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| oil | U.K. leading resource is |
| chunnel | A tunnel under the english channel connecting U.K. france |
| Shaakespeare,Burns, Dickens,Bronte | english writers |
| Thames river | main river that flows through London |
| england,scotland,wales,and northern ireland | four political regions of u.k. |
| moors | treeless windy plains of the u.k. |
| loch | long deep narrow lake surrounded mountains |
| costitutional monarchy | a government with a king or queen but the real power is held by elected officals |
| parliamentary democracy | voters elect representatives to a law making body called a parliament. The largest political party chooses the leader |
| celts | the people who setteled scotland,ireland,and wales in ancient times |
| northern ireland | has the most turmoil and trouble of the four regions |
| dublin | the capital of ireland |
| peat | wet ground with decaying plant matter used for heating and cooking fuel |
| potato famine mid 1800's | reason for irish immigrants to america |
| gaelic and english | two official languages of ireland |
| catholic religion | majorty of irish people follow this branch of christianity |
| emerald isle | irelands nickname |
| irelands climate | mild weather along with frequent rain and mist |
| relative location of ireland | on the western coast of u.k. and surronded by atlantic ocean and is a island |
| where are the plains and highland located in ireland | most of ireland is the plains but some hills |
| copenhagan | capital of denmark |
| denmark location | it is a penisula connected to the northern part of europe and on the east side is the baltic sea on the west side is the north sea |
| reykjavik | icelands capital |
| icelands location | it is an island at the artic circle in the atlantic and artic ocean |
| stockholm | capital of sweden |
| location of sweden | west of norway and east of finland and the baltic sea |
| oslo | capital of norway and west of sweden and east of the norwegian sea |
| helsinki | capital of finland |
| location of finland | east of sweden and north of the baltic sea and west of russia |
| fjords | long narrow bays created by glaciers |
| norway famous landforms | known for its majestic fjords |
| vikings | ancestors of modern scandanavians |
| swedens known as | wealthest scandanavians |
| icelands nickname | land of fire and ice |
| geysers | springs that spout hot water and steam and is famous in iceland |
| constitutional monarchy | government of all scandanavians |
| St. Lucias day | holiday celebreted in scandanavian countries |
| scandanavian economy | fishing and shipping and oil from the north sea |
| sami | a nomadic minority group in northern finland |
