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Title: Scotland


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Scotland
  • Wykonawcy
  • Dorota Tomasik, Karolina Ciesla, Agnieszka
    Ciesla,
  • Urszula Kalisz, Weronika Wojtas

2
General Information
  • Capital Edinburgh
  • Official language English, Scots, Scots Gaelic
  • Government Devolved Government within a
    Constitutional monarchy
  • - Monarch Elizabeth II 
  • - First Minister Alex Salmond MSP 
  • - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David
    Cameron, MP
  • Population 5,222,100
  • Currency Pound sterling GBP

3
National Anthem
  • O Flower of Scotland, When will we seeYour like
    again, That fought and died for, Your wee bit
    Hill and Glen,And stood against him, Proud
    Edward's Army, And sent him homeward,Tae think
    again.The Hills are bare now, And Autumn
    leaves lie thick and still, O'er land that is
    lost now,Which those so dearly held, That stood
    against him,Proud Edward's Army, And sent him
    homeward,Tae think again.Those days are past
    now, And in the pastthey must remain, But we can
    still rise now,And be the nation again, That
    stood against him,Proud Edward's Army, And sent
    him homeward,Tae think again.

4
Flag and symbol of Scotland
  • The Thistle

5
Ancient Places
  • The Broch of Gurness in Orkney
  • Monument marking the site of the Roman fort of
    Trimontium

6
Map of the Scotland
7
Saint Patron
  • St. Andrew
  • November 30th

8
Education
  • University of St Andrews

9
Short History of Scotland
  • On Thursday, December 18, 1997, Scottish
    Secretary Donald Dewar launched one of the most
    far-reaching changes to the British constitution
    by presenting a Bill to implement Scotland's
    first parliament in 300 years. The exuberant
    Secretary stated that the Bill was a more radical
    piece of legislation than dreamed of only one
    year before. The Scottish Parliament is expected
    to be fully operational by the year 2000, and the
    Bill itself should receive the Royal Assent
    during the second half of 1998 in time for
    elections to be held in the first half of the
    following year. Sovereignty would continue to
    rest ultimately with Westminster the Queen would
    remain head of state for the whole United KIngdom
    and the Government in London would remain
    responsible for key "reserved" matters, including
    foreign policy, defense and national security.
    Thus, a powerful body of Scottish representatives
    would get together in a Parliament of their own
    for the first time since the Union with England
    and the abolition of the Scottish Parliament in
    1707.

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Addinional Information
  • Scotland is reputed of its whisky, known outside
    Scotland as Scotch Whisky
  • Scotland has some 790 islands, 130 of which are
    inhabited.
  • Shortbread is Scotlands most famous biscuit.
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