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are machinery and [ equipment, metals, and food processing*.                                                                                       industries                                             imports                                                exports                                                taxable items                                          transportation                                         mining                                                 construction                                           medical                                                   *Beside Oxford and Cambridge, there are # other [* in the U.K.                                                                                                  40                                                     20                                                     30                                                     50                                                     universities                                           hospitals                                              churches                                               ports                                                     The United Kingdom *claims to have a # 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  *England is mostly #, rising to the [ of southern Scotland*.                                                                                                    rolling lands                                          lakes                                                  flatland                                               valleys                                                Uplands                                                Uprisers                                               Peaks                                                  Alps                                                    
  There are *lowlands in the # of Scotland* and *granite highlands on the [*.                                                                                     center                                                 west                                                   south                                                  east                                                   north coast                                            south coast                                            west coast                                             east coast                                              
  The *western British Isles have a # climate than northern Europe, due to the Gulf Stream, and [ rainfall*.                                                      milder                                                 colder                                                 much warmer                                            more Mediterranean                                     ample                                                  little                                                 no                                                     continuous                                                *#, the United Kingdom's currency, is divided into 100 [*.                                                                                                      Pound Sterling                                         Crown English                                          Pound Gold                                             Pound English                                          pence                                                  cent                                                   scone                                                  pern                                                      *People in Scotland typically speak #, [ or both*.                                                                                                              Galic                                                  Welsh                                                  German                                                 French                                                 English                                                Welsh                                                  Danish                                                 Swedish                                                 
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  *#*, occupies the *[ 37% of the main British island*.                                                                                                           Scotland                                               Denmark                                                Ireland                                                England                                                northern                                               southern                                               eastern                                                western                                                   *# products* are the *most important industry in 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Tournament                                        Wine Taste                                             Fishing Festival                                          *# Abbey* was *established on the Scottish island of [ in 563 A.D.*                                                                                             St. Columba's                                          St. Mary's                                             St. Peter's                                            Mt. Rushmore                                           Iona                                                   Colonsay                                               Staffa                                                 Rum                                                     
  The *area of the United Kingdom* is *# square miles*.                                                                                                           94,399                                                 65,236                                                 74,980                                                 85,973                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The *# in the United Kingdom* is the *[*.                                                                                                                       monetary unit                                          favorite food                                          largest mall                                           red wine                                               pound sterling                                         lira                                                   rubel                                                  krone                                                     The *major languages spoken* in the United Kingdom are *English, Gaelic and #*.                                                                                 Welsh                                                  Swedish                                                Swiss                                                  French                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The most *prevalent religions in the United Kingdom are *# and Roman Catholicism*.                                                                              Anglicanism                                            Hinduism                                               Muslim                                                 Buddhism                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
  The *# in the United Kingdom* are *London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol, Belfast, [*.                       major cities                                           mountain ranges                                        major rivers                                           major lakes                                            Cardiff and Aberdeen                                   Paris and Leon                                         Ben Nevis and Avon                                     Oxford and Bond                                         
  The *United Kingdom is bordered* by the *# to the northwest and west and the [ to the east*.                                                                    Atlantic Ocean                                         Indian Ocean                                           Pacific Ocean                                          Mediterranean Sea                                      North Sea                                              Red Sea                                                Arctic Sea                                             Dead Sea                                                
  The *United Kingdom is separated from # by the [*.                                                                                                              France                                                 Germany                                                Northern Ireland                                       Switzerland                                            English Channel                                        Mediterranean Sea                                      Atlantic Ocean                                         Hudson Channel                                          
