I) a history of seafaring conquerors

1) history in this region strongly consists of using the sea and conquering

A) early conquerors
   1) lots of migration have pushed residents who lived in northern europe to live on the tip.
  2)ancient britain was invaded by many people, including the celts.
3) rome conquered ancient britain by about 80AD
4)in 795 a group of seafaring wariors from denmark, norway, and sweden terrorized europe.
5) totally sick vikings sailed around and scored hit and run raids.
6) the vikings conquered parts of britain nd sailed to iceland, greenland, and north america.
7) they moved to normandy and russia.
8) william the conqueror of normamdy conquested england.

B) dreams of empire

1) Denmark, Sweden, and Norway all became kingdoms in the 900.s.
2)no nordic country ever became a major empire.
3)Britain strengthened with geographical features.
4)after 1066 no outsiders conquered Britain.
5) Britain built a global empire by having strong sailors.
6) english language and british culture spread worldwide.

II) Moving into the Modern age.

A) representative gov.
1) Britain's government is a monarchy that also has a parliament.
2) a parliament is a representative lawmaking body who's members are elected or appointed.
3) ideas of the magna Carta spread to the united states and Canada.
4) Iceland parliament is the oldest in the world, still meeting since 930.

B) industrial revolution

1) deposits of iron ore and coal led to Britain being the first nation to industrialize.
2) in the 1800s industrial revolution spread to belgium, france, germany, and the us
3)of the nordic colonys, sweden developed the most.

C) since 1900

1) after world war 2, the british went under major change since nearly all of its colonies went independent.

D)the irish question

1) protestant rulers stole land from the irish and gave it to the scotish
2) over a million irish fled to other lands.
3)Britain divided Ireland into two states in 1921


III) economics: diversity and change

A) industry and resources
1) Sweden and the uk have many types of manufacturing and traditional economics in common.
2) northern Europe's economy benefits from its natural resources.

B)
1) production of computer software and hardware has been a major part of irelands economy since the 70's
2) Glasgow and edinburg became known as silicon glen

C) union or independence?
1) most nations joined the EU, but Norway did not because they did not want to adopt the euro since they had an independent economy

IIII) Cultual similarities and modern art
A) similar languages and religions

1) most of northern europe speak a germanic language.
2)today, that sami language is spoken in the far north
3) the reformation began in germany in the 1500's and swept through northern europe.
4)most of the region is still protestant.

B) modern culture and literature

1) great britain and ireland have had their strongest artistic influence  on world literature.
2) william wordsworth popularized the use of everyday speech in poetry

IIIII) Life in Northern Europe

A) social welfare
1) northern European gov. takes responsibility for their people welfare.
2) finand, norway, and sweden give families a year round allowence
3)the nordics help fund national health