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Geo unit 5

50 cards·by 17gilmorea
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What are the four countries in the United Kingdom?
England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland
London is the ________ center?
trading
London is smaller than New York but bigger than _______
Chicago
Famous poet from England
William Blake
The Industrial Revolution in England brought ______ and moderization
factories
A service industry in England
tourism
What church did Henry the Vlll start?
The church of England
A great colonizer of England and was also Henry the Vlll daughter?
Elizabeth l
When people overthrew the absolute monarchy in England
glorious revolution
⅓ of the land in the United Kingdom but only has 10% of this population
Scotland
a connection to the old highland games
kilt
language in Wales
Welsh
a spongy material containing water logged mosses and plants and covers 1/6 of the land in Ireland
peat
Protestants were _______ Catholics ________
wealthy, poor
What does I.R.A stand for
Irish Republican Army
largely Catholic group who hate Protestants
I.R.A.
Name the 5 Nordic Nations
Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland
flooded glacial valleys
fjords
energy produced from the heat of Earths interior
geothermal energy
almost all students learn ______.
English
the cultural economic and political capital of France
Paris
2 popular tourism spots in France
The Eiffel Tower and The Louvre Museum
Which country grows grapes?
France
Southern Eastern France is also known as the ________.
Riviera
2nd busiest seaport in all of Europe
Marseilles
Cannes film festival is there every year
Cannes
2 french provinces with an abundance of natural resources; battled for in WWI and WWII
Alsace and Lorraine
set up the holy roman empire through most of Western Europe
Charlemagne
Happened in 1789- bloody end in the monarchs rule in France
French Revolution
Germany has crushed France ____.
3 times
visual impression made by light shadows and color
impressionism
an organization that monitors and controls European finance
The European Union
institutions under state control
nationalized
Germany lost WWI and forced to pay the _____ of all of the other countries.
bill
greatest speaker who also improved the economy and improved jobs
Hitler
becomes a democracy and a friend to the United States
West Germany
becomes a communist puppet of the soviet union
East Germany
A wall that is a symbol of Germany's division
The Berlin Wall
the capital of United Germany; rebuilt after WWII
Berlin
largest port; the 2nd largest city; center of trade
Hamburg
the cultural center of; known for theatre, museums, and hosted the olympic games
Munich
____ today is a world leader in exports (industrial)
Germany
In what country does people speak 30% French; 55% Flemish (form of Dutch)
Belgium
a huge metropolis of three of more cities
Randstad
Another name for Randstad.
ring city
only 900 square miles; smaller than Rhode Island
Luxembourg
French, German, and Italian are the official languages of ________.
Switzerland
Switzerland has a lot of manufactured goods such as the _____ watch
Swiss
Place that is politically neutral and have safe banks
Zurich
Capital of Austria
Vienna