  The *# in the United Kingdom is [ at 4,406 feet*.                                                                                                               highest point                                          highest lake                                           lowest point                                           highest city                                           Ben Nevis                                              Dallas                                                 Fuji                                                   Canterbury                                              
  *#* is located in *[ England*.                                                                                                                                  Canterbury                                             Edinburgh                                              Liverpool                                              Glasgow                                                southeast                                              northeast                                              southwest                                              northwest                                               
  *# is an ancient city* with over *[* years of history.                                                                                                          Canterbury                                             Cardiff                                                Aberdeen                                               Manchester                                             2,000                                                  1,000                                                  500                                                    3,000                                                     *Major exports from the United Kingdom include manufactured goods, machinery and #*.                                                                            chemicals                                              livestock                                              agriculture                                            wine                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  *Oxford and #, the most celebrated universities* in the United Kingdom, each date to the *[ century*.                                                           Cambridge                                              Avon                                                   White Cliffs                                           St. Andrews                                            13th                                                   11th                                                   18th                                                   17th                                                    
  The *United Kingdom consists of England, Wales, # and [ Ireland*.                                                                                               Scotland                                               France                                                 Denmark                                                Sweden                                                 Northern                                               Southern                                               Eastern                                                Western                                                 
  *#* in the United Kingdom are *[, crude oil, natural gas, tin, limestone*.                                                                                      Natural resources                                      Exports                                                Imports                                                Resources not available                                coal                                                   wood                                                   rubber                                                 gold                                                    
  The *climate is unpredictable and # can be expected [*.                                                                                                         rain                                                   snow                                                   sleet                                                  fog                                                    anytime of the year                                    only in the summer                                     only in the winter                                     throughout fall                                         
  *Snow can lie for considerable periods in #*.                                                                                                                   Scottish areas                                         English lake areas                                     Welsh lowlands                                         Southern England                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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  The *channel port of # with [*, has elegant seaside resorts, fine parks and gardens.                                                                            Dover                                                  Cardiff                                                Aberdeen                                               Leeds                                                  white cliffs                                           heavy forests                                          expansive beaches                                      large sand dunes                                          *# is the former home of [*.                                                                                                                                    Chartwell                                              Bristol                                                Birmingham                                             Sheffield                                              Sir Winston Churchill                                  Queen Elizabeth I                                      Prince Charles                                         Margaret Thatcher                                         *#, in York*, is a fine medieval city with the *[, Jorvik Viking Centre and the National Railway Museum*                                                        Yorkshire                                              Bristol                                                Manchester                                             Chartwell                                              Castle Museum                                          Banqueting House                                       Castle Royal                                           Air Museum                                              	  *Castle # is an 18th century [ in York*.                                                                                                                        Howard                                                 Mark                                                   Charles                                                Phillip                                                mansion                                                church                                                 bank                                                   mall                                                      The United Kingdom *exports # billion in manufactured goods, machinery, fuels, chemicals, semifinished goods and [*.                                            $151                                                   $131                                                   $43                                                    $105                                                   transport equipment                                    silver                                                 steel                                                  iron                                                      *# billion of manufactured goods, [, semifinished goods, foodstuffs, and consumer goods are imported annually* by the United Kingdom.                           $189.2                                                 $156.2                                                 $4.6                                                   $178.9                                                 machinery                                              silver                                                 tin                                                    iron                                                      The *# is approximately [*.                                                                                                                                     labor force                                            population                                             retired population                                     military                                               28.2 million                                           47.5 million                                           20.3 million                                           82.8 million                                            	  In the *last half of* the *# Britain built* an *enormous [ in Africa, Asia, Australia, and South America*.                                                      