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What is the capital of the UK?
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London
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What is the capital of Ireland?
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Dublin
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What is the capital of Norway?
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Oslo
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What is the capital of Sweden?
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Stockholm
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What is the capital of Iceland?
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Reykjavik
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What is the capital of Finland?
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Helsinki
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What is the capital of Denmark?
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Copenhagen
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What is the capital of Wales?
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Cardiff
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What is the capital of Northern Ireland?
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Belfast
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What is the capital of Scotland?
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Edinburgh
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What is the largest city in Scotland?
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Glascow
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What is the most important church in England, due in part to its role as national cemetery?
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Westminster Abbey
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What is the name of the large clock tower connected to the Houses of British Parliament?
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"Big Ben"
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The British Parliament is made up of these two parts.
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the House of Commons & the House of Lords
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Who is the head of British government, handling the nation's politics?
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the Prime Minister
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Who is the current Prime Minister of the UK?
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David Cameron
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What are the names of the UK's two political parties?
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the Labour & Conservative Parties
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Who is the current President of Ireland?
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Mary McAleese
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What is the name of the military academy of the UK?
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Sandhurst
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What is the most popular sport in the UK?
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Association Football (soccer)
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This rough British sport is the forerunner of American football.
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Rugby
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the American game of baseball evolved from this British game?
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Cricket
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What is the official currency of the UK?
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the Pound Sterling
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the British economy is __th in the world.
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6th
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London is located on the ______ River.
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Thames River
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Which body of water separates Great Britain from France?
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the English Channel
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This body of water separates Great Britain from Scandinavia?
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the North Sea
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Which body of water separates Great Britain from Ireland?
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the Irish Sea
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Who were the earliest inhabitants of Great Britain?
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the Celts (pronounced "Kelts")
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What religion was practiced by the Celts?
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Druidism
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This prehistoric stone monument was constructed by the Celts as part of some religious ceremony.
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Stonehenge
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This language, still spoken in parts of the UK, is descendant from the languages of the Celts.
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Gaelic
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Who was the Roman general that conquered much of Britain in 54 BC?
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Julius Caesar
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What was the name of the Celtic queen that fought against the Roman armies in Britain. She burned Londinium to the ground.
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Boudica
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In 122 BC, the Romans built this to keep out the Celtic tribes of northern Britain.
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Hadrian's Wall
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List the five groups of people that conquered Britain in order.
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Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Danes, Normans
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Who was the king of Normandy that conquered England in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings?
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William the Conqueror
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Who was the greatest Saxon king of England?
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Alfred the Great
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the English language was a mixture of which two languages?
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Anglo-Saxon (Germanic) & Norman-French
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This king of England led Norman knights on the Third Crusade.
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Richard the Lionhearted
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During this war with against the Frankish kingdoms, England lost Normandy to France.
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the Hundred Years' War
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Feudalism was an economic system based on the ownership of __________.
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Land
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Who was the greatest English writer during the Elizabethan Age?
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William Shakespeare
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The Act of Union (1607) united the nations of England and _____ into the United Kingdom.
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Scotland
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Who was the longest reigning monarch in British history?
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Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
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At its height, the British Empire controlled ___% of the world's land and population.
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25%
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Who was the leader of the UK during World War II?
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Winston Churchill
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What was the name of the sustained Nazi bombing attack against London that left one million homes destroyed and 43,000 Britons dead?
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the "Blitz"
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Who fought the Nazi air force during the "Blitz" of WWII?
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the RAF (British Royal Air Force)
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When did the UK "decolonize"?
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After World War II
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True or False: the UK is a socialist country.
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True
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When a British person is talking about the "Government", what do they mean?
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the Prime Minister & his cabinet
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Who elects the prime minister of the UK?
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the dominant party of the Parliament
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What is a MP?
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a Member of Parliament
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True or False: the Queen of the England is neutral on most political issues.
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True
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Who is the ceremonial head of the Church of England?
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the Queen / King of England
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What is the Queen of England's personal spending money called?
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the Civil List
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With 51 million people, this is the most populated region of the UK.
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England
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What are counties called in the UK?
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Shires
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What are rolling hills called in the UK?
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Downs
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What is the name of the small mountain range that runs down northern England?
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the Pennines
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What do Scots call a swamp/wetland?
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a moor
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What do Scottish people call lakes?
