GEOGRAPHY QUIZ

TRUE OR FALSE
1. Most of the tallest mountains are found in Scotland.
2. The lowest point
T of the UK is in Northern Ireland
3. The deepest lake of the UK is Lough Neagh
4. The winter Fin the UK is generally cool, mild, wet
and windy. F
5. London gets much more rain in a year than other
parts of Europe.
T
6. In winter, snow falls in both the North and the East
of the UK.
F

T
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1. There is more rainfall in

A. North & West
B. South & West
C. North & East
D. North & South

A
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2. The winter is colder in

A. The West
B. The South
C. The East

C
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3. The lowest temperature in winter is

usually
A. -15 °C
B. -10 °C
C. 15°C
D. 10°C

B
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4. The largest lake in the UK is located in

A. England
B. Scotland
C. Northern Ireland
D. Wales

C
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5. The second deepest lake in the UK is

A. Wastwater
B. Loch Morar
C. Loch Ness
D. Windermere

C
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Word guessing
Group 1:
1. Snowdon
2. Pennines
3. Severn
4. Loch Morar
5. Mild
6. 15 °C
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Word guessing
Group 2:
1. The Fens of East Anglia
2. Thames
3. Lough Neagh
4. Ben Nevis
5. Changeable
6. 30 °C
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 GEOGRAPHY

 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
 MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS
 CLIMATE
 DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
UK
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

 An island surrounded by
seas and oceans The north and west:
 Neither towering mainly mountainous areas
mountains nor impressive
large rivers, plains or
forests.

The south and east:

Flat lands and hills
MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS

Mountains
3 highest peaks:
 Ben Nevis (1344 m)
 Snowdon (1085m)
 Scafell Pike (977m)
MOUNTAINS

 The lowest point:

The U.K
The Fens of East
Anglia (up to 4m below
sea level)
 RIVERS AND LAKES
 The longest river in
the UK: Severn (354km)
 The longest rivers by
country:
 River Thames (346km) Bann
 River Tay (188km)
 River Bann (122km)
 River Tywi (103km)
Tywi
 RIVERS AND LAKES
 The largest lakes by
country:
Loch
 Lough Neagh Lomond Loch Morar

(381.74 sq km) Lough

Windemere
 Loch Lomond(71.12 sq km) Neagh
 Windermere (14.74 sq km)
 Vyrnwy (8.24 sq km)
 The deepest lake:
Loch Morar (309m) Vyrnwy
MAP FILLING
 Work in 2 groups
 Each group has a set of cards on which there
are names of mountains, rivers or lakes of the
UK.
 Each group chooses two students to come to the
board, get the cards, show each card to other
group members to find out in which nation does
it lies.
 Stick those cards in the correct positions on the
map
 The group finishing first will be the winner
MAP FILLING
CLIMATE
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CLIMATE

A popular belief about Britain’s climate:

“It…………..all
rains the time in Britain” and “It is
foggy
a wet………..land”.
A. snows/dry
B. rains/foggy
C. is sunny/foggy
C. snows/foggy
CLIMATE

An image of a rainy and foggy land -> not always true

CLIMATE

CLIMATE FEATURES:
GEOGRAPHY FEATURES:
LACK OF EXTREMES
LACK OF EXTREMES

 No really high  Not very cold winter

 Not very hot
mountains
 No really big rivers summer
Changeable weather
 No active volcanoes
 RAINFALL AND SEASONS
 No more Cooler summer
Snowfall in winter
rain than other
parts of Europe More rain
Mild winter
 Generally mild
Colder winter
winters with snowfall

 Not very hot

summers

Warmer and sunnier summer

Winter without snow
TEMPERATURE

In winter: -10°C to 15°C In summer: rarely above 30°C

Londo
n
LONDON

The largest city in Europe;

Centre of politics, culture, economics;
The West End and the East End;
Both a cosmopolitan and metropolitan
city

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 West End

East End
LONDON
Made up of two ancient cities now joined together:

1. the City of London, known simply as 'the City‘: the business

and financial heart of the UK; also known as the Square
Mile (2.59 sq km/1 sq mi); the original Roman settlement
(ancient Londinium)

2. the City of Westminster: where Parliament and most of the

government offices are located; also Buckingham Palace.

The Square Mile shown with the Greater London

 The official London residence of Britain's monarchy since
1837. 
Queen Victoria was the first monarch to live there.
Has 775 rooms including 19 state rooms, 52 royal and guest
bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms.
Over the River Thames since 1894
One of the finest bridges in the World.
The only Thames bridge which can be raised.
Used to be raised about 50 times a day, but only raised 4 to
5 times a week nowadays
The world's highest
observation wheel

Stands 135 metres (443

feet) high on the South
Bank of the River Thames
One of the oldest
buildings in London;

One of the most

important religious
centres in the country;

Every King and
Queen has been
crowned in Westminster
Abbey since William the
Conqueror in 1066.
Southern England

The most densely populated

area in the UK
 The “commuter land”
Famous sites:
 The county of Kent: “The
garden of England” - fruit
and vegetables
 The Downs: hills - sheep
farming
 Southern England

The West Country:

rural beauty
Exmoor,
Dartmoor: wild
moorlands
East Anglia: the
flattest area
 The Midlands
Famous sites:
Birmingham, The
Potteries, Nottingham,
etc.
Heavy industry, china
products, fishing ports,
Shakespeare country
 Northern
England
Coal and iron ore
(Pennines);
Cotton goods
(Manchester);
Woolen goods
(Bradford & Leeds);
Steel goods
(Sheffield);
Shipbuilding
(Newcastle)
Lake District
 Scotland

Three fairly clearly-

marked regions:
The southern uplands:
sheep farming
The central plain;
The highlands: tourism
and whisky
Scotland

Edinburgh
Glasgow
Scotland
Two major cities:
Glasgow: the third largest city
in Britain, a strong artistic
heritage;
Edinburgh: the capital – the
Athens of the north
Wales

The south-east: the most heavily

populated
Cardiff – the capital
Most of the rest: mountainous
Northern Ireland

Belfast – the capital: linen

manufacture, shipbuilding;
Mostly agricultural
Giant’s Causeway: the most popular
tourist attraction
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ROUND 1
Find out the records
1. The highest mountain
2. The longest range of hills
3. The flattest area
4. The longest rivers
5. The most mountainous region
6. The range of UK’s temperature
7. The more likely-raining region (direction)
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ROUND 2
Match the names
 a. England, Scotland and Wales
1. The British Isles B b. A group of islands including
Great Britain and Ireland
2. Great Britain A c. England, Scotland, Wales,
3. The UK C Northern Ireland and a number
of small islands
4. Eire E d. Northern Ireland
5. Ulster D e. Irish Republic
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ROUND 3
Make the best choices
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1. English language is..

a. Anglo-Saxon B
b. a Germanic Language
c. a Norman French
d. Indo European
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2. Which E. accent is taught to foreigners?
a. Southern English accent
b. Northern English accent
c. British English accent
d. American English accent

A
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3. What is the name of the county that is

called 'the garden of England'?
a. Cornwall
b. Devon
c. Lancashire D
d. Kent
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4. What is the name of the island group

north of Scotland?
a. Channel islands
b. Hebrides
c. Isles of Scilly D
d. Shetland islands
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5. In which part of Britain can you find the

Snowdonia National Park?
a. England
b. Wales
B
c. Scotland
d. Northern Ireland
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6. Which part of Britain is not in the flag of

the UK?
a. England
b. Wales B
c. Scotland
d. Northern Ireland
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ROUND 4
Choose out the British
things