1. Slide 1-2: The Benelux
countries consists of the
following 3 countries:
Belgium, Netherlands, &
Luxembourg
Slide 1-2: The Benelux
countries consists of the
following 3 countries:
Belgium, Netherlands, &
Luxembourg
7.
Levees in the Netherlands
Slide 6: Levees are built
to protect the land from
flooding from the North
Sea.
8.
“God created the
world, but the Dutch
created Holland.”
3,000 polders
nationwide
A polder is a low-lying
tract of land reclaimed
by the sea and enclosed
by embankments
known as dikes.
Polders
Slide 7-10: A polder is a low-lying tract of land reclaimed by the sea and enclosed by
embankments known as dikes.
12.
Dutch Shoes
Slide 11: The Netherlands is also known for tulips, windmills and wooden shoes.
13. What is the name of the capital of the
Netherlands?
a) London
b) Dublin
c) Amsterdam
What is another name for the Netherlands?
a) Wales
b) Holland
c) Deutschland
Most of the Netherlands:
a) Is living in poverty
b) Sits below sea level
c) Speaks English
Quick Write
What are people from the Netherlands
called?
a) Dutch
b) Swedes
c) Hollanders
Water pumped out of regions to create
land is called:
a) Polder
b) Dike
c) Levee
17. Bog
A bog is a standing
body of water with no
underground spring
of fresh water to feed
it. The water is
generally cold,
extremely acidic and
low in oxygen. A form
of moss, especially
Sphagnum moss,
grows and forms a
thick mat of floating
plants. These plants,
over time, can fill in
the pond or small lake
with peat that will
eventually be firm
enough to support
trees
On Feb. 1, 1953, a high-tide storm breached the famed Dutch dikes in more than 450 places. Nearly 1,900 people died, many as they slept. More than 47,000 homes and other buildings were swept away or splintered in the icy inundation.
Once dykes are built, canals and pumps are used to drain the land and to keep it dry. From the 1200s, windmills had been used to pump excess water off the fertile soil; today most of the windmills have been replaced with electricity- and diesel-driven pumps.
Tulips originated in Central Asia, and in 1693 century found its way to Northern Europe. The Dutch are famous for tulips, cultivating 9 million bulbs a year. In the mid 17 th century, “tulip mania” spread throughout Holland and the price of one bulb could be equivalent to a house.
Contrary to their name, french fries also originated in Belgium. Belgium is also known world-wide for waffles and chocolate as well as producing over 500 varieties of beer. In 2008, Belgium bought Anheiser-Busch.
Bogs are areas of soft, waterlogged land, usually containing large amounts of organic acids and aldehydes in layers of Sphagnum and peat. This environment often acts to preserve the soft tissues of a cadaver even after the bones have dissolved away; such things as skin, eyes, intestines, brains and hair are sometimes so well preserved as to appear almost modern. Bog finds such as this then supplement the fossil record which tends to preserve only hard bone and stone. Thus far, bodies found in the bogs have been dated from the Mesolithic to modern times; the best preserved and most celebrated have come from dates throughout the Iron Age and Roman periods. Their presence seems to be a result of a whole range of causes-inhumation, accidental death, murder and ritual.
Bogs are commonly found in Scotland, Wales, England, Ireland, Denmark, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands.
The Tolland Man is one of the most well preserved “bog people” of northern Europe. He probably died during the 4 th century BC, hanged and thrown into the bog as a sacrifice to a god.
