General Information about the UK

Country Studies

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

Geographical position

British Isles = Great Britain + Ireland

Atlantic Ocean

North Sea

Irish Sea

Celtic Sea

English Channel

Strait of Dover

Isle of Wight

Isle of Man

the Hebrides

The Orkney Islands

Nature

• Temperate zone

3 natural regions

• Highlands in Scotland

• Ravines,valleys, meadows, moorland in Wales and mount. England

• Plain landscape, fertile soils in SE England

Relief

1) Highlands – Ben Nevis (1343)

2) Pennines

3) Cumbrians – Snowdon (1085)

4) Lowland

Climate

Humid and mild marine climate

Moisture

Wettest seasons

Inland Waters

• The Severn
• The Thames
• The Tyne
• The Mersey
• The Clyde
• The English Lake District

Lake District

Vegetation

• Coniferous and mixed forests
• Pine, oak, birch
• Oak, beech, ash, elm

Mineral Resources

• Coal
• Iron ores
• Tin mines
• Copper mines
• Lead mines
• Silver ore

God and my right

England

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Scotland

In my defens God me defend

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Wales forever

Wales

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Northern Ireland

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Political System

GB is _____________

The head of the state is ________

The power of the monarch is _______

Queen is

The head of the executive body

Integral part of the legislature

The head of the judicial body

The commander-in-chief

The head of the Established Church of England

The head of the British Commonwealth of Nations

Government

Judicial  branch

Executive branch

Legislative branch

Supreme Court of Judicature:

• The High Court of Justice
• The Court of Appeal

PARLIAMENT

The House of Lords

The House of Commons

The Prime-Minister

Cabinet of Ministers

Commonwealth