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What city is located on a small island in the Irish Sea?
Holyhead
What is the name of the highest point in England?
Scafell Pike
Scotland, Wales, and England are all located on what island?
Great Britain
Name two types of fish that are caught in the waters near England.
sole, plaice, mackerel, herring, cod
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What is the capital city of England?
London
What is the main river in southern England?
The River Thames
This is the national holiday of England.
St. George's Day (April 23)
What is one of the most popular tourist spots in England? Hint: it's thousands of years old, and its origins are quite mysterious.
Stonehenge
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Which English city was founded by the Romans, and was built near an underground hot springs?
Bath
This area is known for its sandy beaches and windswept stone cliffs, and is located at the southwestern tip of England.
Land's End
Why did many people from Poland, Hungary, and Romania move to England in the early 1900s?
Their countries were experiencing war.
What is the Chunnel, and what does it connect?
It's an underwater tunnel, connecting England and France.
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What English legendary hero once lived in Sherwood Forest, near the city of Nottingham?
Robin Hood
Which landmark in southeastern England has popular English folk song written about it?
The White Cliffs of Dover
What name did the Celtic people give modern-day London, and what did it mean?
Llyndun, which meant "high-lying fort"
What is a rampart, and where might you find one in England?
A wall towers spaced along it for defense. You can find one in the Warwick Castle.
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Which English city is known for its underground dungeons?
York
Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Sark are all part of what geographical feature?
Why do many countries have strict rules about importing cattle, or beef, from England?
There have been several outbreaks of disease that made many cattle and people sick. Mad cow disease and hoof and mouth disease.
Why did many people move from the countryside to cities during the Industrial Revolution? (There are two parts to this answer)
Machines replaced many workers on farms, plus there were new jobs in factories in the cities.