UNITED
KINGDOM
Mónica Martín Cartes
Paula Martínez Hernández
1. THE UK
The UK is a sovereign state.
The Entire name of UK is United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland.
The nations belonging to the UK are England, Northern
England, Scotland and Wales.
The UK is a city.
The name of the British Anthem is God Save the Queen.
The UK currency is the Pound (£1=€1.1113)
2. THE UNION JACK
•St. Andrew’s Cross (Scotland)
•St. George’s Cross (England)
•St. Patrick’s Cross (Ireland)
It isn’t official.
3. GEOGRAPHY OF THE UK
In the UK, there is Wales, England,
Scotland and Northern England.
Its principal rivers are the Severn,
Thames, Humber, Tees, Tyne, Tweed,
Avon, Exe and Mersey.
The main mountains ridges are Cumbrian
Mountains, the Pennines and limestone hills
of the Peak District, Exmoor and Dartmoor.
The capital of UK is London. The population
in UK is about 62,008,048 people. In London,
is about 7,556,900 people.
4. BRITISH FOOD
The main course is
Breakfast.
Fish and chips
Yorkshire
Pudding
British food is unhealthy
because all the food is
fried.
Roast
Beef
5. THE CLIMATE
In Britain, is usually
rainy and windy.
The average temperature
is between -11ºC and 35ºC.
6. DRIVING IN THE UK
They drive on the
left because in the
antiquity, when they
were fighting
ridding a horse,
in the right hand
they took the sword,
and with the left
hand they took the rains.
7. SPORTS IN THE UK
CRICKET
FOOTBALL
tennis
RUGBY
8. Entertainment
the 60s
the 70s
Queen
the 80s
Pet Shop Boys
the 90s
Spice Girls
the Noughties
ACTORS
Daniel Radcliffe
Charlie Chaplin
Sean Connery
DIRECTORS
Danny Boyle
FILMS
POETS
Thomas More
John Milton
William Shakespeare
DRAMATISTS
William Shakespeare
Mary Shelley
Cristopher Marlowe
NOVELISTS
Geoffrey Chaucer
Samuel Richardson
Jane Austen
West End Theatre is a
popular term
for mainstream professional
theatre staged
in the large theatres of
London's ‘
Theatreland', the West End.
9. POLITICS
• The Queen of the UK is Elizabeth
II.
• The Prime Minister is David
Cameron.
He belong to the Conservative
Party.
10. The UK is member of the
European Union.