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24 Cards in this Set
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What are the 4 main political divisions of the united kingdom
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wales, england, scotland, and nothern ireland
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What is the difference between unitd knigdom and Great Britain
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great britain is a country part of the united knigdom
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what affect dos the north atlantic drift have on the climate of great britain
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it moderates the climate
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define constitutional monarchy
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a democracy with kings or queens as a figurehead but little ower
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what is a parliament
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makes lawa, the leader of the majority party becomes the prime minister
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who is the current prime minster in United kingdom
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gordon brown
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who is the current prime minister in republic of ireland
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brian cown
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define welfare state
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the government assumes the responsiblity for the social and economic care for the people. the people pay very high taxed to fund this.
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what currency is used in united knigdom and republic of ireland
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united kingdom is pound and republic of ireland is euro
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who is the current president of republic of ireland?
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mary McAleese
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what is the dominat religion of united knigdom
republic of ireland nothern ireland |
christinanity
catholicm protestant of christanity |
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how is prime minister choesn in united kmnigdom and republic of ireland
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united kingdom
the leader of the majority party becomes the prime minister republic of ireland appointed by the president and approved by the government |
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what mountain range cuts italy from the rest of the europe
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apls
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define natural boundary
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natural existing boundary
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what landforn acts as a natural boundary between spaina nd france
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pyrnees
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what is the mouth of rhine and danube
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for rhine is north sea and for danube is the black sea
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how have the rivers of europe helped in the econmic sucess of the region
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rivers help fro movement og goods and ideas
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thenothern european planisn stretch across which countries in europe
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france,belgium, denmark, the netherlands, and germany and poland
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what is the nothern european plains used for
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agriculture
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what is the nother atlantic drift
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moderate temperatures from the carribean
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define polderd
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block portion of the sea and draining
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where are polders common
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in the netherlands
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unification
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the state obe being joined, or united as one for good of th ewhole
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balkanization
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the division of a counrty based on cultural beliefs
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