From the desk of Nash Emilio Fawcett

1. Norway and India From the desk of Nash Emilio Fawcett

2. Norway - Norge • European – Scandinavia • Capitol is Oslo • Population – 4.99 Million • Languages – • Bokmal (85%-90%) • Nyornsk (12%)

3. Norwegian Symbols

4. Religion • 5% Catholic • 10% Atheist • Church of Norway – 79.2% • 80% say religion is UNIMPORTANT • 2% attend church regularly – lowest in Europe Borgund Church

5. Subcultures • Extremely diverse and homogenous • Few people are really excluded • Few Subcultures • Black Metal • Started as a genre of music • Became a satanic pseudo-religion • Very small subculture

6. Culture and Customs • Mostly a western society • Very accepting of women’s, minority and gay rights • May 17 – National Day • Traditional food – fish, reindeer, whales

7. Economy • Large oil production • Large shipping economy • Prosperous, high standard of living, low unemployment • Semi-Socialist • State ownership in some areas • Petroleum, banking

8. History • Vikings!! – raided and settled The British Isles and Scotland • Reformation – Lutheranism • United with Denmark, conquered by Sweden • Freedom on October 29, 1905 • Conquered by Germany in 1945, now part of NATO

9. Conflicts • Relatively peaceful, few internal conflicts • Very small conflict with Muslim refugees • 2008 – An attack by forty or fifty Muslim Norwegians of Chechen descent against Muslim immigrants from Kurdistan. Five were arrested

10. Republic of India - भारत गणराज्य • Asia – Considered it’s own sub-continent • Capital – New Delhi • Languages – Hindi, English • Population – 1.2 Billion people • Billion. With a “B”. • 2nd most populous country on earth

11. Indian National Symbols

12. Religions • Hinduism biggest religion • Also Islam, Christianity, and Sikhism • Large Buddhist influence

13. Culture • Spirituality • Clothes – • Sari (women) dhoti (men) • Arranged marriages – • low divorce rate • Food – • curry, naan bread, mithai (desserst)

14. Subcultures • Youth Subculture • Influenced by American, British music • Bengali • Native to Bangladesh, now partially an Indian territory • Parsi • Former religious group of Iran, fled to India

15. Economy • Fast growing, prosperous economy • Second most preferred place for investment • Factory jobs, investors, outsourced American jobs • Large wealth gap • Crowded cities with a large amount of homeless

16. History • One of the oldest civilizations • Started as tribes along the Indus river, taken over by Moguls, then by Turks and Aghanis, then colonized by England, gained independence in 1947

17. Conflicts • Rampant Poverty • India-Pakistan wars • Overpopulation • Crowded cities

18. Interesting facts on Norway • Cold, near arctic climate • Trolls • 99% hydroelectric power • Free college for everyone • Voted most peaceful country on earth • One of the richest countries While I like Norway, I would rather live somewhere warmer, with a less complicated language and fewer towns named after trolls.

19. Interesting facts on India • Invented numbers • 7000 railway stations on the Indian Railway • Invented Chess • 41.6% live in poverty • 1,170,938,000 people • Cyclones, monsoons, landslides, floods I do not want to live in India, because it is crowded, hot and most people live in poverty. I’d rather stay in the U.S.

20. The United States • Prosperous, well integrated • Democratic republic • Independent, individualistic • Militarily powerful

21. Culture of America

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