19th century                                           10th century                                           20th century                                           17th century                                           empire that included colonies                          multinational corporation that included offices        joint stock company that included stock-holders        commonwealth that included independent states           	  The *British built* their *global empire (1850-1900) to obtain # for* their *industries, and because of [*.                                                     raw materials                                          unskilled labor                                        financial support                                      technological expertise                                competition with other nations for colonies            humanitarian concerns for the downtrodden              the need to import unskilled labor into Britain        a British goal to conquer the entire world              	  *Britain has* a *constitutional monarchy with* a long *tradition of #*; today the *monarch is [*.                                                               strong parliamentary involvement                       weak parliamentary control                             monarchs who virtually run the country                 military control over the government                   largely a figurehead                                   very powerful                                          scheduled to end in the year 2000                      officially out of a job                                 	  *Before WWI Britain joined* an *alliance with # which later included Russia*, and became *known as* *[*.                                                        France                                                 Germany                                                the United States                                      Ireland                                                the Triple Entente                                     the Triple Alliance                                    NATO                                                   the Holy Alliance                                       	  In *WWI Britain declared war on # after its invasion of [*; although *not fought on British soil*, the *war was* very *costly to Britain*.(1914-1918)           Germany                                                Italy                                                  Russia                                                 Prussia                                                Belgium                                                Holland                                                Denmark                                                France                                                  	  *Britain's* extensive industrial base was *dependent both on # from* her *colonies and on* the *[*.(1850-1950)                                                  raw materials                                          unskilled labor                                        investment capital                                     manufactured goods                                     markets they provided for British products             markets Europe provided for British products           manufactured goods they imported from the colonies     raw materials imported from Europe                      	  *#* in Britain *led to [* during the 1920's; these *problems intensified during* the *depression*.                                                              Inequities of class and wealth                         Competition with slave labor                           Freeing the serfs                                      Industrial collapse                                    labor unrest and strikes                               demands that the king abdicate                         violent revolution                                     an increased role for the military in the government    	  Even *before WWII, Britain began to have problems maintaining control of* her *empire*; *there were #*, and *[ was freed*.(1920-1939)                           protests in India                                      protests in Indonesia                                  uprisings in Indo-China                                demonstrations in Iceland                              part of Ireland                                        all of Ireland                                         Northern Ireland                                       part of India                                           	  Although *Britain tried to avoid conflict with Germany by negotiating with #*, she was *drawn into WWII when Germany attacked [*.(1939)                         Hitler                                                 Stalin                                                 Mussolini                                              Lenin                                                  Poland                                                 France                                                 Belgium                                                Austria                                                 	  *# during WWII caused extensive destruction in British cities*; this, and the *[ the war weakened Britain*.(1939-1940)                                          Nazi bombing raids                                     The German invasion                                    Russian bombing raids                                  Nazi naval bombardments                                enormous cost of                                       huge loss of civilian life in                          collapse of the government during                      invasion of the island in                               	  *#, [ of Britain during WWII, led Britain to victory*, but *was voted out of office at* the *war's end*. (1940-1945)                                            Winston Churchill                                      Neville Chamberlain                                    Franklin Roosevelt                                     John Major                                             Prime Minister                                         President                                              King                                                   Chancellor                                              	  *Britain's two main political parties are* the *# committed to social welfare*, and the *Conservative Party, committed to [*.                                   Labour party                                           Democratic party                                       Socialist party                                        Christian Democratic party                             free enterprise                                        state ownership                                        a strong monarchy                                      increasing state spending                               	  *After WWII Britain* was *#* its *colonial empire*, and *began to [* almost *all of* her *colonies*.(1948-1966)                                                 unable to remain in control of                         determined to win the good will of                     determined to remain in control of                     uninterested in remaining in control of                grant independence to                                  sell off                                               station troops in                                      incorporate into Britain                                	  *Giving up* her *colonial empire forced England to move away from* her once *# towards closer economic ties with [*.(1960-1980)                                 global economy                                         strong industrial base                                 enviable military might                                democratic government                                  Europe                                                 the United States                                      Ireland                                                Russia                                                  	  *Britain applied to join #* but was *vetoed by [* in 1963; they *finally joined* the *European Community in 1973*.                                              the Common Market                                      the Commonwealth                                       the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics                the Iron and Steel Community                           France                                                 Germany                                                Spain                                                  Holland                                                   *After WWII* a number of *social welfare measures were introduced to Britain* including a *# and [*.(1945-1960)                                                 national health care plan                              cradle to grave welfare plan                           guarantee of jobs for all                              national housing plan                                  free secondary education                               free university education                              free adult education                                   free private schools                                      One of the most *troubling political problems for modern Britain* has been the dilemma of *what to do with # controlled [*.