THE

Full name The United Kingdom of

Great Britain and Northern
Ireland

Capital London
Major languages English, Welsh, Scottish
Gaelic, Irish, Gaelic
Type of Constitutional monarchy
Government
Queen Elizabeth II

Prime Minister Gordon Brown

Establishment 1801
Area 242,514 km2 (93,638 sq
miles)
Population 59,8 million ( National
Statistic, 2004)
Currency Pound sterling (£) (GBP)
The UK :
 Developed country

 Commonwealth Realm

 A member of the European Union

and NATO
The UK is also one of the major nuclear weapon
states
 Write T for true and F for false. Correct the false
statements
1. ……. The other names of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are
Great Britain and the UK.
2. ……. Britain is a member of EU and NATO.
3. ……. The UK is situated north-east of the European continent.
4. ……. The UK is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean.
5. ……. It has border with Ireland.
6. ……. The UK is a developing country.
7. ……. It is a nuclear weapon country.
8. ……. Great Britain comprises England, Wales, and Scotland.
9. ……. The United Kingdom comprises Great Britain and Ireland.
10. ……. The Channel Tunnel links the UK with France.
The British national anthem
 Mountains of the United Kingdom

• The mountain, Ben Nevis is the highest point in

the UK at 1,344metres.
Mt. Snowdon(1,085metres)
WALES
Mt. Scafell Pike (977metres)
ENGLAND
Slieve Donard, Mourne Moutains( 852metres)
NORTHERN IRELAND
The longest river in the UK is
the River Severn (220miles,
354km).
River Thames( 215miles, 365km)
England
RIVER TAY (117miles, 122 km)
Scotland
River Bann ( 76miles,122km)
Northern Ireland
River Towy (64miles,103
km)
Wales
The largest lake in the UK is Lough Neagh,
Northern Ireland at 151 square miles.
Loch Lomond (27,46 square miles)
Scotland
Windermere (5.69
sq mi)
-England-
Lake Vyrnwy (3.18 sq
mi)
Wales
Loch Morar is the deepest lake in the UK
with a maximum depth of 309 metres
Loch Ness (228 metres deep) is best
known for alleged sightings of the Loch
Ness Monster
Wastwater (79 metres)
-England-
 British Industry

30%
service in-
dustries

70%
• Heavy industries :

• High-technology manufacturing industries :

 Made in Britain
 Large companies: few successful
-> Invest a lot of money in research and
development

 Small manufacturing companies: successful

-> Use first-class materials, have excellent
quality control

Elite Cars - Morgan

Waterproof jacket – J.Barbour & Sons
THE UNION JACK
 ENGLAND
(ST GEORGE’S CROSS)
 SCOTLAND
(ST ANDREW’S CROSS)
SCOTLAND AND THE FLAG OF
ST. ANDREW

+ =
 NORTH IRELAND
(ST PATRICK’S CROSS)
NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE
FLAG OF ST PATRICK

+ =
The Flag of Wales
The national flag of the United Kingdom is commonly known as the Union Jack and
also as the Union Flag. It has been British
used as the (1)........... ...... flag since 1603,
united
when Scotland and England were (2)..................... . The original design England
combined
diagona
the red cross of (3)....................., Scotlan
St George's Cross, with the white (4)....................
l
cross on a blue background of (5)....................,Irelan
St Andrew's Cross. The red d diagonal
Wales
cross of (6)....................., St Patrick's cross,d was added in 1801, when Ireland
dragon on the Union
became part of the United Kingdom. (7)............... is not represented
Jack because it is a principality of England. The red (8)..................... of
Cadwallader, which is now often used as the national publicflag of Wales, dates from the
1950s. royal
The Union Jack is most often celebrations
seen flying from (9).................. buildings or at sports
events. Children may wave small Union Jacks when a member of
the (10)..................... family visits people
their town. During national (11)
………………………...strings of small flags are loyalty
hung across the street as bunting.
The Union Jack is less important to British (12)..................... than the Stars
and Stripes is to Americans. Many people feel a stronger (13).... ................. to
the national flags of England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. The flag of
the European Union, a circleScotland
People of gold stars united
on a blue background,
Wales is sometimes also
seen in Britain, e.g. on car number plates.
diagonal
Celebrations Loyalty England (from
public
Oxford Guide to British and
Ireland
American Culture)
 Britain and The
Commonwealth
 19th century: Britain traded all over
the world and had a large empire
oversea.

