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14.1 British Isles
14.1 British Isles cont.
14.2 France
14.2 France cont.
14.3 Benelux
100
How many independent countries make up the British Isles?
2
100
Which country suffered a potato famine in the mid-1800s?
Ireland
100
Most people who live in France speak
French
100
Workers in France have the _____ workweek of any workers in the industrial countries.
shortest
100
Association influenced by the political and economic union of the Benelux countries.
European Union
200
The United Kingdom is often referred to as just
Great Britain or Britain
200
The main language of Ireland and Great Britain is
English
200
About 90% of France's population is
Roman Catholic
200
The ________ are famous for their fashion design.
French
200
Common currency adopted by most of the EU countries in 2002.
euro
300
Northern England, Wales, and Scotland make up
highland Britain
300
The vast majority of people in Ireland are of what religion?
Roman Catholic
300
A ____ year-old government agency in France guards the French language from foreign influences.
366
300
France is the world's leading producer of ______ in both variety and export income.
wine
300
Country whose people have long worked to reclaim land from the sea.
Netherlands
400
The ancestors of the Scots, Welsh, and Irish were the
Celts
400
The capital of the United Kingdom is
London
400
Paris is the capital an primate city of
France
400
The French economy is both highly _______ and highly regulated.
taxed
400
People of the Netherlands
Dutch
500
How much of the world's land was ruled by the British Empire during the 1800s?
1/4 or 25%
500
The Industrial Revolution began in
Britain, Great Britain
500
Paris, France is one of ________'s largest and most important cities.
Europe
500
France has overseas _____________- which are departments of France.
territories
500
Dialect of Dutch spoken in northern Belgium.
Flemish