1. Netherlands

2. PPT Tasks
In partners, I want you to find 3 odd Dutch traditions. Explain the tradition and write why you think it is odd.
Read through the PPT. Make sure you watch all of the videos.
Look up the pictures of the food you are unfamiliar with
Read the article on Dutch Festivals (link on slide).
After reading the PPT, write 5 things that you learned and 5 things that you still have questions about.
Research the answers to the 5 questions that you still have.

4. Size Netherlands is 41,526 km² Ontario is 1,076,395 km²
488 people per km2
14.1/km2 – Ontario

5. Holland or Netherlands?
The Netherlands is often referred to as Holland
Nevertheless, the official name of the country is the (Kingdom of the) Netherlands.
The Netherlands consists out of twelve provinces. Two of them, North and South Holland, are the two provinces that together make Holland.
Due to the maritime and economic power of these provinces in the 17th century, the Netherlands became known worldwide as Holland.
(Holland.com)

6. Dutch?
In Old English dutch simply meant “people or nation.” (This also explains why Germany is called Deutschland in German.)
Over time, English-speaking people used the word Dutch to describe people from both the Netherlands and Germany.
(At that point in time, in the early 1500s, the Netherlands and parts of Germany, along with Belgium and Luxembourg, were all part of the Holy Roman Empire.)
Specifically the phrase “High Dutch” referred to people from the mountainous area of what is now southern Germany. “Low Dutch” referred to people from the flatlands in what is now the Netherlands.
The word “Netherlands” was used to describe people from the low-lying (nether) region (land).
The term was so widely used that when they became a formal, separate country in 1815, they became the Kingdom of the Netherlands
(dictionary.com, 2011)

7. Netherlands and Sea Level
The Netherlands' name literally means "Low Country”
inspired by its low and flat geography, with only about 50% of its land exceeding one metre above sea level.
Most of the areas below sea level are man-made.
(Eupedia, 2014)

8. Windmills and the Dutch Dikes

10. Dutch Language

11. The House of Oranje-Nassau
Orange is the colour of the Dutch Royal Family which is why the Netherland’s sports teams wear Orange instead of the colours of the Dutch flag.

12. Traditional Dress

13. Arts
Van-Gogh -

14. Blue Delft

15. Dutch Food Mayonnaise Heineken
Pickled Herring -
Almond Butter cake
Stroopwafels
Black Licorice

16. Festivals St. Nicholas Day – Dec 6
Children put their shoes in front of the fire place and wake up to have them filled with candies, chocolate and small toys.
The night before children often put carrots or hay in their shoes for Sinterklaas’ horse (sound familiar?)
He travels with his servants called 'Zwarte Pieten' ('Black Peters’)
If children were bad, Zwarte Pieten would grab them, put them in a sack and take them to Spain or drown them in the river.

17. Dutch Festivals Continued
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18. Tulips and Canada
In May of 1940, following the Nazi Invasion of the Netherlands, Queen Wilhelmina and the Dutch Royal Family were take to the United Kingdom.
The following month, Princess Juliana brought daughters Princess Beatrix and Princess Irene to the safe harbour of Canada
May 2, 1945 Princess Juliana and her children were reunited with Queen Wilhelmina in the liberated part of the Netherlands.
As a show of gratitude for her stay in Canada, and for Canadian soldiers’ role in the liberation of her homeland, Princess Juliana presented to the people of Canada a number of gifts, including 100,000 tulip bulbs
Juliana, who became Queen of the Netherlands in 1948, continued to send a gift of thousands of tulip bulbs to Canada each year during her reign, which ended with her abdication in April 1980
Today, over 1 million bulbs bloom throughout the Tulip Route in Canada.
(tulip festival, 2015)

19. Architecture Houses are very tall, narrow, and skinny
They basically ran out of space so they built up instead of out

20. Indonesian Influence in Holland
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Read the below article and in 5 sentences explain why The Netherlands has such a strong Indonesian influence.

21. Works cited – Incorrect and Correct Formatting
Incorrect Formatting
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Correct Formatting
"Netherlands Guide – Interesting facts about the Netherlands". Eupedia. 19 April Retrieved 29 April