Famous People 1
Author of Illiad and Odyssey
Homer
founder of modern nursing profession
Florence Nightingale
Largest Country
Russia
longest river in the British Isles
Shannon
city Rome fought in the Punic Wars
Carthage
freed slave who wrote many fables
Aesop
Prime Minister who worked to return Great Britain to Protestant work ethic
Margaret Thatcher
Highest Spot in Europe
Mt. Elbrus
England's principal river
Thames
country that is not part of the United Kingdom
Ireland
first emperor of the Roman Empire
Augustus Caesar
Victoria
Only Continent with no large desert
Europe
Rhine River
largest country on the island of Great Britain
England
Queen Elizabeth's fleet defeated
Spanish Armada
"Emerald Isle"
Ireland
World's largest lake
Caspian Sea
empire England belonged to for 400 yrs in ancient times
Rome
started the Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther
first Englishman to sail around the world
Sir Francis Drake
world's largest landmass
Eurasia
Channel running between England & France
English Channel
British colonists' most important gift to the New World
Biblical heritage