(1945-1992)                          British                                                communist                                              Catholic                                               Scottish                                               Northern Ireland                                       Southern Ireland                                       Northern England                                       Northern Scotland                                         *Britain's # ended* its *political domination in 1979 when [, Conservative party leader, became prime minister*.                                                Labour party                                           Socialist party                                        Liberal party                                          Democratic party                                       Margaret Thatcher                                      Margaret Truman                                        Queen Elizabeth                                        Lady Diane                                                Because *many have immigrated to Britain from* her *#*, *[ have become* a social *problem in Britain*.                                                          former Asian and African colonies                      European allies                                        former South American colonies                         trading partners in Australia and New Zealand          race relations                                         labor shortages                                        shortages of teachers and doctors                      tropical diseases                                       
  The *United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland includes*, as implied, *#, England and [*.                                                            Ireland, Scotland                                      Canada, Australia                                      Australia, New Zealand                                 the Republic of Ireland, Ulster                        Wales                                                  Ulster                                                 the Isle of Wight                                      Brittany                                                
  *England is* an *island nation separated from* the *continent of Europe by* the waters of the *#, the [ and the English Channel*.                               North Sea                                              South sea                                              Black Sea                                              Caspian Sea                                            Strait of Dover                                        Strait of Juan de Fuca                                 Strait of Gibralter                                    Georgia Strait                                          
  The *# reach from [* in central England *northward to* the *Scottish border*.                                                                                   Pennine mountains                                      Alpine mountains                                       Apennine mountains                                     Pyrenees mountains                                     Birmingham                                             Bristol                                                Montgomery                                             Liverpool                                               
  *One of* the most *beautiful and popular areas in England is* the *#*, located *in* the *[ part of* the *country*.                                              Lake District                                          Financial District                                     Historical District                                    Mountain District                                      northwestern                                           northeastern                                           southwestern                                           southeastern                                            
  *#, in* the *central western region of England, is* a *mountainous area historically rich in [* which *attracted industry to* the *area*.                       Wales                                                  Ulster                                                 Lincolnshire                                           West Anglia                                            coal deposits                                          steel deposits                                         oil reserves                                           natural gas fields                                      
  *Britain has* a *#*; *[ are common*.                                                                                                                            mild, though rather rainy climate                      tropical, though rather rainy climate                  cold, though rather dry climate                        mild, dry climate                                      foggy conditions and overcast skies                    heavy snowfalls and freezing conditions                long droughts in the summer                            hurricanes and extensive flooding                       
  *With* the *exception of* a *few areas in the # where old trees are preserved*, *almost all of Britain's forests have been [*.                                  Royal Forests                                          Royal Mews                                             Royal Castles                                          Royal Farms                                            logged                                                 replanted                                              destroyed by slash and burn agriculture                preserved                                               	  *Because of # and* the *[, Britain's economy has had to endure* many *changes and adjustments over* the *20th century*.                                         wars                                                   many recessions                                        rebellions                                             invasion                                               loss of her empire                                     cost of maintaining her empire                         many colonial trade agreements                         acquisition of a new empire                               *With* the *exception of #*, the *British Isles have few natural resources*; *this and* its *[ made Britain* an *important trading nation*.                     coal                                                   iron                                                   steel                                                  petroleum reserves                                     island location                                        large population                                       untrained labor force                                  computer industry                                       
  The *discovery of oil reserves in* the *# enabled Britain to be largely self-sufficient in [*.                                                                  North Sea                                              Baltic Sea                                             Straits of Dover                                       English Channel                                        energy supplies                                        industrial production                                  food production                                        petro-chemical supplies                                   *Like # in Asia, Britain's economy* is *dependent on* the *production of [ for domestic use, and for export.                                                    Japan                                                  Korea                                                  Thailand                                               China                                                  manufactured goods                                     textiles                                               food products                                          records and films                                         *British business and industry* is *#* in its organization and structure; in fact *Britain is* the *largest single foreign investor in [*.                      international                                          purely domestic                                        limited to Europe                                      on a small scale                                       the U.S                                                France                                                 Germany                                                Japan                                                     Among the *most important products of Britain are #, plastics and electronic products, such as [*.                                                              textiles                                               fertilizers                                            glassware                                              leather products                                       radios, televisions and autos                          computers, light bulbs and cameras                     radios, navigation instruments and appliances          televisions, robotics and computers                    