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XI. Northern Europe Flashcards

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What 4 countries make up the United Kingdom

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England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland

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What 5 countries make up the British Isles?

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England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Ireland

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What 5 countries make up Scandinavia?

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Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland

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London, England

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Capital and largest on the Thames River

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What is the capital of England?

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London

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What River goes through London?

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Thames River

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5 sites of tourism in London

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  1. Big Ben
  2. Tower of London
  3. West minister Abby
  4. Buckingham Palace
  5. St. Paul’s Cathrdral
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Liverpool, England

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Western port

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Manchester, England

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Textile industry

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What mountain range is in England

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Pennine Mtns

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_______ __________ through out most of England

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North plains

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4 significant bodies of water surrounding England

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  1. North Sea
  2. Straight of Dover
  3. English Channel
  4. Irish Sea
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Fraction of income made from farming in England

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2/3

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In England what two animals are mainly raised

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Cattle and sheep

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North Sea- Dogger banks is important for

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Important exports

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What is the major export in England

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Textiles

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Government of England?

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Constitutional monarchy

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Queen of England

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Queen Elizabeth II

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Prime minister of England?

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David Cameron

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Parliament of England

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House of lord’s and House of Commons

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Capital of Wales

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Cardiff

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Mountain range that goes through Wales?

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Cambrian Mountains

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Language of Wales is a dialect of _______ and some ________

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English, Gaelic

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The Prince of Wales is also the?

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Heir to the British throne

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Capital of Scotland?
Edinburgh
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Largest city in Scotland?
Glasgow
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Glasgow, Scotland is on what River?
Clyde
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The rugged highlands in Scotland are the
Grampians
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Scotland is the birthplace of what faith?
Presbyterian
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Traditional Scottish things?
Kilts, bag pipes, and Lochness Monster
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Three island groups to the north of Scotland?
Shetland, Orkneys, and Hebrides
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Capital of a Northern Ireland?
Belfast
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City of Londondary, Norhtern Ireland
Known for linen factories
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Northern Ireland is also called?
Ulster
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Capital if Ireland?
Dublin
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Other major city in Ireland(besides Dublin)
Cork
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Ireland has been an independent republic since what year?
1921
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Ireland is mostly ______, _____ _______ ______ ____ _________
Low lands, good pastureland for livestock
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River in Ireland
Shannon
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Peat bogs
Found in Ireland, is soil with a heavy concentration of organic material. Used as a source of heat and electrical energy. Ireland is the second biggest exporting peat country behind Russia.
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95% of people in Ireland are ________ religion
Catholic
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Patron saint of Ireland?
St.Patrick
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Cultural myths of Ireland
Leprechauns and Blarney Stone
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Mountain range in Scandinavia
Killeen Mountains
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Scandinavia is know for it's _____ building
Ship
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Sami
Live in the extreme north of Scandinavia, mainly Finland, and are formerly called laps, wore a lot of reds and blues and depend on the reindeer herds. Native people like the Inuit of North America
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Capital of Norway
Oslo
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Large city in Norway
Bergen
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Fjords of Norway
Deep, narrow inlets of sea formed by movement of glaciers
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What country has the highest GDP in Scandinavia
Norway
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What current keeps the west coast of Norway open to ships?
Gulf Stream Current
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Much ____ and ____ in Norway is in the North Sea
Oil and fishing
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Capital of Sweden
Stockholm
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Large city in Sweden
Goteborg
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What is the largest Scandinavian country in area and population
Sweden
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Sweden's coast is on the _____ sea and the gulf of ______
Baltic Sea and Gulf of Bothnia
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2 types of cars made in Sweden
Volvo Saab
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Sweden produces a lot of what from its lumber kills
Paper
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Capital of Finland
Helsinki
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Finland has a ____ culture background
Asian
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Capital of Denmark
Copenhagen
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Denmark is located on what Peninsula
The Jutland Peninsula
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What percent of the land in Denmark is farmed
50
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Denmark also owns what island?
Greenland
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Capital of Iceland
Reykjavik
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Iceland is and island nation on what ocean
North arctic
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Iceland has the worlds ____ capital
Northern most capital

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