Transcript The United Kingdom of Great Britain And Northern Ireland

The United Kingdom of
Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
Made by
Skorobogatov Vadim
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Geographical Position
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The UK is situated on
the British Isles – a
large group of islands
lying off the northwestern coast of
Europe and separated
from the continent by
the English Channel
and the North Sea in
the east.
The Union Jack

The flag of the
United Kingdom,
known as the
Union Jack.
The royal family
 Queen
Elizabeth II
Life of royal family.
W. Churchil
The first woman the prime minister.
Thatcher Margaret
London
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London is the capital
of Great Britain.
London is a very old
city.
Sights of London
 The House of
Parliament

King Edward the
Confessor build a
palace beside the
River Thames in the
11th century.
Westminster Abbey
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A church has stood here since Saxon times, when it was known as
West Monastery (Westminster), because of position to the west of
London`s centre.
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Buckingham Palace
The Albert Hall

The most important building in London,
though not the most beautiful, is
Buckingham Palace, which is the official
residence of the Queen.
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This is place of interest here is the
Albert Hall, a huge concert hall which
gives festivals of popular classical
music concerts every summer.
Trafalgar
Square.
This famous square is so named in honour of Britain`s great victory
over the combined French and Spanish fleets at cape Trafalgar of the
coast of Spain in 1805 during the Napoleonic war.
Trafalgar Square
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This is beautiful square in
London.
The national hero of this battle was
Lord Horatio Nelson, admiral of the
British fleet.
Of the four countries which make
up the UK, England is the largest.
The great stone of Stonehenge is the best known and
most remarkable of prehistoric remains in Britain.
The Lake District is a National Park.
The Lake District is a National Park, which means that
special care is taken to make sure that the beauty of the
countryside is not spoiled.
Cambridge
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Cambridge is one
of the best-known
towns in the world,
and the principal
reason for its fame
is its University.
Liverpool is first of all associated with
the Beatles

The Beatles
Performance of group “Beatles"
Scotland is the most northern of the
countries that constitute the UK.
Wales

It is an area of
high mountains,
deep valleys,
waterfalls and
lakes.
Northern Irelands

Almost all the area of
Northern Ireland is a
plain of volcanic
origin, deepening in
the centre to form the
largest lake of the
British Isles, Lough
Neagh.
What is Union Jack?
 1.
Street
 2. A flag of the Great Britain
 3. Lake
What is the British
queen`s name?
 1.
Diana
 2. Victoria
 3. Elizabeth
What river is the House
of Parliament on?
 1.
Thames
 2. Rhein
 3. Dnepr
Where is Trafalgar
Square?
 1.
Edinburgh
 2. London
 3. Birmingham
What is Nelson`s rank?
 1.
The captain
 2. Admiral
 3. The general
What is Cambridge?
 1.
The automobile
 2. A surname of the scientist
 3. University
Is the Northern Ireland a
part of Great Britain?
 1.
Yes
 2. No
What is Stonehenge?
 1.
City
 2. Lake
 3. Sight of the Great Britain