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The United Kingdom

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mThe United Kingdom is made up of four regions.

________________ dominates the U.K., in population and economic strength.

_______________ and

_____________ are also important parts of the U.K.

The fourth region of the U.K. is that of North

___________________.

Land and

Landscapes

The United Kingdom is the size of the state of

________________ and is an island off the coast of mainland Europe.

In the highland areas, there are many

______________, treeless landscapes swept by strong winds.

Narrow bays called

________________ cut into the highland coasts.

Climate of

the U.K. Again, the

____________________ keeps the U.K. at a mild temperature throughout the year.

However, the sea also brings plenty of rain. Foggy and damp weather is quite common.

The Economy

Over 200 years ago, inventors and scientists in the U.K. sparked the

____________________.

This made the United Kingdom the world’s leading economic power in

the ___________.

To this day, the U.K. is still a major industrial and trading country.

Resources

The U.K.’s leading natural resource is oil that is pumped from under the

_____________.

The U.K. is the number one oil producer in all of Europe.

New computer and electronic industries are gradually becoming more important to the country’s economy.

The North Sea Lies to the East of the United

Kingdom

An example of an Oil Rig in the North Sea

Farming

The U.K. must import

__________ of its food supply.

This is due to the fact that they have so many people, and simply not enough farmland to provide enough.

Some of the main crops grown are

1. Wheat2. Barley3. Potatoes

Population

About _________ million people live in the U.K.

England’s capital,

__________________, ranks as the most heavily populated in Europe.

The British people speak English and most people are

_________________.

One of The World’s

Tallest Ferris Wheels

It was opened by the Prime Minister, Tony Blair on December 31, 1999

The London Eye stands 443 ft high on the South Bank of the River Thames in London.

Politics of

England ____________________- Voters elect representatives to a lawmaking body called Parliament. This is the U.K. version of our Congress.

The largest political party in Parliament chooses the government’s leader, the

_____________________

Kings and Queens

The U.K. is also a

__________________,

in which a king or queen represents the country at public events.

However, the elected officials actually hold the powers of government.

Scotland

Scotland is a nation in northwest Europe and a part of the United Kingdom.

The country occupies the

northern ________ of the island of Great Britain.

The capital, __________________, is one of Europe’s largest financial centers.

The kingdom of Scotland was an independent state until

_____________, when the Acts of Union resulted in a political

union with ___________________.

Wales

Wales is located in the

____________________ of the United Kingdom.

England legally annexed Wales under the Laws in

Wales Act in _________, during the reign of King Henry VIII.

Wales is located on a

____________________ in central-west Great Britain. The entire area of Wales is about 8,023 square miles, just about the size of

________________________.