2.  Topic: The British Isles  Content Objective: How does geography (the climate and landforms) influence the lifestyle of the British Isles?  TLWBAT

4.  Northwest Europe  Two large islands  Great Britain  Ireland Great Britain Ireland

5.  Great Britain  England  Scotland  Wales  United Kingdom  England  Scotland  Wales  Northern Ireland

6.  Capital  London  Government  Constitutional Monarchy  Leaders  Head of State Queen Elizabeth II  Prime Minister David Cameron  Population  59,778,002  GDP per capita  $24,700  Unemployment  5%  17% live in poverty

7.  Southeast  Grassy Plains  West and North  Low, wooded hills  Northern coast  Granite highlands

8.  Entirely 50° north yet warm  North Atlantic Drift

9.  Atlantic Ocean  North Sea  Thames  English Channel/Strait of Dover  Separates from continental Europe  North Channel/Irish Sea/St. Georges Channel  Between Ireland/G. Britain

13.  Part of European Union  Capital  London  Money  Pound  Emblem  Rose  Language  English

14.  Finance/banking  IT  Trade

15. Big Ben Westminster Abbey

17.  Authors  J.K. Rowling  The Beatles

18.  Fish and chips  Tea and biscuits

19.  the national anthem of the United Kingdom

22.  Capital  Edinburgh  Language  Scottish English  Emblem  Thistle

25.  1933  Loch Ness Monster  Scottish Highlands  Gordon Ramsay

27.  Haggis  Sticky ginger date pudding

29.  Capital  Cardiff  Language  Welsh English  Emblem  Leek and daffodil

32.  Christian Bale  Catherine Zeta Jones  Anthony Hopkins

35.  Capital  Belfast  Language  English  Emblem  Shamrock

39.  Capital  Dublin  Government  Parliamentary Democracy  Leaders  Enda KENNY  Population  4,777,000  GDP per capita  $40,700  Unemployment  14.7%  5.5% live in poverty

44.  Potatoes  Irish Soda Bread

45.  Sinead O’Conner  U2

48.  Belfast, Northern Ireland  Tensions between IRA groups and Ulster Boys  Catholics vs. Protestants  London, England  Some radical Muslims entrenched here  5 year jail sentence if found with automatic weapon