 The Commonwealth is a voluntary

association of 53 independent
countries, almost all of which were
formerly under British rule.
 Britain and The Commonwealth

 The members of the Commonwealth have

many different styles of government.

 Some of the countries recognize the

Queen as their head of state.

Queen Elizabeth II - Queen of United

Kingdom (21th April 1926)
ENGLAND
• Official language: English London
• Capital : London
• Largest cities : Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool,
Manchester, Sheffield
• Area : 130,395 km2
• Highest point : Scaffell Pike 978m (3210ft)
• Longest river : Thames (346km)
• Largest Lake : Windermere (14.7sq km)
• Population : 50,1 million
• Currency : Pound sterling (£) (GBP)
• National flower : the Tudor rose (red, white)
• Patron saint : St George
GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION OF ENGLAND

• England is the southern part of

Great Britain and the largest country
in the UK.

• It is only 35 km from France, the

Channel Tunnel under the English
Channel links England and France.

• It occupies most of the southern

two-thirds of the island of Great
Britain and shares land borders with
Scotland to the north, and Wales to
the west.

• England is named after the Angles

England became one country William the Conqueror Queen Elizabeth II is a
in 937, when it was ruled by took over England in descendant of William.
King Athelstan 1066
 • England is mostly low hills and plains, forming meadowlands and pastures.

• Uplands include the Pennine Chain, known as the 'backbone of England', which splits northern
England into westen and eastem sectors.
• The highest point is Scafell Pike (977 metres) in the north west.

• The north east includes the rugged landscape of the Yorkshire

moors, while the south west has the upland moors of
Dartmoor and Exmoor.

Yorkshire moors Dartmoor Exmoor

 CITIES OF INTEREST TO TOURISTS

Birmingham – the UK's second

London - the capital city of largest city is located in the Bristol - largest city in South
England and the United Industrial heartland and many England (after London), vibrant
Kingdom, a vast metropolitan attractions for the traveller, music scene, lovely historic
area, and a global capital of considered Britain's "second city" buildings and an attractive
finance, fashion and culture. it is a cultural, sporting, waterfront.
entertainment, shopping and
media hub
 Manchester - Considered
Liverpool- famed nautical city
Brighton - Victorian seaside England's second city by many,
and home of the Beatles.
resort turned into one of the a cultural, sporting,
(European capital of culture
major nightlife entres of Europe entertainment, shopping and
2008)
media hub
Newcastle upon Tyne - a York - ancient capital of
Nottingham - home of Robin
thriving northern city with world- Yorkshire, with Roman, Viking
Hood and Nottingham Castle
famous nightlife and Mediaeval remains
Bath - historical city, stunning
Chester - historical city with The ancient university cities of
Georgian architecture and
Roman ruins Oxford and Cambridge
Roman thermal baths
 THERE ARE MANY WELL KNOWN ENGLISH PEOPLE

Sir Isaac Newton Charles Dickens Sir Tim Berners-Lee

(1642 – 1726) (1812 – 1870) ( 8/6/1955)
The scientist. The famous 19th century Inventor of the World
author Wide Web
 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564 -1616)
was an english playwright, actor and poet also
known as the “bard of avon” and often called
england’s national poet.

Romeo & Juliet Twelfth Night

1594-1595 1601-1602
 The Beatles (music Sir Winston Churchill Queen Victoria
band), who came from the (1874 -1965) (1819 – 1901)
city of Liverpool led the country in World was the Queen for most
War Two of the 19th century
 REVISION
• Write T for true and F for false. Correct the false statements

1. England has border with Scotland and Wales. T

2. England is named after the Germanic F

3. England covers two-thirds of Great Britain F

4. England is a mountainous country T

5. The Pennine Chain is known as the backbone of England

T

6. Scafell Pike is the highest point of Britain. T

WALES
Official languages English, Welsh

Capital &largest city Cardiff

Area 20,779 km²

Population 3,099,000 (
2015 census)

Currency Pound Sterling (£)

(GBP)

