Netherlands

Netherlands

Netherlands is in the west of Europe. Amsterdam is the capital of Netherlands. Their currency are euros. One NZ dollar is equivalent to 0.64 Euros. Their population is around 17 million in 2016.

Netherlands is one of the small countries in Europe. It is next to a big country named Germany. Amsterdam is the biggest city in Netherlands. The size of Netherlands is 41,543 km2.

Dutch people have 3 languages they can speak.  The 3 languages are Dutch, Frisian and Papiamento. The most spoken language is Dutch. Frisian and Papiamento is not that common.

Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist are the religions in Netherlands. The most populated religion is Roman Catholic. Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu are the least populated. Did you know that Roman Catholic is less than 50% populated, yet they are still the most populated religion in Netherlands.

Some popular food from Netherlands are Sate and Stamppot. Sate is a type of barbecue kebab. Stamppot is a type of dish with sausage, nuts, rice and some chili sauce. Stamppot is also a famous indonesian dish.

Football or also known as soccer is the most famous sport of Netherlands although they do not have a football team in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Tennis is the second most famous sport in the Netherlands. They are involved in lots of sports this Olympics but they are not in all.

Netherlands is a wonderful country filled with interesting things. This wonderful country is good and successful in many sports and in the Olympics they will also try to be successful.

                                                                                                                                                                             

Ancient vs Modern Olympics

Ancient vs Modern Olympics

The Ancient Olympics was first played in 776 BC and last played on 393 AD. It took 1503 years for the Olympics to come back. In 1896 the Olympics returned and was held at Athens Greece.

In the Ancient Olympics there were only 7 sports and they are running, long jump, shot put, javelin, boxing, pankration and equestrian. The Modern Olympics have usually 22-28 sports. That is 15-21 more sports than the Ancient Olympics. Did you know that one of the 7 sports in the Ancient Olympics was a mix of boxing and wrestling and it was the sport pankration.

Olympia, Greece was the place that the athletes in the Ancient Olympics played in. Now in the Modern Olympics the games can be held anywhere in the world. The Ancient Olympics was only held in Greece because it was dedicated to the Greek God Zeus. The Modern Olympics is not dedicated to Zeus or anyone and that's why it can be played anywhere in the world.

There was only 1 country in the Ancient Olympics and it was the hosting country Greece. The teams were the cities in Greece. This Olympics 206 countries were able to join. Not only the countries go to the Modern Olympics but even refugees can join. The refugees have their own team.

Clothing was not worn in the Ancient Olympics, they were nude. But now in the Modern Olympics they wear clothes and the women can join the Olympics. The men in the Ancient Olympics were nude so they could show their pride and their strength. Girls were not allowed to join the Ancient Olympics.

The Ancient Olympics and the Modern Olympics are really different and in that 1503 years the Olympics had a big change.

We have been learning about the Olympics so our class wrote a report about the ancient and modern Olympics.

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