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The many islands off the north west coast of Europe are called the

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British Isles

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The largest island in the British Isles and Europe is

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Great Britain

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Great Britain combines ____, _______, _____together

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England, Scotland, Wales

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English landscape is made up of 3 different areas.

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highlands, midlands, lowlands

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are band of hills running the length of England's west coast

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highlands

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lies in southeast, contains thick veins of coal, high population

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midlands

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fertile soil, lie in south and east, slopes toward Enlgish Channel

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Lowlands

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Trade within England and other European nations increased the growth of cities along _____ and _____

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coast, rivers.

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is located on the Thames River.

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London

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Since the Thames Valley was formed, level of Atlantic Ocean rose forming an

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estuary

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a flooded valley at the wide mouth of a river

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estuary

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Influence of _________ meant that the Mediterranean Sea had been center of trade

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Roman Empire

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o In 1400s,___________ and __________ allowed Europeans to move west across Atlantic Ocean, which made Great Britain ideal for trade.

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improved ships and navigational devices

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Britain shipped most of products on its ____

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farm

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The small area allowed the island nation to get the resources to fuel the start of

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Industrial Revolution

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built factories to produce goods to sell to Britain's colonies

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wealthy business owners

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lay along the edges of Pennine mountain range

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coal feilds

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rocky material containing a valuable mineral

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ore

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Inventors improved methods of melting iron ore and using it for

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steel

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Britain's supply of_______ and __________ made it the world's industrial leader for years.

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raw materials, position on sea routes

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Britain was challenged by _______ and _______

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Germany and United States

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Much of Britain's coal was used during the

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Industrial Revolution.

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They have had to turn to oil and gas deposits beneath the floor of

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north sea

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To offset the loss of heavy industry, the government has encouraged the growth of

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tertiary economic activities

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Scotland divided into 3 formal regions

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Northern Highlands, Central Lowlands, Southern Uplands

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Highland region is a large, high plateau with lakes called

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lochs

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Much of Highlands are covered with

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moors

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broad, treeless rolling plains

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moors

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moors are dotted with

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bogs

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areas of wet spongy ground

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bogs

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located south of the highlands

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lowlands

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Lowlands is a huge _______ center

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shipbuilding

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is primarily a sheep raising region

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Southern Uplands

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discoveries in North Sea, has helped economies in some cities

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Oil

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businesses have also developed along the Clyde and Tweed Rivers

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Computer and electronic

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narrow valley

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narrow valley

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Scottish and English parliaments were united through

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Act of Union

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Scotland kept important ____ and _____ rights

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trading, political

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Wales has its own _____, _______, _________-

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capital city, flag, language

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is a peninsula of the island of Great Britain

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Wales

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Has a marine west coast climate like Great Britain

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Wales

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is a key factor to preserving Welsh culture

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language

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Economic history of Wales is similar to _______ and _____

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England, Scotland

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In late 1800s, ____ and ______ changed the landscape and economy of southern Wales

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industry, coal mining

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In mid 1900s, heavy industries in Wales had fallen behind in __________

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technology.

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Ireland is divided politically into two parts

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Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland

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Ireland is also divided in religion between

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Protestants and Catholics

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About 1/6th of the island of Ireland is covered by

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peat

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spongy material containing waterlogged mosses and plants.

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peat

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Ireland's history has been shaped by

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invasions, wars.

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Normans forbade marriage between

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Normans and Celts

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• In the early 1500s, groups in Europe tried to change some of the Church's practices and started a reform movement known as the

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Reformation

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Many reformers, Protestants, broke with the Roman Catholic Church and formed new

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Christian churches.

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Most English people became

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Protestants.

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Irish remained

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Catholics

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Conflicts between Irish Protestants and Catholics led to

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cultural divergence

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deliberate efforts to keep the cultures separate

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cultural divergence-

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plant disease

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blight

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Famine brought __________ factors into play

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push and pull migration

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continued to press for independence through the 19th century

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Irish

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The government invested in _______ and _______ telecommunications

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education and modern

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Northern Europe call their land _______ meaning Northlands

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Norden

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Norden includes five independent nations:

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Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland

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No rden Region is a collection of peninsula and islands separated by .

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seas, gulfs, and oceans

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The most continuous land masses in Norden are the

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Scandinavian and Jutland Peninsula

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Much of landscape on the Scandinavian Peninsula is the product of the last

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ice age.

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When the glaciers melted, water filled the valleys, creating flooded glacial valleys known as

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fjords.

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They have learned to take advantage of the island's geology to produce

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geothermal energy

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energy produced from the heat of the Earth's interior.

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Geothermal energy

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In midwinter, sun shines for ____ hours

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2

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In midsummer, suns shines for _______

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20 hours

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Warm currents of the_______________ moderate the weather and keep the coast free of ice

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North Atlantic Drift

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_____ raided much of Western europe

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vikings

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____ and _____ unite the nordic people

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religion and language

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Most Nordic peoples belong to the _______Church, first established during Reformation.

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Lutheran

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All five of the Nordic nations are democracies, and their economic systems are

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mixed economies.

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systems combining different degrees of government regulation.

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Mixed economies

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Denmark makes money by

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agriculture

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Norwegians make money by

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fishing

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