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social studies 5th
Ireland
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| famine that devastated Ireland from 1845 to 1852 | Great Famine |
| war fought between Irish nationalists who wanted to establish a free Ireland and Irish loyalists who wanted to remain within the United Kingdom | Irish Was of Independence |
| treaty that declared Ireland was politically separate from the United Kingdom | Anglo-Irish Treaty |
| northern most province of ancient Ireland; another name for Northern Ireland | Ulster |
| civil war fought from 1968 to 1998 between Pretestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland | The Troubles |
| Ireland | Dublin |
| Northern Ireland | Belfast |
| England's main river | Thames River |
| body of water that seperates England from mainland Europe | English Channel |
| narrowest part of the English Channel | Strait of Dover |
| tunnel beneath the English Channel that links England and France; also known as the Chunnel | Channel Tunnel |
| first ruler of the united scots | Kenneth MacAplin |
| highest mountain in the British Isles | Ben Nevis |
| Catholic queen of Scotland who faced opposition from the Scottish Protestants | Mary, Queen of Scots |
| Protestant reformer; helped to establish the Scottish Presbyterian Church | John Knox |
| Longest river in the United Kingdom | Severn River |
| England | London |
| Scotland | Edinburgh |
| Wales | Cardiff |