England

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__HISTORY!!!__ __[|histo]____[|rical timeline]__

__historical enemies__ France- the very best of enemies. England and France had been enemies for 60 years Tanzania-England moved in on them Germany Switzerland Sudan __[|MODERN DAY NEWS]__

__GEOGRAPHY__

__capital and major cities__ Capital-London Major cities-Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Liverpool, Manchester,Bristol, Coventry, Leicester, and Nottingham

__ECONOMY__

__Unit of currency and exchange rate__ British pound (GBP) exchange rate from american dollar (USD) to British pound 1.0 USD = 0.6232 GBP __Major Industries__ -Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry -Technical Industries( for example aerospace) -Arms Industry -Manufacturing software Industry __Major trading partners__ -U.S. -Germany -France -Ireland

__CULTURE__

__[|Music/entertainment/sports]__ birthplace of punk rock!

__Slang terms__ ace- brilliant ackers-money anchors-brakes ankle-biters- children any cop- of value, of any worth argue the toss-to argue or dispute loudly arrows- the game darts badger- to bother incessantly bags-same as saying dibs balmy-insane,crazy bam-a foolish person bare- a lot of, significant barking- insane, mad bathers- swim suit belt up!- means be quiet or shut up bird- a girl or can be said "my bird" as in my girlfriend bizzies-police blag- to lie blinding-excellent bodge-make things look good but not to last, like a quick and dirty cheeky-means you are flippant, a know it all. cheers- a way to say goodbye chuffed-pleased about something daft- stupid diddle- to rip someone off dishy- attractive or good looking duff- useless faff- to dither or procrastinate fancy- whe you fancy something you desire it fit-good looking or attractive, for example a fit bird is a good looking girl flog- to flog something is to sell it gobsmacked-amazed gutted- if someone is really upset by something haggle-barter and negotiate her majesty's pleasure- put in prison honking- being sick or throwing up hunky-dory-excellent jolly- very good kip- a short sleep or nap knock off-steal something lurgy-means your are ill or u have the flu mate- friend mug- gullible naff- un cool nancy boy-if someone is being pathetic you call them a nancy boy nark-bad mood nick-to nick is to steal nosh- food nowt-nothing owt-something parky-cold pass- means I don't know posh- high class pukka- super or smashing quid- another word for a pound (as in their currency) read- if someone ask what you read at university, they mean what was your major at school. right- very ring- call as in give me a ring row- argument rubbish- trash rugger- short for rugby sacked- fired sad-not cool (same as naff) skew-whiff- crooked skive- evade something slag-to bad mouth someone smashing-terrific snap- same as saying "me too!" splash out- spend too much money stonking- huge strop-sulking suss- if you heard someone say they had you sussed they would mean they had you figured out swotting- means study hard ta- short for thanks taking the biscuit- it means it out-does everything else and cannot be bettered tickety-boo- if something is going well with no problems waffle- to talk on and on and on about nothing wanker- a jerk whinge-whine wind up- making fun of someone wonky- if something is shaky or unstable

__Population__ 51,482,105

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Works Cited BBC. “British Broadcast Company News.” //BBC News-UK//. BBC, 25 Jan. 2011. Web. 25 Jan. 2011. . “British History In-depth.” //BBC//. BBC, 25 Jan. 2011. Web. 25 Jan. 2011. . Interactive historical timeline “England.” //Wikipedia//. Wikipedia, 2009. Web. 25 Jan. 2011. . Economy, History, and Government information came from this site. “Europe.” //CIA factbook//. CIA, 2010. Web. 25 Jan. 2011. . Map/‌location pictures and other pictures used from this site.