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30 Cards in this Set
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Backbone mountains of the country, good for hiking
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Pennines
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Where (N, E, S, West) is the region that sits on top of karst concentrated?
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South
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What area/region does the British army train in?
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Salisbury Plain
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What is the name of the river near Edinburgh that opens into a wide estuary?
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Firth(River) of Forth
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Scottish seaport of Firth of Forth. Sits on top of a volcano. Site of the Tatu - Military marching.
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Edinburgh
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Capital of Scotland
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Edinburgh
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#1 City in scotland. Its big business is tobacco. Trying to create jobs to fix unemployment problem. Has almost half of Scotland's population
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Glasgow
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Scottish city "between 2 rivers". UK's "Oil city". Rich. Lots of buildings made out of granite. World's largest heliport for transporting workers to rigs. Working on alternative energies.
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Aberdeen
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Major tourist attraction in Scotland. Blood sausage, distilleries, medical equipment
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Inverness
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Welsh city. Government and service industries are here. 25% of the country's economy
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Cardiff
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Welsh city, "Copperopolis" - big on mineral extraction. 90% of population is in government/service industry.
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Swansea
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Capital of Wales
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Cardiff
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Area/Region in England with hills, glaciated lakes, and is the walking/hiking capital
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Lake District
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What two regions is most of England's money divided between?
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Lancashire and Yorkshire
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What region did most of the first Americans come from?
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East Anglia
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English city, #1 for trade of precious metals and currencies. Insurance capital of the world. #2 city in all of Europe. More than half are not white British people
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London
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#2 City of England. Workshop of the world. Automobile capital of the UK. Sophisticated guns
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Birmingham
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People from Birmingham are called what?
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Broomies
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People from Liverpool are called what?
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Scousers
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People from Manchester are called what?
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Mancunians
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People from Leeds are called what?
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Loiners or Leodonsians
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People from Newcastle are called what?
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Geordies
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People from Bristol are called what?
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Ciderheads
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This Scotish city has the lowest unemployment in the UK.
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Edinburgh
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This English city is the "cotton capital of the world". It's the first great city of the industrial revolution. Famous football teams are from here.
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Manchester
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This English city is home to the Beatles. Famous for music, football, lots of unemployment, and deindustrialization. Great seaport for 100 years
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Liverpool
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English city famous for airplanes - Airbus, British Aerospace. Famous for technology. Important ocean port for discovery of Americas
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Bristol
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English city used to be famous for its wool industry which is now out of business. Major internet center. Bradford is its twin city
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Leeds
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England's oil capital. Known as Tyneside. Famous for its shopping center and nightlife. Brown Ale, football team, and Tyne Bridge
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Newcastle
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English city that invented stainless steel. Famous for steel industry and Full Monty
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Sheffield
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