1. Iceland
By: Clarence Brown, Blake Durrant, John Weller, Hannah Morris, Johan Guevara, Kat Leger, Waverly Maughan, Rebeca Aguado

2. Icelands Location and Size
Iceland is a little ways of the South East coast of Greenland. Its in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Its a fairly small country, just a little bigger than Utah.

3. Interesting aspects of topography
Iceland is covered with mostly volcanic plateau. it’s elevations are about 2,297- 2,625ft and is ringed with mountains. lava fields cover about 11% and glaciers cover about 12%. the volcanoes are active about every 5 years.

4. Weather extremes temperature, July and January
In the winter it goes from -13 to -22. In the summer the weather gets from Wind speeds frequently reach 18 m/s. The climate of Ireland can be summed up as being mild, moist and changeable with abundant rainfall and a lack of temperature extremes.

5. Natural resouces for example: Oil, coal, timber, arable, land or mineral resouces
Iceland doesn’t have very many natural resources but the ones that it does give are:
fish
hydropower
geothermal power (energy from the earth's heat.)
diatomite (fine grained sedimentary rock

6. Historical highlights
1913 The first and only railway was built. It served for transport of building materials for the new harbour of Reykjavik. Construction work was finished in 1917.
The coldest year in the recorded history (-37,9°C at Grimstadir a Fjollum).
The first comprehensive sensus in Iceland. The number of inhabitants was and the number of homes was

7. Independence
The Icelandic Independence movement (Icelandic: Sjálfstæðisbarátta Íslendinga) was the collective efforts made by Icelanders to achieve self-determination and independence from the Kingdom of Denmark throughout the 19th and early 20th century. Iceland received a constitution in 1874
Full independence was granted in through the Danish-Icelandic Act of Union. This was followed by the severance of all ties to Denmark with the declaration of the republic in 1944.

8. War and independence
Infighting between factions of wealthy goðar families, effectively a civil war. Notable battles include the Battle of Örlygsstaðir, the Battle of the Gulf, Battle of Haugsnes and the Battle of Víðines.
In 1874, a thousand years after the first acknowledged settlement, Denmark granted Iceland home rule. By the end of the 19th century, the various efforts made on behalf of Iceland had their desired result. The constitution, written in 1874, was revised in 1903, and a minister for Icelandic affairs, residing in Reykjavík, was made responsible to the Althing . Hannes Hafstein served as the first Minister of Iceland from 31 January 1904 until 31 March 1909.

9. Two noteworthy, recent events in your country or region
MIDFJARDARA RIVER, Iceland — Along this river in Iceland’s cold northwest, the world is reduced to its bare components: rocks, grass, water and fish. The view is as uncomplicated and as beautiful as a well-constructed haiku. The scale of the river is inviting and intimate. Its twisting course cuts through black lava canyons and tumbles over numerous waterfalls, pausing only to collect itself in the deep runs and deeper holding pools in which its salmon wait.

10. Two noteworthy, recent events in your country or region cont.
The Town Council of Grundarfjörður on Snæfellsnes peninsula, West Iceland, is urging Minister for the Environment Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson to immediately authorize the closing of the fjord Kolgrafafjörður to prevent the death of masses of herring
(Snæfellsnes, Grundarfjörður, Jóhannsson
,Sigurður,Kolgrafafjörður are places in iceland)

11. An example of the pop culture of the country, e. g
An example of the pop culture of the country, e.g., music, arts, dating practices, leisure
Icelandic music has a very long tradition, with some songs still sung today dating from 14th century. Folk songs are often about love, sailors, masculinity, hard winters, as well as elves, trolls and other mythological creatures, and tend to be quite secular and often humorous.

12. Form of government & Current government leaders (democracy, dictatorship
Ice land has a constitutional republic form of government. Head of state is the president. Iceland has one of the oldest form of parliamentary democracy in the world. Its parliament was formed and established in 930. The Legislative power is vested both in the head of state (The President) and Parliament.

13. Allies (friends) and Enemies; economics or military allies, rivals or enemy countries(images, map)
Ice land doesn’t have its own army. Its defences consist of the Icelandic Coast Guard (which patrols the air and water surrounding its self.) It also has other groups such as National Commissioner’s National Security and the Special Forces Units. This being the case they don’t really have any allies or enemies.

14. Ethnic Composition (Races)
Icelanders are the ethnic group of iceland, descended primarily from/of Scandinavia, Ireland, and Scotland, about 6% of Icelandic citizens are immigrants from Asia, Africa or Latin America.

15. Primary Language(s)
Trade routes were brought German, English, dutch and Basque into iceland but their main language is Icelandic.

16. Literacy Rate
The literacy rate of iceland is 99%. which means it has a rank of 42 out of 194.

17. Population Comparison

18. major imports
Bar graph of life expectancy of females in iceland

19. The Country Economic Base (Agriculture, industry and services)
The economy of Iceland is small and high in volatility.
The financial crisis of produce a decline in GDP and employment, the magnitude of this decline remains to be determine.
Iceland has a mixed economy with high in free trade of the government intervention