United Kingdom
Ireland
Scandinavia
Random facts
The Land
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What countries are in the United Kingdom?
England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland
100
What is Peat?
Plants that have partly decayed in water
100
What countries make up Scandinavia?
Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland
100
How many volcanoes does Iceland have?
About 200
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What part of England has productive farms?
Southern and Eastern England
200
What dd the English Channel do for the UK?
It separated the UK from Europe, protected, and allowed them to form their own government and economy
200
What was Ireland's chief food in the 1800's?
Potatoes
200
What are geysers? Which country has them?
Springs that shoot hot water and steam in the air, Iceland
200
Where has a constitutional monarchy and one other form of government?
United Kingdom
200
What countries herd sheep?
Scotland and Wales
300
What are the 2 leading exports?
Manufactured goods and machinery
300
In 1840 the popular food crops were destroyed by disease, how many people died?
1 million
300
What are fjords? Which country has them?
Narrow inlets of the sea, Norway
300
Low swampy lands are called ______?
Bog
300
In Ireland what do they dry and use as fuel?
Peat
400
Explain parliamentary democracy?
Voters elect members of parliament and the leader of parliament becomes the Prime Minister
400
Who is a famous poet from Ireland?
William Butler Yeats
400
What is geothermal energy?
Electricity produced by natural underground steam
400
What three languages are spoken in the UK?
English, Welsh and Scottish Gaelic
400
What is different about the summer in Northern Scandinavia than here in Guatemala?
The sun never sets
500
Who is the head of state?
The Queen
500
What date was the peace agreement signed to end violence between Northern Ireland and Ireland?
1998
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What country in Scandinavia has the only high population?
Denmark
500
What is the capital of Ireland?
Dublin
500
What is the land like above the arctic circle?
It is barren tundra and frozen for most of the year
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