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Question
Identify two countries that belong to each of the following groups and state why they are so-called:
- Low countries
- Balkan states
- Scandinavian countries
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Solution
- Low countries: The countries that lie in the low-lying plains in the west – Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
- Balkan States: The countries in the Balkan Peninsula — Greece, Albania, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro.
- Scandinavian countries: The north European countries – Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland.
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