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Lochs
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In Scotland, narrow valleys are called...
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Glens
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Who was the legendary leader of the Scottish War for Independence against the English. He was drawn and quartered as a traitor in 1305.
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William Wallace
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The _________ Church was started during the Scottish Reformation in Scotland.
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Presbyterian
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The _________ Mountains separate Wales from England.
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the Cambrian Mountains
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What is the symbol of Northern Ireland?
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the "Red Hand" of Ulster
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What do Irish call Northern Ireland?
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Ulster
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Which two sides violently fight for control of Northern Ireland?
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Republicans (Cathollic / Irish) vs. Loyalists (Protestant / Scots-Irish)
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Who was the king of England that brought protestantism to Ireland?
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William of Orange
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What is the IRA?
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the Irish Republican Army
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What are the three colors of the Irish Flag and what do they represent?
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Green, White, & Orange: Peace between the Republicans & Loyalists
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What is Lough Neagh
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the largest lake in Northern Ireland & all of Ireland.
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Which country controls Greenland?
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Denmark
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List three British automobile companies:
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Rolls Royce, Aston Martin, Mini
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the UK has the ___rd highest military spending.
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3rd
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What is B.A.E. Systems?
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British Aerospace Systems: Weapons Manufacturing
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What do the British companies GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca produce?
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Pharmaceuticals
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What is the name of the largest British gas company?
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BP (British Petroleum)
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This is the largest stock exchange in Europe.
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the London Stock Exchange
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This British insurance company was founded in 1774.
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Lloyd's of London
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What is the name of the most widely read British newspaper
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the Times
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What is the BBC?
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the British Broadcasting Corporation
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This is the official residence of the British royal family.
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Buckingham Palace
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This allows travelers to travel by train from London to Paris, France, under the English Channel!
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the Chunnel (Channel Tunnel)
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What is the name of the oldest universities in the UK?
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Oxford & Cambridge
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Where will the Summer Olympics be hosted in 2012?
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London
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What is "Eire" another name for?
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Ireland
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What is the official currency of Ireland?
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the Euro
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He was the first missionary to the Irish people.
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Patrick
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This agricultural catastrophe lasted from 1845-1852. One million Irish died and One million Irish moved to the US.
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the Potato Famine
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What was the Irish independence movement called?
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the "Easter Rising"
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What was the result of the Irish War for Independence?
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Ireland won independence from England.
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Ireland is Europe's largest exporter of ______.
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Zinc
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Which nation is called the "Land of Fire and Ice"?
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Iceland
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What is the world's northernmost capital city?
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Reykjavik
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What are the names of the two major regions of Denmark?
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Jutland & Zealand
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What is the largest island in the world?
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Greenland
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This queen of Denmark united all five Scandinavian countries into a loose union from 1397-1523.
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Queen Margaret
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Where is LEGO from?
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Denmark
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This nation is called the "Land of Fjords".
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Norway
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Where is the Viking Ship Museum?
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Oslo, Norway
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These long valleys are formed by glaciers.
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Fjords
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Who is the ruler of Sweden?
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Karl XVI Gustav
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This country is the most socialized nation in the world?
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Sweden
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This phrase illustrates the Swedish philosophy of socialism.
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"From cradle to grave"
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Which king of Sweden was called the "Lion of the North" because he defended northern Germany during the Thirty Years War?
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Gustavus Adolphus
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He was the Swedish inventor of dynamite and is namesake of a Swedish award.
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Alfred Nobel
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Who was the Swedish secretary general of the UN from 1953-1961?
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Dag Hammarskjöld
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What is the most widespread religion in Scandinavia?
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Lutheranism
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This cell phone company is based in Sweden.
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Ericsson
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Name two automobile companies from Sweden:
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Volvo & Saab
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This Swedish corporation sells more furniture than any other in the world.
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IKEA
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Which Scandinavian country is called the "Land of 10,000 Lakes"?
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Finlad
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75% of Finland is covered in ____, cold coniferous forest.
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Taiga ("tie-ga")
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What separates Finland from the rest of Scandinavia?
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the Gulf of Bothnia
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Finland's border with _____ has a strong influence on Finnish culture.
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Russia
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The northern region of Finland and Sweden is called...
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Lappland
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What kind of soldiers defended Finland during WWII?
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Ski troopers
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This Finnish company is the largest cell phone carrier in Europe.
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NOKIA
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