cos it was green thats why! and global temperatures were much warmer than they are today
2007-09-13 10:39:38 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
I as told at school that it was a lot greener then and it was to encourage more settlers to come from Norway
2007-09-13 10:42:48 · answer #1 · answered by Maid Angela 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They wanted to get people to come there and settle, but they didn't think naming it "Land of Ice and Snow" would sell very well, but the name "Greenland" paints a picture of nice, peaceful plains and meadows instead of the giant glacier that it is, so that's why they named it Greenland. Have a nice day. =)
2007-09-13 10:50:01 · answer #2 · answered by Shadwa 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because when the vikings found it they came from iceland which was very green and everyone liked it . so they called it greenland to attract ppl.
2007-09-13 10:47:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most Danes will tell you it was named Greenland as a joke.
2007-09-13 10:44:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they found that Iceland was much better, and they didn't want everybody going there to crowd out their space, so they called the good land Iceland, to keep people away from it, and called the cold country Greenland to make everybody want to go there.
2007-09-13 10:49:27 · answer #5 · answered by Dayne's gal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was Gronland, it's the English that have mis translated it into Greenland.
2007-09-13 10:48:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
because when they found it to keep others away from iceland they named it greenland because it was covered in ice and iceland was green so they switched the names to throw them off
2007-09-13 10:48:32 · answer #7 · answered by slostrich 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term "Bluetooth" is less straight forward - search on Viking King of Denmark 'Harald Bluetooth' if you're interested.
It wasn't called Bluetooth just because it was invented by someone with discoloured teeth! lol
2007-09-13 11:33:33 · answer #8 · answered by Just some guy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England was a big wine producer as grapes grew well in the climate. It's all a con trick so we see fuel prices go up and instead of making a fuss we all say, yes what a great idea, put the price up even more please
2007-09-13 10:51:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Havent you just answered you own question?
I thought the idea of posting a question was to get the answer from other people :-/
2007-09-13 10:46:21 · answer #10 · answered by dances 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