revolution start?
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the 18th century
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why did the industrial Revolution start in central England?
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easy access to iron and coal productive farms plentiful rivers for transportation political freedom
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Northern England includes all counties north of what river?
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River Trent
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Pennines
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a mountain system extending south from Scotland to the Midlands forms the backbone of England
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the third largest metropolitan area in the British Isles
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Manchester
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one of England's largest ports
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Liverpool
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the most secular nation in the United Kingdom
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England (only 6% of population attends church)
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occupies a broad peninsula on the western side of England
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Wales
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Wales fast facts
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climate is mild and wet <10% of land is arable mostly mountainous
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main language of wales
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English + 1/5th people still speak Celtic dialects
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glens
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narrow valleys carved by glaciers
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lochs
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deep narrow lakes carved by glaciers
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the Scots are decedents of the...
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celtics
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geography of Scotland
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rugged and isolated part of the United Kingdom
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Scotland's border with England's pennines is called the...
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southern uplands
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the southern uplands consist of...
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barren hilltops fertile slopes foggy moors
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Scotland's largest city
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Glasgow ( 75% of Scottish people are crowded here)
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*Scotland
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Edinburgh
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the highest mountain in the British Isles
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Ben Nevis
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Northern Ireland is also called
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Ulster
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the second largest island in the British Isles
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Ireland
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the largest freshwater lake in the British Isles
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Lough Neagh
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*Northern Ireland
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Belfast (largest city industrial center fame for ship building built Titanic)
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*Wales
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Cardiff
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*England
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London
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describe Ireland's soil
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thin and rocky (because massive glaciers)
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Ireland's climate
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always humid and rainy
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what river flows through Ireland?
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River Shannon (longer then Thames)
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peat
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compressed mosses
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Gaelic
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Irish
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Scandinavia is the land of the
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Midnight Sun
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what five countries are in Scandinavia?
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Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland
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Scandinavia republics
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Iceland and Finland
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Scandinavia constitutional monarchies
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Norway, Sweden, and Denmark
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Norway and Sweden share the largest peninsula called the...
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Scandinavian Peninsula
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a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs
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fjord
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what is the longest fjord?
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Sogne Fjord ( cuts in 127 miles)
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the full length of Norway's coast stretches
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15,626 miles ( more than half the circumference of the earth)
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how many islands does Norway have?
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about 50,000 island
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what is the highest peak in Scandinavia?
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Galdopiggen
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what mountains form Norway's Border with Sweden?
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Kolen mountains
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what is the largest glacier in continental Europe?
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Jostedals Glacier
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why is Norway so rich?
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oil
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largest Scandinavian country and fourth largest country in Erurpoe
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Sweden
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largest city in Scandinavia
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Stockholm
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the "last frontier of Europe"
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Sweden's Northland
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Sweden is a major exporter of...
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timber products, automobiles
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which county has the highest life expectancy but lowest birthrate?
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Sweden
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which county has been independent only since 1917
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Finland
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which language does Finland speak
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Uralic
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what is Finland's only access to the ocean
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the Baltic Sea
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what is "the land of ten thousandth lakes"
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Finland
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what is "white coal"
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cheap hydroelectricity
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which country has been independent since 950 and even ruled over England from 1013 to 1042?
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Denmark
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who pays one of the highest tax rates in the world?
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the Danes (in Denmark)
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which peninsula accounts for 70% of Denmark's land?
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the Jutland peninsula
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what is the largest island in the world?
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Greenland
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what is the "land of fire and ice?"
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Iceland
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what special land features does Iceland have?
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Volcanoes! (over 200 of them)
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what volcano was believed to be the gate of hell?
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Mount Hekla
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what is the Althing?
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Iceland's national assembly founded in 930
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what is the largest glacier in Europe?
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Vatnajokull
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has more hot springs than any other country in the world
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Iceland
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spews water almost 200 feet into the air
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the great geyser
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Greenland belongs to which country?
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Denmark
