1. Physical Characteristics of Belgium
Your goal: Be
able to give
examples of
the physical
characteristics
of Belgium.

3. North Sea
Belgium can
only send
ships out by
the North
Sea.

4. Bordering Countries
Shares borders with
• The Netherlands
• Germany
• Luxembourg
• France

5. Human Characteristics of Belgium
Your goal: Be
able to give
examples of
the human
characteristics
of Belgium.

7. NATO Headquarters
•North Atlantic Treaty Organization
•Political, military and economic
cooperation of nations worldwide

8. EU Headquarters
•EU = European Union
•Economic cooperation of European Countries

10. Population
• Population 11 million
• 25% foreign born from
– Morocco
– Turkey
– Congo

11. The Congo
• King Leopold II
– Encouraged rubber companies
– Forced Africans to collect sap

12. Congo River Valley

13. Belgium and the Belgian Congo
• Compare the sizes of
the Belgian Congo to
the nation of
Belgium.
• How would a Belgian
justify this?

14. Rubber Trees

15. The Schlieffen
Plan
World War I plan
for Germany to
invade France by
going through
Belgium (1914)

17. Population
• Population 11 million
• 25% foreign born from
– Morocco
– Turkey
– Congo

19. The Adventures of TinTin
1930s-1940s
Comic book about foreign explorations

21. Diamonds
•Diamond center of the world
•85% of all rough diamonds are sold in
Antwerp, Belgium

23. Brussels Sprout
•Named for the city of Brussels, Belgium