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| oil and natural gas | These two minerals are found beneath the North Sea. |
| parliamentary democracy | Norway, Sweden, and Finland all have this type of government. |
| Vikings | They are the ancestors of modern Scandinavians. |
| skiing | Norway's national sport |
| Oslo | capital and largest city of Norway |
| Stockholm | capital and largest city of Sweden |
| Helsinki | capital of Finland |
| skerry | small rocky island |
| fjord | Steep sided valleys that are inlets of the sea |
| Kjolen | The mountains that tower over northern Norway |
| hydroelectricity | Rivers rushing down from mountains in Norway and Sweden provide this source of energy. |
| Land of the Midnight Sun | Here the sun never sets in the midsummer months, and never rises in the midwinter months. |
| Scandinavian Peninsula | Norway and Sweden make up this peninsula. |
| Scandinavia | Another name for Northern Europe, this region is made up of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland. |
| Bergen | Norway's second city and a major Atlantic ocean port and fish market |
| Leif Erikkson | This Viking was possibly the first European to explore North America's coast. |
| stave churches | These churches are among the world's oldest wooden buildings. |
| 1905 | In what year did Norway finally become an independent country? |
| Lutheran | Most Scandinavians are of this Protestant faith. |
| bunad | Elaborate Norwegian folk coatume that is often worn at weddings and village festivals. |
| Sami | This ethnic group lives north of the Arctic Circle in Norway, Sweden, and Finland. |
| Gulf of Bothnia | What body of water seperates Sweden from Finland? |
| Baltic Sea | What body of water forms much of Sweden's southeastern border? |
| Volvo and Saab | Which two well-known cars are manufactured in Sweden? |
| Copenhagen | In 2000 a bridge and tunnel system was completed that connected Malmo, Sweden with what city in Denmark? |
| the United States | Sweden's agricultral economy suffered in the late 1800s. This forced about 1 million Swedes to emigrate to what country? |
| welfare state | A country that uses tax money to help people who are sick, needy, jobless, or retired is called a... |
| humid continental and subarctic | What are Finland's two main climate zones? |
| heavy industry | Manufactured goods such as machinery drive Finland's economy. What is this tye of maunfacturing called? |
| Siberia | The people who settled Finland probably came from this region in Russia. |
| Sweden | For almost 700 years, Finland was part of what neighboring country? |
| Swedish | Finland has another official language besides Finnish. What is it? |
| nationalism | During the 1800s, ___________, or the desire for an independent country swept through Finland. |
| Helsinki | Which Scandinavian city has no high-rise buildings? |
| sauna | wooden room heated by water sizzling on hot stones. |
