A SMALL QUIZ

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A SMALL QUIZ
Challenge yourselves

• Some exercrises about tem8

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An Introduction to the Geography of Great Britain
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The land
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The name of the country
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland(?????????????)

• The United Kingdom
• U.K.
• Great Britain
• Britain

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National flag of UK--- the Union Jack
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The Location
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London
Edinburgh
Cardiff
Belfast
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rivers
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the Thames River ????
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Pastoral scene in Lake District
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Dove Cottage was the home of William Wordsworth
(1770 - 1850), one of the earliest and perhaps
greatest, of the English Romantic poets.
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Tending sheep in Cumbria
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The People
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population distribution ???? Britain has a
population of about 58 millions and it is very
unevenly distributed. 90 of the population is
urban and only 10 is rural.
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America's populationNow we are 300,000,000Oct
12th 2006 HOUSTONFrom The Economist print
edition
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the People

• the English ????
• the Scottish ????
• the Welsh ????
• the Irish ????
• The ancestors of the English are
• Anglo-Saxons.

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The population of Britain is made up mainly of
the English (81.5), the Scottish (9.6), the
Welsh (1.9), the Irish (2.4), the Northern
Irish (1.8) and other peoples (2.8).
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The major languages spoken in Brain

• English
• Gaelic ???
• Welsh ????

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Major periods in the history of English

• Old English
• Middle English
• Modern English
• Many of the most basic terms in the English
  language originate from old English. For example,
  
• mann man cild child

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• The difference in character ????The Welsh are
  emotional and cheerful people. They are music
  lovers and are proud of their past.????????,????,
  ????,????????The Scots are said to be a serious,
  cautious and thrifty people, and they are also
  hospitable, generous and friendly.???????????????
  ???,????????????????The Irish are full of charm
  and vivacity.
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Principal Cities(????)

• London
• Edinburgh
• Cardiff
• Belfast

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Buckingham Palace
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Westminster Abbey(???)
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British Museum ?????
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• British Library's Reading Room

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London

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Madame Tussaud's London Wax Museum ?????
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China Town
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Edinburgh
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Cardiff
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albert clock
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Belfast
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• Thank you.