 | Term | Definition |
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parlimentary democracy |
a legistlature headed by a prime minister |
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constituational monarchy |
government in which a king or queen is the offical head of state |
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peat |
wet ground with decaying plants that can be dried and used for food. |
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bog |
low, swampy land |
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british isles |
the United Kingdom and the Repiblic of Ireland |
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london |
the capital of the united Kingdom |
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england |
the largest of all four of the U.K. countires in size, population, and over all importance |
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The four parts of the United Kingdom |
England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland |
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Industrial Revolution |
occured in the United Kingdom changing the way goods are made |
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the religons that people usually have in the United Kingdon |
Protestant Christians but many immigrants practice Islam and other religions |
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Dublin |
the capital of Ireland |
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Emerald Isle |
Ireland's nickname |
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Ireland won independance from _____ in the year_____ |
Britian in the year 1922 |
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Fighting has broken out between two groups |
those teo groups are nationalists (usually catholic) and the loyalists (usually protestant) |
