Transcript What is Great Britain

THE UNITED KINGDOM
Prof. Grazia Spampinato
Great Britain and the United
Kingdom
 Great Britain is the official name given to
the two kingdoms of England and
Scotland, and the principality of Wales.
It is an island in the western coast of
Europe, comprising the main territory of
the United Kingdom.
Great Britain is made up of:
England - The capital is London.
Scotland - The capital is Edinburgh .
Wales - The capital is Cardiff.
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 The United Kingdom (UK) includes
Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
 Great Britain is a combination of England, Scotland,
and Wales.
 Great Britain has an area of 229,850 km² and is the
largest island of the British Isles.
England
Wales
Scotland
The Political System
 The United Kingdom is a union of four constituent countries:
England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
 It is governed by a parliamentary system with its seat of government
in London, the capital, and is a constitutional monarchy with
Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state.
Elizabeth II Head of State,
of the Commonwealth and
Supreme Governor of the Church of England
The UK is a country in north-western Europe. It is
bordered to the south by the English Channel; to the
east by the North Sea; to the west by the Irish Sea and
the Atlantic Ocean.
Countries in the UK:
Full Name:
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (also
known as Ulster)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland
Official flag: The
Union Flag
Type of Government
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Currency:
Capital City:
Highest mountain:
Longest river:
Largest lake:
Weather:
Nationality:
Major languages:
Main Religion:
Major ethnic groups:
Constitutional monarchy
British Pound
London
Ben Nevis in Scotland, at 1,343m (4,406 ft)
River Severn, 354 km (220 miles) long. It rises in Wales
and flows to the Bristol Channel.
Lough Neagh 396sq.km (153 sq miles) Northern
Ireland
Temperate, often rainy, subject to frequent changes
People
Noun--Briton(s). Adjective--British.
English, Welsh, Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic.
Christianity. There are large Hindu, Jewish, Muslim
communities, and also smaller communities of
Buddhists as well as followers of new religious
movements.
British, Irish, West Indian, South Asian.
THE UNION JACK
A flag containing three other flags
The Union Flag, popularly known as the Union Jack, is the national flag of the United
Kingdom. It is the British flag.
It is made up of the Flags of three of the Kingdom's countries - the countries of
'England, of 'Scotland' and of 'Northern Ireland'. Wales was not a Kingdom but a
Principality and it was not included on the flag.
St Patrick
Northern Ireland
St. George
England
St. Andrew
Scotland
The Royal Family
The House of Windsor
Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Elizabeth
The Queen's sons and daughter
Charles
Queen Elizabeth II married
Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
son of Prince Andrew of Greece
Anne
Prince of Wales
married Lady Diana
Spencer
(divorced 1996)
married Camilla Parker
Bowles
Princess Royal
Andrew
Duke of York
married Sarah
Ferguson
(divorced 1996)
The Queen's Grandchildren – Charles’s children
Prince William of Wales
(wife: Kate Middleton)
Prince Harry of Wales
Edward
Earl of Wessex
The Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of 54
independent sovereign states, most of which are former British
colonies. no one government in the commonwealth, British or
otherwise, exercises power over the others, as in a political union.
Rather, the relationship is one of an international organization through
which countries with different social, political, and economic
backgrounds are regarded as equal in status, and co-operate within a
framework of common values and goals. the symbol of this free
association is Queen Elizabeth II, known for this purpose as Head of the
Commonwealth.
the Commonwealth (shown in blue)
The Commonwealth
General
Secretary-
 The Commonwealth Secretary-General is the head of
the Commonwealth Secretariat, the central body which
has served the Commonwealth of Nations since its
establishment in 1965, and responsible for representing
the Commonwealth publicly. The Commonwealth
Secretary-General should not be confused with the Head
of the Commonwealth, who is Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II.
 Kamalesh Sharma, from India, is the present
Commonwealth Secretary-General.
Biblio/Sitografia
 Clifton Katherine Costa Jo-Ann Gelli Chiaretta -
ESCAPES, New Edition English-speaking Countries
Across Press E-world Screen – Edisco
 http://projectbritain.com/
 http://en.wikipedia.org