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Exploring Britain

  
 
1.England
  
 
•National flag of England (Cross of St George)

•Capital London
•Government Constitutional monarchy
•Currency Pound Sterling (£)
•Time zone GMT / UTC, UTC+1 in summer
•Area 130,395 km²
•Population 49,138,831 (2001)
•Language English
•Religion Church of England: 31,500,000,
Roman Catholic: 5,000,000,
Muslim: 1,600,000, Methodist: 1,400,000,
Jewish: 267,000, Eastern Orthodox: 250,000,
Sikh: 336,000 Hindu: 559,000
•Country Calling Code+44
•Internet TLD.co.uk
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1.Scotland
  
 
•National flag of Scotland (the Saltire)

•Capital Edinburgh
•Government Constitutional monarchy
•Currency Pound Sterling (£)
•Time zone WET (UTC; UTC+1 in summer)
•Area 78,782 sq km
•Population 5,062,011 (2001)
•Language English, Scots Gaelic, Scots
•Religion Church of Scotland 42%,
Roman Catholic 16%, Other Christian 7%,
Islamic 0.8%
•Country Calling Code +44
•Internet TLD.co.uk
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  Wales  
 
•National flag of Wales

•Capital Cardiff
•Government Constitutional monarchy
•Currency Pound Sterling (£)
•Time zone WET (UTC; UTC+1 in
summer)
•Area 20,779 km²
•Population 2,903,085 (2001)
•Language English, Welsh
•Religion Christians 72%, Islam 4%, Hindus,
Buddhists, Jews, Sikhs
•Country Calling Code +44
•Internet TLD.co.uk
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1.Northern Ireland
  
 
•National flag of Northern Ireland

•Capital Belfast
•Government Constitutional monarchy
•Currency Pound Sterling (£)
•Time zone WET (UTC; UTC+1 in summer)
•Area 14,144  km²
•Population  1,685.267 (2001)
•Language English, Irish Gaelic
•Religion Catholic, Church of Ireland,
•Presbyterian, Free Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist,
• Brethren
•Country Calling Code +44
•Internet TLD.uk
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1.Republic of Ireland
  
 
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National Flag

Capital Dublin

•Government Parliamentary democracy
•Currency euro (EUR)
•Area 70,280 km²
Population 3,883,159 (July 2002 est.)
•Language English is the language
generally used; Irish (Gaelic) is spoken
mainly in areas located along the
western seaboard
•Religion Roman Catholic 91.6%, Church
of Ireland 2.5%, other 5.9%
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1.The British Isles
  
   
 
1.The United Kingdom
  
   
 
1.Great Britain (Britain)
  
   
 
1.The Union Jack
  
 
1.The emblems (flags) that appear on the Union Flag are the crosses of three patron saints :

•This is Scotland's Flag.
Scotland is represented by the flag of St. Andrew.
It is called the "St Andrews Flag".

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This is England's Flag.
England is represented by the flag of St. George.
It is called the "St Georges Flag".

 

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•This flag is the Patron Saint of Ireland.
On the Union Flag, Northern Ireland is represented by the flag of St. Patrick.

 

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•This is the Welsh Flag. It is represented by the Welsh Dragon. The Welsh dragon does not appear on the flag because when the first Union Flag was created in 1606, Wales was already united with England.

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1.Administrative Regions
  
 

  1. 1.Scotland

  2. 2.Northern Ireland

  3. 3.Wales

  4. 4.North West

  5. 5.North East

  6. 6.Yorskshire and Humberside

  7. 7.East Midlands

  8. 8.West Midlands

  9. 9.East Anglia

  10. 10.London

  11. 11.South West

  12. 12.South East

  
   
 
1.Counties of England
  
 
1.Bedfordshire
2.Berkshire
3.Buckinghamshire
4.Cambridgeshire
5.Cheshire
6.Cornwall
7.Cumberland
8.Derbyshire
9.Devon
10.Dorset
11.Durham
12.Essex
13.Gloucestershire
14.Hampshire
15.Herefordshire
16.Hertfordshire
17.Huntingdonshire
18.Kent
19.Lancashire
20.Leicestershire
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21.Lincolnshire
22.London
23.Middlesex
24.Norfolk
25.Northamptonshire
26.Northumberland
27.Nottinghamshire
28.Oxfordshire
29.Rutland
30.Shropshire
31.Somerset
32.Staffordshire
33.Suffolk
34.Surrey
35.Sussex
36.Warwichshire
37.Westmoorland
38.Wiltshire
39.Worcestershire
40.Yorkshire
 
   
 
1.Population Density
  
 
•The population density of a place is the average number of people living in a square kilometre.
•A rural area has a low population density.
•An urban area has a high population density.
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The UK’s 10 Largest Cities
1.London 6,97 million
2.Birmingham 1,01 million
3.Leeds 0,72 million
4.Glasgow 0,68 million
5.Sheffield 0,53 million
6.Bradford 0,48 million
7.Liverpool 0,47 million
8.Edinburgh 0,44 million
9.Manchester 0,43 million
10.Bristol 0,40 million
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1.Weather
  
 
Some places are colder than others :
•It is colder in the north because it is further from the equator.
•It is colder on high land (up a mountain temperature falls)
•In winter a warm ocean current called the North Atlantic Drift warms the west coast. So the east coast is colder in Winter.
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1.Rainfall
  
 
Higher areas are wetter
because :
1.High Ground forces the warm moist air to rise.
2.Water vapour cools and condenses, clouds form and it rains.
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Why is there more rainfall in the West?
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Many of the mountain ranges in the British Isles occur in the West.
The West is therefore more likely to experience relief rainfall.
The prevailing wind comes from the SW.
This wind blows over the Atlantic, bringing moisture-laden air.
The prevailing wind is the most common direction of wind.
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1.How can industrial activity be classified?
  
 
There are many different types of industry. We can classify industry into four main

categories:

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  Primary  
 
These industries extract raw materials directly from the earth or sea.
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  Secondary  
 
These industries process and
manufacture products from raw materials.
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  Tertiary  
 
1.These industries provide a service.
  
   
  Quaternary  
 
These industries incorporate a high degree of research and technology in their processes and employ highly qualified people. 
 
Biotechnology and computer programming are examples of quaternary industries.