SCOTLAND

its history, land and people

PRESENTATION
Scotland

LAND
 Basic informations

Area:
 Land - 77,933 km2
 Water(%) – 3%
 Geography
 The mainland of Scotland
comprises the northern
third of the land mass of
the island of Great Britain
 Scotland's only land border
is with England
 The Atlantic Ocean borders
the west coast and the
North Sea is to the east.
 Scotland is made up of
almost 800 islands
 Scotland has more sheep
than people
Loch Ness
Ben Nevis
Glencoe
Skye
 History

THE BRIEF HISTORY OF SCOTLAND

 Origins of Scotland

 The written history of Scotland starts out with the

Romans
 They invaded Scotland in 80 AD
 After the fights between Picts and Roman armies, in
84 AD, the Roman emperior Hadrian was taken-
aback by the strength of Picts
 Soon, in 122 AD the emperior decided to put a
defensive wall dividing the Picts
The Hadrian’s Wall
 Invasion of Vikings

 800 AD, the Normans are the next threat to Scottish

 Their first main purpose was to steal jewellery and
precious, valuable treasures
 Around 1000 AD, they had settled down and ruled
much of northern part of Scotland.
Invasion of Vikings
 War with England

 Started out with the death of the scottish king,

Alexander III
 The king of England Edward I appointed John
Balliol to be the next king of Scotland
 However, Balliol knew that he wasn’t going to be in
charge of the country
 Soon in 1296, the rebellion of the king Balliol
encouraged the english army to start a war
 The national hero – William Wallace

 One of the most famous and important Scots to

resist the English was William Wallace
 His army beat the English, which was a great upset
for Edward I.
 Later, William Wallace and his army got defeated
at Falkirk 1298
 He was later executed, but to this day he is
considered to be a great hero.
The national hero – William Wallace
 The origins of religion

 Back with the Romans, new religion called

Christianity came along.
 Christianity spread across Scotland and by the end of
the 7th century all of Scotland was Christian.
 However, around 1500, Scotland was rocked by the
Reformation. Early in this century Protestant ideas
spread through Scotland and gradually took hold.
 The main influencers were John Knox and John
Calvin
 In 1560, the presbyterian church was born
 King of three nations

 In 1603 King James VI of Scotland inherited the

English crown, which made Scotland and England
much closer to each other. Also he became the king
of Ireland.
 In 1707 Scotland and England were united and
Scotland became more a part on Britain.
 Acts of union

 The two nations would share a flag and a parliament.

Scotland would keep its own church and its own
legal system
 The Scottish parliament accepted the treaty of Union
in 1707. The United Kingdom came into existence on
1 May 1707
 Scots saw growth and prosperity after the union, like
progressive industrial revolution
 Scotland during World Wars

 Scots fought in WWI and WWII under the Kingdom

of Great Britain
 Fighting in the Second World War until 1945,
young Scottish menwere conscripted (forced by
law) to join the army, navy and the new air force.
 Scotland today

 In 1999 Scotland got their own parliament and a

bit more independence from Great Britain.
 The Scottish Parliament now has the power to
raise or lower taxes and manage Scotlands health
care, education, transport, farming and the
environment.
 The case of independence and Brexit

 In 2014 referendum on Scottish independence, voted

to remain part of the UK, but wanted to be granted
devolved powers
 In 2016 Scotland voted to remain in the European
Union, while the rest of the UK wanted to leave
 Scottish culture

TRADITIONS AND SCOTTISH PEOPLE

 Generally about Scots

 Celtic nation
 They live in Scotland,
Ireland, America,
Canada, Australia, New
Zeland and South Africa
 Scots are mostly
Catholic
 What are Scots like?

 Typical Scot speaks

REALLY fast.
 Theis language is weird
and kind of funny
 Scottish is really
different than English
 They are very kind
people
– NYE BODA (czyt. NEJ BODA) – don’t
worry, that’s not a problem,
– AYE (czyt. AAJ) – yes,
– A WEE something (czyt. A ŁII) –
something small, for example: a wee boy,
– CHEEKY WEE Nandos (czyt. CZIKY
ŁII) – something well known but
inunexpected place,
– I CANNY (czyt. KANY) – I can’t,
– LAS, LASSIE (czyt. LAS, LASI) –
man, woman,
– THINGY (czyt. FINGY) – a thing,
– TATTIE (czyt. TATI) – potatoe,
– PISH (czyt. PISZ) – something bad,
– TELLY (czyt. TELI) – TV
– 12 DEGREES (czyt. TŁELW DIGRIS)
– summer
 A short language lesson

 There is a mouse loose  https://www.youtube.co

about this house m/watch?v=k3AgxhGU4
JU
Oo/ou = u
 https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=73uATsa8y5
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 https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=J3lYLphzAn
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 What are Scots like?

 They are very kind

people
 Scots are not very
intelligent…
 Kids are spoilt
 Men in skirts

 Bagpipes (Great
Highland Bagpipes) are
deeply ingrained in
tradition
 Many bagpipes-bands
 Kilts
 https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=xl9240HW
XBU
 The End

SCOTLAND’S ENCHANTING SIGHTS