Which of the following countries are collectively called as Scandinavian countries?

Which of the following countries are collectively called as Scandinavian countries? Correct Answer Iceland, Norway, and Denmark

The correct answer is Iceland, Norway, and Denmark.

Key Points

Important details of Europe:

  • Wheat is the most valuable crop in Europe.
  • Ruhr in Germany is the biggest and richest coalfield in Europe.
    • Other coal fields in Germany are Saar and Saxony.
  • It is the second smallest continent in the world, after Australia.
  • Europe is situated between the Ural in the East and the Atlantic Ocean in the West, in the West of Asia and North of Africa.
  • To the North of Europe extends the Arctic ocean, to the South extends the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and the Caucasus Mountain and to the East Ural Mountains and the Caspian sea.
  • Balkan states:
    • It is a group of 9 countries namely Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania Albania, and Kosovo.
    • However, Montenegro became an independent state in 2006 and Kosovo in 2008.
  • Baltic states:
    • It is a group of 3 countries namely Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia.
  • Scandinavian Countries:
    • Iceland, Norway, and Denmark are collectively called Scandinavian countries.
    • The world’s most Northerly capital is Reykjavik.

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