The United Kingdom General information

Map  England  Scotland  Wales  Northrn Ireland

Basic info

Ethnic groups  White British- 86%  White (other)- 5.3%  Indian- 1.8%  Pakistani- 1.6%  British Mixed- 1.2%  White Irish- 1.2%  Black Caribbean- 1.0%  Black African- 0.8%  Black (others)- 0.2%  Asian- 1.7%

Symbols  Union Jack (Union Flag)  Coat of arms Bigger Render Evolution of Union Jack

AAnthem: God Save the Queen MMotto: Dieu et mon droit (French) "God and my right" NNational animal: Lion, Bulldog NNational tree: oak

Text- God save the Queen God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen, God save the Queen! Send her victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us; God save the Queen! O Lord our God arise, Scatter her enemies And make them fall; Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks, On Thee our hopes we fix, God save us all! Thy choicest gifts in store On her be pleased to pour; Long may she reign; May she defend our laws, And ever give us cause To sing with heart and voice, God save the Queen! Not in this land alone, But be God's mercies known, From shore to shore! Lord make the nations see, That men should brothers be, And form one family, The wide world over. From every latent foe, From the assassins blow, God save the Queen! O'er her thine arm extend, For Britain's sake defend, Our mother, prince, and friend, God save the Queen! Lord grant that Marshal Wade May by thy mighty aid Victory bring. May he sedition hush, And like a torrent rush, Rebellious Scots to crush. God save the King!

Geography  UK occupies British Isles  Surrounding Seas and Oceans: The North Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, Irish Sea and the Celtic Sea  UK and France are separated by the English Channel (La Manche)  Channel Tunnel - the longest underwater tunnel in the world  Cumbrian Mountains, Grampian Mountains (Ben Nevis), Scottish Highlands

 Rivers: Thames, Severn, Humber, Tay  Scottish Islands: the Hebrides, the Orkney Islands and the Shetland Islands, Isle of Skye  Lakes: Lough Nagh, Loch Lomond, Loch Ness, Windermere Ben Nevis (1 343 m) The highest hill in UK

London TThe capital of England IImportant business centre 2 Olympic Games FFamous buildings: Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, Westminster Abbey…

Belfast TThe capital of Northrn Ireland (1921) HHistory - the centre for the Irish linen industry WWas the location of the biggest riots in NI

Edingburg h TThe capital of Scotland  Royal Mile, Edinburgh Castle, National Gallery SSir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes)

Cardiff TThe capital of Wales (1955) CCardiff Castle, Welsh National War Memorial PPort city

Glasgow TThe largest city in Scotland and the third largest in UK TThe city has a long-standing reputation for its live music scene LLie on Clyde river

Other Cities CCambridge, Oxford: college cities SStratford: birthplace of William Shakespeare LLiverpool: Beatles MManchester, Birmingham: industrial centre

History  The islands were invaded by the Romans in 55 BC  contact with the rest of Europe  Decline of Roman Empire  invaded by the Saxons, the Vikings, and Normans  Wales was conquered in 1282  In the 1500s  expand into many parts of the world  Unification England+Wales in 1536  1588  world's dominant sea power  Britain first got into the Far East and India and then to the Americas

History- part 2  Scotland was added to Britain in 1603 (King James I. of England)  In the early 1800s the UK defeated France in the Napoleonic Wars  Ireland became a part of the union in 1801  In the 1900s  UK became less dominant as a world power (lost control over colonies and was weakened by World War I.)  The leadership of Winston Churchill  UK opposed Germany in World War II and played a major role in defeating Hitler  1921  Irish rebelled  the southern part of Ireland created a separate country: the Irish Republic  The United Kingdom played an important role in developing democracy and advancing literature and science

Religions  Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%,  Muslim 2.7%  Hindu 1%  Other 1.6%  None 23.1% Canterbury Cathedral (Church of England)

Sports  Football (Manchester United, Liverpool FC, Chelsea FC)  Tennis (Wimbledon Championships)  Rugby (Millennium Stadium)  Cricket (Lords Cricket Ground)  Golf  Badminton, squash, rounders  Hockey, snooker and curling

Inside the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Nature 114 NP: Pennines, Peak District, Dartmoor TTemperate climate, with plentiful rainfall all year round Hedgehog Dormouse Puffin

Architecture Stonehenge, Wildshire Westminster Abbey, London

Nantclwyd House in Denbighshire, is the oldest- known town house in Wales and an example of Tudor architecture

UNESCO sites  28 UNESCO World Heritage Sites

St Kilda, Scotland Henderson Island, Pitcairn Islands, Pacific Ocean

Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, Wales Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast, Nothern Ireland Tower of London

Scot tish nature

Questions…? HHow many inhabitants live in UK? 62,041,000 WWhat parts does UK consist of? England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland WWhat are the capitals of these parts? London, Edingburgh, Cardiff, Belfast WWhat is the motto of UK? Dieu et mon droit (God and my right) NName some important buildings/structures in UK: Stonehenge, London Eye, Tower of London, 30 St Mary Axe

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