Geography enquiry – How well do you know your country?

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UK city growth has resulted from: Timeline of ’s growth as The UK Landscape is very varied, ranging from the an industrial city Grampian Mountains of Scotland to the lowland fens  The Industrial Revolution (late c. 950 Bristol grows into a busy th of England which are at or below sea level in places. 18 C) as people migrated from market town 1066 The population of Bristol is Scotland and Wales are the most mountainous parts of rural areas to work in factories. about 4,000 making it a large town the UK. A ridge of hills, the Pennines, runs down the  The growth of the railway by the standards of the time centre of northern England. Many coastal areas are low- network 1155 Bristol is granted a charter 1497 Cabot sails to lying, especially in the east and south of England. These  Specialisation of industry e.g. Newfoundland include the wetlands of the levels, which (Brass) 1522 The Merchant Adventurers regularly flood during heavy rain.  Since 1950: Decentralization of are formed Most of the UK is made up of gently rolling hills with retailing/entertainment owing 1698 Bristol officially joins the slave trade isolated areas of high ground such as Dartmoor in the to increased car ownership and south-west of England or the Mourne Mountains in 1750 The first bank in congestion opens Northern Ireland. 1786 Wills tobacco company Being a relatively small Island, the UK's rivers are not founded very long. The Severn, its longest river, is just 338 km in 1841 The railway reaches Bristol UK Capital Cities: length, beginning in Wales and entering the Atlantic 1844 The SS Great Britain is launched England (London); Ocean near Bristol in England. Other major rivers include the Thames, which flows through and 1864 The Clifton Suspension Scotland (); Bridge is built London, and the Trent and Mersey rivers, which drain Wales () & 1909 Bristol University is rainfall from large areas of central England. Northern Ireland () founded Distribution of farming 1910 Founding of Bristol Vocabulary: Physical factors will determine which Aeroplane Company 1957 New opens Land use - Function of the land – what it is used for. type of farming takes place in a at Lulsgate Topographical - Detailed description of the surface features of a region. particular area. Climate, relief and 1977 is built Human feature - A man-made landmark, building or anything that is built by humans soils are the dominant factors in Physical feature - naturally-created features of the Earth, e.g. rivers and mountains. determining which crops will grow Immigration - The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. and which animals are suited to the landscape. Human factors, such as proximity to markets, are important with some types of farming, such as market