Belgium

1. Physical Characteristics of Belgium Your goal: Be able to give examples of the physical characteristics of Belgium.

2. Landforms

3. North Sea Belgium can only send ships out by the North Sea.

4. Bordering Countries Shares borders with The Netherlands Germany Luxembourg France

5. Human Characteristics of Belgium Your goal: Be able to give examples of the human characteristics of Belgium.

6. Politics

7. NATO Headquarters North Atlantic Treaty Organization Political, military and economic cooperation of nations worldwide

8. EU Headquarters EU = European Union Economic cooperation of European Countries

9. History

10. Population Population 11 million 25% foreign born from Morocco Turkey Congo

11. The Congo King Leopold II Encouraged rubber companies Forced Africans to collect sap

12. Congo River Valley

13. Belgium and the Belgian Congo Compare the sizes of the Belgian Congo to the nation of Belgium. How would a Belgian justify this?

14. Rubber Trees

15. The Schlieffen Plan World War I plan for Germany to invade France by going through Belgium (1914)

16. Demographics

17. Population Population 11 million 25% foreign born from Morocco Turkey Congo

18. Culture

19. The Adventures of TinTin Comic book about foreign explorations 1930s-1940s

20. Industry

21. Diamonds Diamond center of the world 85% of all rough diamonds are sold in Antwerp, Belgium

22. Food

23. Brussels Sprout Named for the city of Brussels, Belgium