Around the UK General outlook and history. Who are the British? The United Kingdom Great Britain The British Isles The people The symbols of the UK The. - презентация

1 Around the UK General outlook and history

2 Who are the British? The United Kingdom Great Britain The British Isles The people The symbols of the UK The earliest men

3 The UK The United Kingdom (the UK) of great Britain and northern Ireland consists of 4 parts: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Several Islands off the British Coast are also part of the UK.

4 Great Britain This is the island which is made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Island. Great= big size

5 The British Isles This is a geographical Name that refers to all the islands off the north west coast of the European continent: the GB, the whole of Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

6 The British Isles

7 The people Scotland – 5 million Wales – 2.8 million Northern Ireland – 1.5 million England – 46 million (!)

8 The flag The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland uses as its national flag the royal banner known as the Union Flag or, popularly, Union Jack

9 The symbols of the UK Country Patron Saint National Flower(s) National Animal(s) EnglandSt. GeorgeRoseLion Northern Ireland St. PatrickShamrock- ScotlandSt. AndrewThistleUnicorn WalesSt. DavidLeek Daffodil Red Dragon

10 Tudor Rose Shamrock Daffodil Leek Thistle

11 The coat of arms EnglandNorthern Ireland ScotlandWales

12 The earliest men The Iberians – 3000 years B.C. Stonehenge – the best known stone circle, left by the earliest people.

13 Stonehenge