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S.S-british isles
vocab,questions,ect
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| capital of England | London |
| capital of Scotland | Edinburg |
| capital of Ireland | Dublin |
| capital of Northern Ireland | Belfast |
| capital of Wales | Cardiff |
| River that flows through London | The Thames |
| ancient monoliths set up to concide with the summer solstice | stonehedge |
| prime minister of the U.K residence | 10 Downing Street |
| Scottish dish made from sheeps organs | Haggis |
| 1840s crop faliure, millions of Irish starve | potato famine |
| people in Northern Ireland who want to remain part of Britian | Ulster Unionists |
| people who want Northern Ireland to be free of British rule | Republicans |
| tourist attraction in Ireland, kiss it for good luck/luck of gab | Blarney Stone |
| British government include the house of commons and the house of lords | parliment |
| two groups who hate each other in northern Ireland | Catholic vs. Protestant |
| Irish Republican Army-want north Ireland to be free of British rule | I.R.A |
| political wing of the I.R.A | Sinn Fein |
| Founder of the I.R.A, helped free Ireland from British in 1921 | Michael Collins |
| leader of Sinn Fein | Gerry Adams |
| Irish hunger striker who died in prison in 1981 | Bobby Sands |
| Catholics forced to live outside cities in Northern Ireland | Beyond the Pale |
| Body of water that seperates U.K from France | English Channel |
| Britons and Celts-tribes that make up the British Isles | Anglos Saxons |
| 1972- 13 peaceful Irish protestors shot then killed by British | Bloody Sunday |
| What are 5 exports from England? | cheddar cheese, burberry, insurance, rolls royce cars and north sea oil |
| What is the North Alantic Drift? | the north alantic drift is a warm current that starts at the equator and travels up the East Coast of the U.S the crosses the Alantic and goes to the british isles. |
| What are the countries that make up the British Isles? | Britian, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England |
| Why was Charles Dickens concerned about Coketown? | because of all the pollution; the bricks on buildings turned black |
| this sea is located between England and Ireland | Irish Sea |
| this sea is off the coast of Scotland and N.England | North Sea |
| What are 5 famous tourist sites in London? | Big Ben, Buckinham palace, tower of London, Harrods and St.Paul's Cathedral ect. |
| What type of government does Britian/ the U.K have? | democratic and they have a parlimentary system |
| the seat of the British gov. its their legislature | Parliment |
| What are the two houses of parliment? | House of Commons and House of Lords |
| this is the upper house. A man is born into this position, by the right of birth. If your father is a lord or nobleman when he dies you may take his seat | house of lords |
| in this house a person must be elected by the people in his country in order to have a seat in the house of___________. | House of commons |
| equivalent to the President of the U.S, lives at 10 Downing Street, London | Prime minister |
| How did Magna Carta-1215 limit the kings power? | no taxes without permission,no arrest without charges,evidence,witness and the jury has to be made up of one's peers. |
| what kind of cusine do the British eat? | meat pies, high tea, shepherds pie, fish and chips and plum pudding |
| these were built throughout Britian and the rest of Europe during the middle ages. They were built from stone as fortresses to protect the lord and his people during an invasion | Castles |
| William Shakesspeare was Englands greatest poet and play writer | Straford upon Avon |
| england is home to many fine ________ such as Oxford and Cambridge | Universities |
| this was built by the ancient Romans who controlled all of Europe, North Africa and the middle east in ancient times, This wall was built to keep the Scottish tribes out | Hadrians Wall |
| Englands religon was_______ found ed by Henry the VIII in the 16th century. | Protestant (Anglican) |
| England was orginally a ___________ country | catholic |
| Henry VIII asked the pope for an annulment of his marriage to Kathryn of Aragon but the pope said no so Henry changed the religon of the UK to_______________ | Protestant (anglican) |
| Henry VIII divorces Kathryn of Aragon and marry's Anne Boleyn who only gives birth to a girl--Elizabeth. Henry is mad and accuses Anne of adultry and witchcraft and has her________. | beheaded |
| HenryVIII is part of the _______ dynasty. | Tudor |
| Scotland has always wanted to be _________ of england | independent |
| Land and water bodies of Scotland (5) | North Sea, River Dee/ River Clyde, Firth of forth, Lochness,Ben Nevis (mountain) |
| Products of Scotland: | wool, oil, scotch, salmon, short bread, haggis |
| there is a great deal of hostility between _________ and Scottish | English |
| Tourism of Scotland: | St.Andrews golf, hadrians wall, loch ness, whiskey trail |
| Northern Ireland is part of ____________. | Britian |
| Protestants living in N.Ireland consider themselves____________ because they belong to the Anglican Church | British |
| 1695- | Catholics are forbidden from owning land, horses, weapons and must live beyond the pale |
| 1921- | Ireland, a free country but Ulster N.Ireland remains part of Britian. IRA founded by Michael Collins |
| 1972- | Bloody Sunday- British soldiers fire on peaceful demonstraters protesting Catholics being denied trial jury. 13 dead |
| IRA uses ______ to get there message across that they want the U.K out of N.Ireland | violence |
| UK thinks the IRA are___________. | terriosts |
| peace agreement between IRA and british government. Many IRA members opposed of this because they did not want to surrendor their aresnal | 2002- Good Friday Acord |
| Catherine of Aragon | divorced |
| Anne Boleyn | Beheaded-daughter elizabeth |
| Jane Seymour | dies giving birth |
| Catherine Howard | be headed-cheated |
| Anne of Cleeves | divorced-wasnt pretty enough |
| Catherine Parr | outlives him |
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