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United Kingdom
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UK map
London
Edinburgh
Cardiff
Belfast
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Official name
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Great Britain?
United Kingdom?
British Islands? British Isles?
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Scotland Wales England
NorthernIreland
Great Britain
United KingdomSmallerislands
British Islands Ireland
British Isles
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Area:243,610 km, 80
th
Britain has 14 Overseas Territories
Administrative subdivisions:England
(Kingdom), Scotland (Kingdom), Wales(Principality), Northern Ireland (Province)
Population:~63 million, 22th
Religion: Predominantly Christian
GDP: $2.375 trillion USD (2012), 9th
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Government: constitutional monarchy
Head of State: Queen Elizabeth II
Head of Government: Prime Minister David
Cameron
Language: English (not official) National anthem: God Save the Queen
Currency: pound sterling ()
Internet top level domain: .uk
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Pronunciation of places
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UK population
distribution map
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UK symbol
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Flags
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Thistle
Red Rose
Daffodil
(Wales)
Shamrock
(Ireland)
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John Bull
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National animals
BulldogLion
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Royal coat of arms
Dieu et mon droit (God and my right)
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Britannia
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For more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbols_of_the
_United_Kingdom,_the_Channel_Islands_and
_the_Isle_of_Man
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UK tourist
attraction map
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Big Ben does not refer to the clock, but actually
the bell.
French was the official language for about 300
years
The first hot chocolate store opened in London.
There are over 300 languages spoken in England.
The English drink more tea than anyone else inthe world.
In the Medieval Times, animals can be put on
trial for crimes (and be sentenced to death!)
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Windsor Castle is the largest royal home in the
world.
The Queen has 30 god children. Its considered treason to place a stamp bearing
the King or Queens image upside-down.
J.K. Rowling is the first person to make a billiondollars from writing books.
London is home to 4 World Heritage SitesThe
Palace of Westminster, the Tower of London,Maritime Greenwich, and Kew Botanical
Gardens.
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25% of the people living in London today are
born in another country.
16% of UKs restaurants are located inLondon.
London is the first city in the world to have
an underground subway system.
If London were a country, it would be the
8th largest in Europe. London hosting the 2012 Olympics is the
first time a city has ever hosted the Olympics
three times.
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England has the highest rate of obesity
in Europe.
England brought the world soccer,
rugby and polo.
England is 74 times smaller than theUSA.
The English invented the worlds earliest
railways.
England is thought of as having the
worlds worst food.
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Mount Everest is the World's highest
mountain and was named in 1865 after a
Welshman, Sir George Everest, SurveyorGeneral of India.
Buckingham Palace has its own police station.
Chickens outnumber humans in England.
The London Eye is the tallest ferris wheel in
Europe. The London Bridge is rumoured to be
hauntedpeople have claimed to see a
woman in black roaming in the night.
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The London 2012 Olympics is the first time
that every country has at least 1 female
athlete. The London Olympic Stadium is the lightest
stadium in the world.
The gold medals used are actually 93%
silver and 1.3% gold.
80,000 umbrellas are expected to be lostannually in the London tube.
There are over 30,000 people with the
name John Smith in England.
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Watch some clips
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1. What countries in the UK?
2. What flag?
3. What sea, ocean, channel?
4. How many people?5. What flowers?
6. Name of some famous places
7. What is GB, England, The UK?
8. True or False.
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United States of America
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US map
Offi i l
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Official name
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Pronunciation of places
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S b i i f
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Area:9,826,675 km, 3rd
Population:~317 million, 3rd
Religion: Predominantly Christian
GDP: $ 15.94 trillion USD (2012), 2nd
Government: federal constitutional republic
Language: English (not official) National anthem: The Star Spangled Banner
Currency: US Dollar($)
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Motto: In God We Trust
Internet top level domain: .us
Continent: North America
For more: http://country-facts.findthebest.com/
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Time zone
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US symbol
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The U.S. Capitol
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The White House (front)
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The Supreme Court Building
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Flags
The Bald Eagle
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The Bald Eagle
Fi f J i
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Figures of Justice
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The Great Seal
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National Floral Emblem - The Rose
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Uncle Sam
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The Pledge of Allegiance
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of
the United States of America, and
to the Republic for which itstands, one Nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justicefor all.
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Today, 66 percentof all Americans are considered
to be overweight. The state of Alaska is 429 times larger than the
state of Rhode Island is. But Rhode Island has asignificantly larger population than Alaska does.
Approximately 48 percent of all Americans arecurrently either considered to be "low income" orare living in poverty.
Alaska has a longer coastline than all of the other49 U.S. states put together.
Some fun facts
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Montana has three timesas many cows as it
does people.
The average U.S. citizen drinks the equivalentof more than 600 sodaseach year.
The only place in the United States where
coffee is grown commercially is in Hawaii. The grizzly bear is the official state animal of
California. But no grizzly bears have been
seen there since 1922. today a majority of all Americans actually
support the legalization of marijuana.
Today approximately 25 million American
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Today, approximately 25 millionAmerican
adults are living with their parents.
One survey found that 25 percent of allemployees that have Internet access in the
United States visit pornography
websites while they are at work.
One out of every seven Americans has at least
10 credit cards.
The United States puts a higher percentage of
its population in prison than any other nation
on earth does.
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In 2010, only 39.2%of women in that the 20
to 34 year old age group were married.
The United States has the highest divorce
rateon the globe by a wide margin.
Rhodes Island is the smallest state of the
United States.
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Watch some clips
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1. What countries in the UK?
2. What flag?
3. What sea, ocean, channel?
4. How many people?5. What flowers?
6. Name of some famous places
7. What is GB, England, The UK?8. True or False.
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