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United Kingdom an Introduction

The document provides an educational overview of the United Kingdom, detailing its four countries: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, along with their capitals and major cities. It includes instructions for labeling a map, identifying national symbols, and matching national days with emblems. Additionally, it mentions the Union Flag and its representation of the countries within the UK.

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United Kingdom an Introduction

The document provides an educational overview of the United Kingdom, detailing its four countries: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, along with their capitals and major cities. It includes instructions for labeling a map, identifying national symbols, and matching national days with emblems. Additionally, it mentions the Union Flag and its representation of the countries within the UK.

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A.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and


Northern Ireland is made up of four countries:
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Write their names on the map.

B. Read the information about six of the


most important cities in the UK and
write their names on the right picture.

C. Now mark them on the map, writing


the correct number in the bubbles.

The capital city of Scotland, once


known as “the Athens of the
north”, and a World Heritage Site.
It has a famous castle, a zoo, two The capital city of Northern
universities and many museums Ireland, a major seaport
and art galleries. and a centre for industry
(shipbuilding, aircraft, linen,
tobacco), the arts, higher
education and business.

The capital city of Wales, an


The city is famous for its
important industrial city and port
University, the oldest in
and a major cultural centre.
Great Britain.
A. England, Scotland and Wales are part of Great
Britain, the largest island of the British Isles.
Northern Ireland is part of the second largest
island together with the Republic of Ireland,
which became independent in 1922. The island of
Ireland is also known as “the Emerald Isle”.
All the other smaller islands are not part of
the United Kingdom – the Isle of Man, between
Northern Ireland and England, the Orkney Islands
up North and the Channel Islands in the South,
near the north-western coast of France, just to
name a few.

1. Write the names of the Islands on the map.

B. The Union Flag, commonly known as the Union Jack, is the name of the flag of the UK. It
is made of several symbols: the red cross of St.
George for England; the white diagonal cross of St.
Andrew on blue ground for Scotland and the red
diagonal cross of St. Patrick, on white ground, for
Ireland (although now only Northern Ireland is part
of the United kingdom). The national flag of Wales
is not represented in the Union Flag, because the
Principality was already united with England when
the first version of the flag appeared.
1. Write the names of the countries under the
right flag and then mark them on the map by
writing the correct number in the bubbles.

2. Now draw arrows to the symbols of the C. National days and emblems – match the
three countries represented in the Union Flag. national emblems to the images.

St. Andrew St. George


1. England’s: St. George’s Day on April 23rd /
The Rose
2. Scotland’s: St. Andrew’s Day on Nov. 30th/
The Thistle
3. Northern St. Patrick’s Day on March 17th/
Ireland’s: The Shamrock

4. Wales’: St. David’s Day on March 1st /


The Daffodil / The Leek

St. Patrick

www.thistlegirldesigns.com and other sources


A. Look at the pictures and write down the name
of the places from the bubble. Then identify
which country of The UK the places belong to – E
for England; S for Scotland; W for Wales and NI
for Northern Ireland.

Snowdonia National Park

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