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Chapter 10
British Isles & Scandinavia
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Geography
6th Grade
03/21/2011

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Term
SW- Europe has a mild climate because of what?
Definition

The North Atlantic Current

or

North Atlantic Drift

Term
AJ- What is the name of the island that contains England, Wales, and Scotland?
Definition
Great Britain
Term
CK- Where does the United Kingdom get most of its oil?
Definition
the North Sea
Term
TK- A Scottish word for narrow bays that cut into the highland coasts
Definition
lochs
Term
AL-What are treeless landscapes often swept by strong winds?
Definition
moors
Term
TG-What two types of government does the United Kingdom have?
Definition
parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
Term
JT-What country includes Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Definition
the United Kingdom
Term
JT-Most English people are what religon?
Definition
Protestant
Term
JH-What two groups of people are ancestors to the British?
Definition
the Ancient Celts and Anglo-Saxons
Term
AH-What revolution began in the United Kingdom 200 years ago?
Definition
Industrial Revolution
Term
DD-What is the name of the famous clocktower in London?
Definition
Big Ben
Term
OR- Who was the famous English author who wrote Oliver Twist?
Definition
Charles Dickens
Term
CG-In which British landmark do the guards feed ravens to keep them around?
Definition
Tower of London
Term
JF-Who was the king in English literature who gathered his knights around the round table?
Definition
King Arthur
Term
A.J-What is the name of the plaid that is used to make kilts?
Definition
tartan
Term
MD-What is the name of the tunnel that connects England and France?
Definition
the Chunnel
Term
CM-In what year did Ireland win its independence from the United Kingdom?
Definition
1921
Term
EF-More than 90 percent of Irish people are what religion?
Definition
Roman-Catholic
Term
AL-What are low swampy lands in Ireland called?
Definition
peat bogs
Term
EH- What two religious groups fought each other in Northern Ireland?
Definition
Catholics and Protestants
Term
RD-How do the Kjolen Mountains effect Norway and Sweden?
Definition
They block warm winds.
Term
JM- What is the major port on the southwest side of Sweden?
Definition
Götebörg
Term
RY-What is Ireland's nickname?
Definition
the Emerald Isle
Term
ZL- Who was the famous English playwright who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
Definition
William Shakespeare
Term
TC- What is the word that means the government uses tax money to provide education, medical services, health insurance, and other services?
Definition
welfare state
Term
BC-In Norway, what are steep-sided valleys that are inlets of the sea?
Definition
fjords
Term
JD-What two languages do Irish people speak?
Definition
Gaelic and English
Term
JW- Greenland is ruled by what country?
Definition
Denmark
Term
RT: Why does Iceland have so many volcanoes?
Definition
It sits on a fault line.
Term
AS- What current warms the Republic of Ireland?
Definition

the North Atlantic Current

or

the North Atlantic Drift

Term
FM-What region is made up of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland?
Definition
the British Isles
Term
TP-What made people move from Ireland to America?
Definition
the potato famine
Term
JY-Finland was ruled first by Sweden then by what country?
Definition
Russia
Term
AL- What are the major industry in Finland?
Definition

the forest industry

or

paper and wood production

Term
CB- What is the main ethnic group in Finland?
Definition
the Finns
Term
RB-  Who are the people in northern Scandinavia who herd reindeer?
Definition
the Sami
Term
AJ-What is power from fast-flowing rivers?
Definition
hydroelectric power
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