The United Kingdom

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The United Kingdom

• Salle Nurmeta
• Inglise keel
• Klass VI
• Kooliaste II
• Koolitaja Peeter Linnamäe

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The United Kingdom has made up of four countries

• England
• Capital city London
• National symbol rose
• Patron saint Saint George
• Scotland
• Capital city Edinburgh
• National symbol thistle
• Patron saint Saint Andrew

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The United Kingdom has made up of four countries

• Wales
• Capital city Cardiff
• National symbol daffodil
• Patron saint Saint David
• Northern Ireland
• Capital city Belfast
• National symbol shamrock
• Patron saint Saint Patrick

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Queen Elisabeth II

• Queen Elisabeth is the head of the country
• Was crowned in 1953
• This year Britain celebrated The Queens Golden
  Jubilee 50 years of The Queens reign

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The national flag of the UK

• The national flag is called the Union Jack
• It is a combination of the cross of St.George,
  the cross of St.Andrew and the cross of St.
  Patrick

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Sights in Britain

• Big Ben
• One of the Londons best known landmarks
• Named after Sir Benjamin Hall
• The minute hand is 14 feet long and the figures
  are two feet high

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Sights in Britain

• The Tower of London
• There are many old fortresses in Britain. The
  Tower of London is one of them.
• More than 900 years old

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Sights in Britain

• The Tower Bridge
• Completed in 1894, after 8 years construction
• In 1952 a London bus was in the middle of the
  bridge when the bridge started to rise, the bus
  had to leap from one side to the other.

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Sights in Britain

• Buckingham Palace
• Built in 1703
• The Queen lives there
• When The Queen is at home, the Royal Standard
  (flag) flies

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Sights in Britain

• Stonehenge
• About 5000 years old
• Nobody knows exactly who built it

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Sights in Britain

• Hadrians Wall
• Built from AD 122 by Romans
• It was originally about 73 kilometres long and 5
  metres high