National flower Leek, Daffodil

Patron saint St. David

King Edward I (1282)

King Edward II
(1301)
The largest island
wales's diverse landscape is Snowdon Mountains
mountainous

Cambrian Mountains
 The main
population and
industrial areas

South Wales
The seven wonders of Wales

Snowdon The Gresford bells The Llangollen

Brigde
 Pistyll Rhaeadr The Winefride’s Well

The Wrexham steeple The Overton yew trees

National game of Wales is
Rugby
Wale is know for its great actor

Richard Sir Catherine

Burton Anthony Zeta Jones
Hopkins
Famous traveler and explorer

Sir George Everest

Wales is in the east of England

Wales is a mountainous country

Showdon is the highest mountain in Wales

Brecon Beacons are in the south of Wales

The population of Wales
concentrates
in the South
Industrial Wales
areas and major cities of Wales
are in the north and central of Wales
 What are the
n a m e o f s e ve n
w o n de rs o f
Wales?
SCOTLAND
Languages English, Scottish Gaelic

Capital Edinburgh

Largest city Glasgow

Area 78,782 km²

Population 5.1 million

Currency Pound sterling (£) (GDP)

National flower Thistle

Patron saint St. Andrew

James I The Act of Union
The Highlands

The Central Belt

The Southern Uplands

 THE HIGHLANDS
The Great Glen

The Grampian
Mountains
Ben Nevis, the highest peak
at 1,344 metres
 THE CENTRAL BELT

The East
The West Coast
Coast
THE SOUTHERN UPLANDS
• Range of hills and
mountains almost 125
miles (200km) long.
• Stretch from Stranraer
in the Irish Sea to East
Lothian and the North Sea.
 ISLANDS

St. Kilda, the most remote of

Scottish islands, over 150 miles
(240km) from the mainland.
Aberdeen Dundee Edinburgh

Glasgow Inverness Stirling

Loch Ness with Nessie Monster
Clan Kilt Medieval
castle
Poetry of Robert Burns Songs of Robert
Burns
Walter David Hume Robert Louis Arthur
The actor Sean Connery
Conan Doyle
Scott Stevenson
 Write T for true and F for false. Correct the false
statements.
Scotland has been part of the UK since 1603.
Scotland is in the north of Britain.
Scotland has border with England and Wales.
Scotland can be divided into 3 areas: the
Highlands,the Central Belt and the Southern Uplands.
The highest mountains of the British Isle are in the
Highlands.
 Write T for true and F for false. Correct the false
statements.

The city of Glasgow is in the Central Belt.

The Southern Uplands is range of hills
and moutains.
The four main groups of islands are Shetland,
Orkney, the Hebrides and St.Kilda.
Scotland is famous for its kilt.
NORTHERN
IRELAND
Main languages English, Irish Gaelic

Capital and largest city Belfast

Area 13,843 km²

Population 1,810,863 (2011 census)

Establishment Partition of Ireland (1920)

Currency Pound Sterling (GBP; £)

National flower Shamrock

Patron saint St. Patrick

Northern Ireland on the island of
Ireland

Location of Northern Ireland (dark green) in the United

Kingdom (green)
 Covers 14,139 km²
(1/6 area of the
island)

Has a population
Created by the Government of Ireland Act of 1.8 million
1920
Also known as:
Ulster, after an ancient Or the Six Counties
kingdom of Ireland
Capital city: Belfast / Béal Feirste
Population: 333,871

