BRITISH CULTURE REVIEW

SECOND GRADES
SAN FRANCISCO COLL SCHOOL

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UK
AND GB
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT
BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

ENGLAND
WALES
SCOTLAND
NORTHERN IRELAND

MAP UK

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UK
AND GB
GREAT BRITAIN
ENGLAND
WALES
SCOTLAND

UNION JACK

FLAGS

COUNTRIES AND CAPITALS

LONDON
CARDIFF
EDINBURGH
BELFAST

PATRONS OF EACH COUNTRY

ENGLAND
WALES
SCOTLAND
NORTHERN IRELAND

THE RELIGION IN
THESE COUNTRIES
IS CHRISTIANITY
ANGLICAN AND
CATHOLIC MOSTLY.

SAINT
SAINT
SAINT
SAINT

GEORGE
DAVID
ANDREW
PATRICK

FACTS ABOUT LONDON

London, the capital of
England and the United
Kingdom, is a 21stcentury city with
history stretching back
to Roman times. At its
centre stand the
imposing Houses of
Parliament, the iconic
Big Ben clock tower
and Westminster Abbey,
site of British monarch
coronations. Across the
Thames River, the
London Eye observation
wheel provides
panoramic views of the
South Bank cultural
complex, and the entire
city.

LONDON THE MOST

IMPORTANT CITY.
FOUNDED BY ROMANS 50 AD.
POPULATION ABOUT 8 MILLION
PEOPLE.
THAMES RIVER.
CLIMATE.
POLITICAL, CULTURAL,
ECONOMICAL CAPITAL.
ROYAL FAMILY.

IMPORTANT PLACES AND

SIGHTS
LONDON EYE
BUCKINHAM PALACE
LONDON BRIDGE
TOWER OF LONDON
HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
BIG BEN CLOCK TOWER AND
WESTMINSTER ABBEY

SCOTLAND
The U.K.s northernmost country.
It is a land of mountain wildernesses
such as the Cairngorms and Northwest
Highlands.
Interspersed with glacial glens
(valleys) and lochs (lakes).
Its major cities are Edinburgh, the
capital, with its iconic hilltop castle,
and Glasgow, famed for its vibrant
cultural scene.
Scotland is also famous for golf, the
game first played at the Old Course at
St Andrews in the 1400s.

FACTS
Capital: Edinburgh
National animal: Unicorn
Currency: Pound sterling
Population: 5.295million (2011)
Official language: English

WALES
Wales is a country in southwest Great
Britain known for its rugged coastline,
mountainous national parks, distinctive
Welsh language and Celtic culture.
Cardiff, the capital, is a refined
coastal city with a nightlife scene and
a medieval castle with ornate Gothic
Revival interiors.
In the northwest, Snowdonia National
Park has lakes, glacial landforms,
hiking trails and a railway up to the
peak of Snowdon.

FACTS
Capital: Cardiff
Population:
3.063million (2011)
National anthem:
Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau
Currency: Pound sterling
Official languages:
Welsh, English

ENGLAND
England, birthplace of Shakespeare and The
Beatles.
It is a country in the British Isles
bordering Scotland and Wales.
The capital, London.
It is on the River Thames.
It is home of Parliament, Big Ben and the
11th-century Tower of London.
It's also a multicultural, modern hub for
the arts and business.
Other large cities are Manchester,
Birmingham, Liverpool, Bristol and the
university centres of Oxford and Cambridge.

FACTS

Capital: London
Dialing code: +44
Population: 53.01million (2011)
Currency: Pound sterling
Colleges and Universities:
University of Oxford, Open
University, University of
Cambridge.

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is part of the United
Kingdom.
The country is known for its Norman castles,
glacial valleys and mountains, Celtic and
Christian monuments, and coastal links golf
courses.
Capital city Belfast is home to the
political murals of the 20th-century
Troubles conflict, and the Titanic
Quarter, showcasing the redeveloped
dockyards where the famous ship was built
and a contemporary museum, Titanic Belfast.

FACTS
Capital: Belfast
Dialing code: +44
Population:
1.811million (2011)
Currency: Pound sterling
Official languages: English,
Irish

CONFLICT IN NORTHERN
IRELAND
The conflict was
primarily political
and nationalistic,
fuelled by
historical events.
It also had an
ethnic or sectarian
dimension,
although it was not
a religious
conflict.

A key issue was the

constitutional status of Northern Ireland.
Unionists/loyalists, who are mostly
Protestants and consider themselves
British, generally want Northern
Ireland to remain within the United
Kingdom.
Irish nationalists/republicans, who are
mostly Catholics and consider
themselves Irish, generally want it to
leave the United Kingdom and join a
united Ireland.
The conflict began amid a campaign to end
discrimination against the
Catholic/nationalist minority by the
Protestant/unionist government and
police force in 1968.[
The campaign was met with violence,
eventually leading to the deployment
of British troops and subsequent
warfare.

IRA
The Provisional Irish Republican Army
was an Irish republican paramilitary
organisation that sought to remove
Northern Ireland from the United
Kingdom and to bring about an
independent republic encompassing all
of Ireland. Founded: December 1969,
United Kingdom
Extinction: 2005
Area of operations: Republic of Ireland
Opponents: British Army, Royal Ulster
Constabulary

1916
The Easter Rising,

also
known as the Easter Rebellion,
was an armed insurrection in
Ireland during Easter Week,
April 1916.
CIVIL WAR.
BEGINNING OF THE CONFLICT IN
THE MODERN AGES.

BRITISH INFLUENCE
The United Kingdom
has given birth to a
range of major
international sports
including:
association football,
rugby (union and
league), cricket,
netball, darts, golf,
tennis, table tennis,
badminton, squash,
bowls, rounders,
modern rowing,
hockey, boxing,
snooker, billiards,
and curling.

SINCE CELTIC
ROOTS TO BRIT
POP.
PUNK
HEAVY METAL
POP
ELECTRO/TECHNO
HIP HOP

LITERATURE

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
CHARLES DICKENS
JANE AUSTIN
J.K. ROWLING
GEOFREY CHAUCER

SCIENTISTS

CHARLES DARWIN
STEPHEN HAWKING
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
ALEXANDER FLEMING
ISAAC NEWTON