british isles
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- constitutional monarchy
- a gov. that is headed by a king or queen, but the monarch's powers are limited by a constitution that guarantees the rights of the people.
- International Date Line
- line that marks the boundary between one day and the next.
- bicameral legislature
- 2 houses
- why did tony blair get kicked out of office?
- because he supported George Bush
- who is great britain's current prime minister?
- gorgon brown
- fjord
- a deep, narrow inlet of the sea
- what group came from western europe?
- normans
- who is the most important person in the British gov. besides the monarch?
- the prime minister
- nationalize
- to place an industry under the control or ownership of the government
- landlocked (country)
- a country that is entirely surrounded by land
- Magna Carta
- a document that limited the powers of the monarch. signed in 1215 by King John
- Margaret Thatcher
- Britain's first woman prime minister
- mixed economy
- an economy consisting of a mixture of both private enterprises and government run buisnesses
- Industrial Revolution
- In western europe, the gradual changeover from homemade goods to the production of goods by machine. Took place in 1880's
- what kind of government does great britain have?
- a constituational monarchy
- list the order in which people invaded the british isles.
- people who build stonehenge, celts, romans, anglo-saxons, normans
- can a fjord be found in a landlocked country?
- no, b/c it has to be near the sea
- welfare state
- a system in which the gov. takes responsibility of the well-being of all it's citizens
- what group came from northern europe?
- anglo-saxons
- what kind of gov. do both the US and Great Britain have?
- a bicameral legislature
- who is great britain's former prime minister?
- Tony Blair