PjBL Assignment

1. THE WAVING TULIPS:
KONINKRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN
MohamadTaufiq Al Fajar

2. Location

3.  National anthem : HetWilhelmus
 State capital : Amsterdam
 Motto : Je Maintiendrai
(I will Survive)
 Independence day : May 5th

4. Netherland’s flag

5. Netherland’s emblem

6. Brief History
 Unificated within Belgium and Luxemburg by
KarelV of Spanish and called “low land”.
 Get the independence at 1648 after 80 years
war against Spanish.
 Center of trade activities at ancientWestern
Europe => melting pot.

7. Brief History
 Being colonialized by Napoleon 1810-1814.
 Being oppressed by Nazi atWorld War II.

8. Government System
 Monarchy constitutional
 The King/Queen’s role:
 Raise someone to beTweede Kamer
member (legislative)
 Shift executive power to prime minister
 Raise someone to be Hoge Raad which
promoted byTweede Kamer (judicative)

9. Political Policy on Indonesia
 Cultuurstelsel (1830)=> economic difficulty
after defeating local resistance (Diponegoro
& PaderiWar)
 Open Door Policy (Indonesian liberalization):
irigation, education, and emigration => the
winning of liberalist and humanist group on
Dutch National Election (1850)

10. Economics System: Realist
 Before 1850: Realism
 Competing Spain and Portuguese to
dominate “spice route”
 After 1850: Liberalism
 Give chance to private company to operate
in Indonesia

11. Language
 Dutch90 : 90%
 Friesland : 2.2%
 Turkish : 2.4
 Arabic :
 Other language :

12. Nationality and Ethnicity
 Dutch : 79.3%
 Europe Union : 6.3%
 Turks : 2.4%
 Indonesian Dutch : 2.3%
 Moroccans : 2.2%
 Surinamese : 2.1%

13. Nationality and Ethnicity
 Caribbeans : 0.9%
 Chinese : 0.3%
 Iraqi : 0.3%
 Other : 3.9%

14. Netherland’s cuisin: Poffertjes

15. Netherland’s cuisin: Hagelslag

16. Netherland’s cuisin: Kroketten

17. Netherland’s National Clothes

18. Netherland’s Society Traditions
 Egalitair and highly tolerant
 The family is foundation of social structure
 Very valuing cleanliness and neatness
 The handshake is common form of greeting
 Personal matters are not disscussed with
friends, no matter how close

19. Religion
 Roman Catholic : 31%
 Protestant : 21%
 Muslim : 4.4%
 Other : 3.6%
 Unafiliated : 40%

20. Netherland’s Uniqueness
 More than 25% of the total area of the
country are below sea level
 The highest point reaches 321 metres above
sea level
 The lowest point is some 6.7 metres below
sea level

21. References
Peetsma, J. No year. The Netherland’sTrunk.
(Online), (http://www.pier21.ca/culture-
trunks/netherlands/dutch-culture-and-
traditions), accessed April 14th, 2016.
DeVries, AW. 1994. The Netherland In Brief. Den
Haag: Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken,
Voorlichtingdienst Buitenland.

22. References
No name. No year. Netherlands (Holland) -
Language, Culture, Customs and Etiquette.
(Online),
(http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources
/global-etiquette/netherlands.html),
accessed April 14th, 2016.

23. References
No name. No year. Dutch Republic Lion.
(Online),
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Repub
lic_Lion), accessedApril 14th, 2016.

24. Salama