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Chapter 13
England and the British Isles
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History
5th Grade
02/22/2013

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John Knox
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a famous Protestant reformer from Scotland
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savanna
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a plain covered with thick grass
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Magna Carta
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document signed in 1215 that limited the English monarch to the laws of the land
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Belfast
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the capital of Northern Ireland
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William Shakespeare
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famous English writer of many plays, including Romeo and Juliet
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Sir Francis Drake
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first Englishman to sail around the world
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Spanish Armada
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great naval force that was destroyed by Queen Elizabeth's fleet
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Dublin
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the capital of Ireland
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Charles Darwin
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made the false idea of evolution popular
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Miles Coverdale
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man who first PRINTED the entire Bible in English
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King James I
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sponsored the Authorized Version of the Bible translated in 1611
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dry season
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the season when little or no rain falls
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Sir Isaac Newton
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the English scientist who discovered the law of gravity
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Margaret Thatcher
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the Prime Minister who worked hard to restore England's Christian heritage
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London
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the capital of England
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John Bunyan
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the Puritan writer who wrote Pilgrim's Progress
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the Bible
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the book that changed England
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Cardiff
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the capital of Wales
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Wales
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the country known for its many revivals in the 19th century
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Florence Nightingale
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the founder of the modern nursing profession
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Winston Churchill
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the leader of Great Britain during World War II
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Oiver Cromwell
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the leader of the Roundheads
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Edinburgh
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the capital of Scotland
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Queen Victoria
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the leader who promised, "I will be good"
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Puritans
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the people who wanted to purify the Church of England
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Great Britian
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the eigth-largest island in the world
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Ireland
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the country known as the "Emerald Isle"
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wet season
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the season when rain falls in abundance
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Chunnel
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the underwater tunnel that links Great Britain and France
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Thames River
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where England's capital is located
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