Britain, Country

and People
GEOGRAPHICALLY
SPEAKING
BRITISH ISLES = TWO BIGGEST ISLANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF SMALLER ISLANDS
POLITICALLY
SPEAKING
THE BRITISH ISLES = TWO STATES:
1. THE UNITED KINGDOM OF
GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN
IRELAND
2. THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
 The official name:
THE UNITED KINGDOM OF
GREAT BRITAIN AND
NORTHERN IRELAND =
THE UK = BRITAIN
GREAT BRITAIN
THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
NORTHERN IRELAND
 Flag of the United Kingdom/
The Union Jack
Consists of
-The blue field/background (Scottish flag)
-3 crosses
* the red upright St. George’s Cross
(patron saint of England)
* the white diagonal St. Andrew’s Cross
(patron saint of Scoland)
* the red diagonal St. Patric’s Cross
(patron saint of Ireland).
The Royal coat of arms of
the United Kingdom is
the official coat of arms
of the British monarch,
currently Queen
Elizabeth II
FOUR NATIONS (countries
within a country):
1. ENGLAND
2. WALES
3. SCOTLAND
4. NORTHERN IRELAND
 People: British/Britons
• English
• Scottish
• Welsh
• Irish
Britannia
What does Britannia mean and what does
it represent?

-Ancient term for Great Britain

(a Roman province)
-Female embodiment of Britain
-Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the
waves! 
Britons never, never, never shall be
slaves. 
IDENTIFYING
SYMBOLS
THE THREE NATIONAL SYMBOLS
OF ENGLAND:
- the St. George's cross (usually
seen as a flag)
- the red rose
- the Three Lions crest (usually
seen as a badge)
SAINT GEORGE’S FLAG, THE NATIONAL
FLAG OF ENGLAND
SYMBOLS OF
SCOTLAND
The Thistle
- Scottish national dress: the Kilt
(in a tartan pattern)
- Scottish national musical
instrument: The bagpipes
SYMBOLS OF WALES
THE WELSH FLAG: THE RED DRAGON
THE DAFFODIL AND THE LEAK
 SYMBOLS OF
NORTHERN IRELAND
St. Patric’s Cross/ The national flag of
Northern Ireland
The shamrock and the harp
What’s in a name?
A name has its meaning and can tell
you the nationality of a person:
- McCarthy: a loving person
Scottish name, Mac/ Mc means ‘son of’
- O'Connor: patron of warriors
Irish name. O’ means ‘grandson of’ 
 The People of Britain (% of UK
population in 2001)
• 88.6 white British 1.0 black Caribbean
• 2.4 white other 0.8 black African
• 1.8 Asian Indian 0.5 black Bangladeshi
• 1.3 Asian Pakistani 0.4 Chinese
• 1.2 mixed ethnicity 0.4 Asian other
• 1.1 white Irish