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36 Cards in this Set
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how does water unite scandinavia?
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it makes it easy to travel throughout the countries
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the vikings were....
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warriors and farmers
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what are runes?
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the scandinavian alphabet
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what are the native people of the artic region of scandinavia called
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saami or lapps
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what countries does scandinavia want to expand on
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lithuania, latvia, and estonia
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how is water important for the timber industry in sweden
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rivers provide power for mills that make timber products
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what country is made up of 450 islands and one peninsula
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iceland
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what happened to the division between eastern and western europe
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communist rule, russia lost control
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what are two major landforms in europe
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plains, alps, carrathians
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what are the 2 major islands of the british islands?
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great britain and ireland
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what are the 4 regions of the UK
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england, scotland, wales, northern ireland
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what are the 5 scandinavian countries
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finland, sweden, denmark, iceland, norway
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how are the british islands and scandinavia similar
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they are maritime nations, similar terrain
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what geographical landform do the Scandinavian countries have that the british isles lack
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forests
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what are the highlands
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rugged, bleak regions of low desolate mountains
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in what geographical area do most of the people of the british isles live?
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in the lowland region
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what is peat
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the remains of decaying plants
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what is bog
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brown substance dug out, or swamps, and dried before it is burned
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what's the difference in economy between scotland and wales
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scotland is rich while wales is poor
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why is scotland so rich
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there are oil deposits in the ocean
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what is the heartland of the UK
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england
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what percent of people live in england
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80%
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what's the difference between NI and Ireland
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Ireland is it's own island. Nr has terrorism and is apart of the Uk
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Describe the scandinavian shield
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vast, dark, dense forests of finlald and sweden.
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what people live in the scandinavian shield?
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the lapps
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which scandinavian city is farthest north, what country is it in?
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Rajivik, iceland
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which scandinavian capital city is the most densely populated
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copenhagen, sweden
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which scandinavian country is affected by volcanoes
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iceland
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what is the major natural resource of the scandinavian shield
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wood
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which two scandinavian countries has the sea been a valuable resource
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iceland and norway
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what are two things scandinavian countries have in common
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language and religion
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when did the potato famine occur
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late 1840s
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why did the potato famine occur
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mexican seeds that were bad got to ireland
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how did the relationship between the british and irish get affected during the potato famine
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the british would go to collect taxes and when the irish couldn't pay because of the famine, the british would tear their houses down.
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what country and why did the irish migrate to during the potato famine?
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america because of freedom of religion.
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what jobs did the irish take when they came to america
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laborers, political figures, cops
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