Beflast city hall Belfast Harbour

 County Antrim County Down County Armagh

County Tyrone County Tyrone County Londonderry

Sea to the North and East

Donegal to the West

Cavan and Monaghan to the South

Typical
landscape:
low hills
 The
Mournes

Mournes

Slieve Donard
The
Sperrins
Mournes

The Antrim Plateau

Lough Neagh
Carlingford Lough
Strangford Lough
Lough Erne
The
Fermanagh
Giant’s
Glens of Causeway
Lakeland
Antrim
 Dromore, County Down
Mount Steward
Carrick-a-Rede
Derrymore Rope
House
Bridge
Complete these sentences with information from the text
1. Northern
NorthernIreland
Irelandisisreferred
referredto
toas
asUlster
______or
orthe
___Six
___ Counties
________
2. The capital city of Northern Ireland is _______
Belfast
Complete these sentences with information from the text
1. Northern Ireland is referred to as Ulster or the Six Counties
2. The capital city of Northern Ireland is Belfast
3. Six counties of Northern Ireland are ______, ____, ______, ______, _________, and ___________
Complete these sentences with information from the text
1. Northern Ireland is referred to as Ulster or the Six Counties
2. The capital city of Northern Ireland is Belfast
3. Six counties of Northern Ireland are Antrim, Down, Armagh, Tyrone, Fermanagh, and
Londonderry
4. Northern Ireland is surrounded by ___ __ ___ _____ ___ ___, __ ___ __________ ________ __ _______ __
___ ____ ___ _____ ___ ________ __ ___ _____
Complete these sentences with information from the text
1. Northern Ireland is referred to as Ulster or the Six Counties
2. The capital city of Northern Ireland is Belfast
3. Six counties of Northern Ireland are Antrim, Down, Armagh, Tyrone, Fermanagh, and
Londonderry
4. Northern Ireland is surrounded by sea to the north and east, by the Republican counties of
Donegal to the west and Cavan and Monaghan to the South
5. Three mountainous areas of Northern Ireland are ___ _______, ___ ________, ___ ______ _______
Complete these sentences with information from the text
1. Northern Ireland is referred to as Ulster or the Six Counties
2. The capital city of Northern Ireland is Belfast
3. Six counties of Northern Ireland are Antrim, Down, Armagh, Tyrone, Fermanagh, and
Londonderry
4. Northern Ireland is surrounded by sea to the north and east, by the Republican counties of
Donegal to the west and Cavan and Monaghan to the South
5. Three mountainous areas of Northern Ireland are the Mournes, the Sperrins, and the Antrim
Plateau
6. The largest lake in Northern Ireland is _____ _____
Complete these sentences with information from the text
1. Northern Ireland is referred to as Ulster or the Six Counties
2. The capital city of Northern Ireland is Belfast
3. Six counties of Northern Ireland are Antrim, Down, Armagh, Tyrone, Fermanagh, and
Londonderry
4. Northern Ireland is surrounded by sea to the north and east, by the Republican counties of
Donegal to the west and Cavan and Monaghan to the South
5. Three mountainous areas of Northern Ireland are the Mournes, the Sperrins, and the Antrim
Plateau
6. The largest lake in Northern Ireland is Lough Neagh
7. The highest peak in Northern Ireland is ______ ______
Complete these sentences with information from the text
1. Northern Ireland is referred to as Ulster or the Six Counties
2. The capital city of Northern Ireland is Belfast
3. Six counties of Northern Ireland are Antrim, Down, Armagh, Tyrone, Fermanagh, and
Londonderry
4. Northern Ireland is surrounded by sea to the north and east, by the Republican counties of
Donegal to the west and Cavan and Monaghan to the South
5. Three mountainous areas of Northern Ireland are the Mournes, the Sperrins, and the Antrim
Plateau
6. The largest lake in Northern Ireland is Lough Neagh
7. The highest peak in Northern Ireland is Slieve Donard
 Where can tourists...? Place to visit

1. See the largest Roman amphitheater Chester

Stratford-upon-Avon
2. See a Shakespeare play Edinburgh
3. Visit a castle Oxford
Cambridge
4. Visit famous museums and colleges York
5. Go boating on a river London
Windermere
6. Walk around city walls

7. Experience nightlife

8. Visit Wordworth’s home

 e UK England Scotland Wales Northern
Revi Ireland
w
Area (km²) 242,514 km² 130,395 km² 78,782 km² 20,779 km² 13,843 km²

Capital London London Edinburgh Cardiff Belfast

city

Population 66,77 50,1 5,1 3 1,8

(millions)
Highest Ben Nevis Scaffell Pike Ben Nevis Snowdon Slieve
987m
Mountain
Longest Severn Thames Tay/Tummel Usk Donard
(354km) (346km) (188km) (136km) (852m)
River
Largest Lough Neagh Windermere Loch Lomond Bala (4,4km²) Lough Neagh
(381.7km²) (14.7km²) (71.1km²) (381.7km²)
Lake