Greenland not for sale, Trump told again
Jan. 13, 2025
Q: President-elect Donald Trump recently said U.S. control of Greenland is an “absolute necessity” for security and declined to rule out using military force to seize the island. Leaders of Greenland and Denmark said “no sale” just like they told Trump during his in his first administration. Where is Greenland?
Circle the area on this map
Q: The world’s largest island and part of the North American continent, Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark. How long has Denmark been a military ally of the United States?
A. 50 years
B. 75 years
C. 100 years
D. 125 years
Q: About 80 percent of the island is covered by a two-mile-thick ice sheet. Who named it Greenland?
A. Exiled Norseman
B. Native Americans
C. Portuguese explorers
D. U.S. serviceman
Q: Those early Norse settlements disappeared in the 14th or 15th centuries amid the cooling temperatures of the Little Ice Age. Now, quickly warming temperatures around Greenland are increasing …
A. Arctic shipping
B. Ice sheet melting
C. Ocean levels
D. All of the above
Q: With an area of 836,330 square miles and 56,643 people, Greenland is the least densely permanently populated territories in the world. The vast majority of Greenlanders are descendants of which ethnic group …
A. Aleuts
B. Danes
C. Inuit
D. Sami
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