The document provides information about the geography, people, economy, holidays, and other facts about the Netherlands. It describes the location and landscape of the Netherlands, the dominant Dutch ethnicity and Amsterdam as the capital city. Various details are given about the climate, religions, industries, crops, famous inventions, government structure and issues currently facing the country.

1. Netherlands
By: Alexis Hinman
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Natural resources and Crops
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disasters
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people holidays
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4. Geography
• Total land area-
16,033sq. Or 41,526Km
• Land area- 13,082sq. Mi,
or 333,883 km
• Location- in NW Europe
on the North Sea
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5. Geography 2
The Netherlands are
located in Europe
The Capital of the
Netherlands is Amsterdam
Cities- Rotterdam-
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Geography 3
• The Netherlands (Holland) is a
small European country NW of
Germany
• The country can be split into two
areas-
• The low and flat land in the west
and north
• Then there is the higher land that
has minor hills in the east and
south

7. People
Ethnic groups- Dutch 80%, and
other 20%.
Jacob Van Heemskerk, who was
a Dutch explorer
People population is-
16,491,461
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8. People 2
Population growth rate- 49%
Birth rate- 10.9/ 1,000 population
The Dutch people are dominate
ethnic group of the Netherlands
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9. Religion
There are many religions in the
Netherlands, the main religions are
Roman Catholic, and Prostate
 about 25% of the inhabitations don’t
profess a religion
Currently roman catholic is the largest
single religion in the Netherlands
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10. Economy
Industries- agro industries, metal, and
engineering products, electrical machinery,
equipment, chemicals, oil, microelectronics,
fishing
Chief industries- are food processing,
petroleum refining, and manufacture of
chemicals,
The major crops are- truck- farm commodities,
sugar beets, potatoes and grains.
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11. Netherlands Name!
• The name of the Netherlands
refers to the low laying creature
of the country, nether means low.
• The name Holland is usually used
instead of the Netherlands
• Holland only refers to 2 provinces
in the Netherlands
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12. Alphabet
• A- aM-
• B- be
• C- ce
• D- de
• E- e
• F-ef
• g- ge
• H- ha
• i- i
• J- je
• K- ka
• L- el
• M- em
• N- en
• O- o
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• P- pe
• Q- ku
• R- er
• S- es
• T- te
• U- u
• V- ve
• W- we
• X- iks

13. Numbers!
• 1- Een
• 2- twee
• 3- Drie
• 4- Vier
• 5- Vijf
• 6- Zes
• 7- Zeven
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• 8- Acht
• 9- Negen
• 10-
Tien

14. Netherlands Money!
The people of the Netherlands use a Euro
for their money
1 Euro= 1.2699 U.S. dollars
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15. Major Disasters
One major disaster of the Netherlands is
when the North Sea Flood came.
The North Sea Flood affected the coastlines
of the Netherlands and England.
Belgium, Denmark, and France were also
affected by the flooding and the storm
damage .
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16. Current Issues
• Environment- water pollution in
the form of heavy metals, organic
compounds, and nutrients such as
nitrites and phosphates
• The pollution is contaminated of a
healthy environment by man- made
waste
• The air is also getting polluted by
vehicles
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17. Netherlands flag!
• The Netherlands flag is a horizontal
tricolor of red, white and blue.
• It was introduced in 1572, it is one of the
first tricolors and the oldest tricolor still
used today.
• Since 1937, the flag has officially been the
national flag of the Netherlands and the
kingdom of the Netherlands.
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18. Netherlands main sport!
• Volleyball is the 3 most participated sport
in the country.
• Some of the sports that the Netherlands
play are: football, field hockey, volleyball,
baseball, rugby, and cricket.
• But those are only some of the sports that
the Netherland people play.
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19. Netherlands climate!
•The Netherlands has a
maritime climate, with cool
summers and mild Winter wind.
•The average temperature is 2
degrees c., ( 26 degrees F).
•The average annual rain fall
is 76.5cm ( 30 inches)
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20. Netherlands Holidays!!
• The Netherlands has 9 main holidays and
then a couple other holidays
• The holidays are: New Years Day, Good
Friday, Easter, Remembrance of the
Dead, Liberation Day, Ascension Day,
Pentecost, Christmas, and Queen Day.
• Some other holidays are Saint Nickolas
Eve, and Kingdoms Day.
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21. Natural Resources and Crops!
• Some of the Netherlands natural
resources are: Natural gas, oil, peat,
limestone, salt, sand, and gravel.
• Some chief crops are: grains, potatoes,
sugar, beets, fruits, and vegetables.
• Some foods that the people like to eat also
are- the Dutch cuisine, bread, and cheese.
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22. Greatest inventions!
•1608- Hans Lippershy
invented the optical
telescope.
•1620- Cornelius Drebbel
invented the submarine.
•1656- Christian Huygens
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23. Government
•Head of government- Prime
minster Jan Peter Balkenende
•Head of state- Queen Beatrix
•They are a parliamentary
democracy , under a
constitutional monarch
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24. Biography
• Wikipedia
• World atlas.com
• Rgaros.com
• Netherlands.com