Profesora De Ingles

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Instituto de Educación Superior Nº 9
Espacio Curricular: Cultura y Civilización
Teacher Name: Norma Garcia
Student Name: Valeria Miranda
Course: 1erTrabajo Practico Nº 1

The Geography of Britain

1) Where is the highest mountain in Britain?
The most mountainous region is Scotland, with Britain´s highest peak, Ben Nevis – 1.343 m

2)What is “moorland”? Find an example on the map
Moorland are in highland where the soils are poor, thin and stony. In addition, these areas are wetter and harder to reach than the lower land to thesouth and east.
3) Which of these areas have coalfields: South Wales, Central Scotland, The Fends, The Thames Valley, Northern Ireland?
The areas that have coalfields are Central Scotland andNorthern Ireland

4) Which of these expressions describe highland Britain: drier, more difficult to reach, more thinly populated, better for forming, more mountainous?
The expression that describehighland Britain is “more thinly populated”

The United Kingdom

1) Explain the differences between these expressions: Great Britain, The United Kingdom, The Republic of Ireland, and TheBritish Isles. What did `the United Kingdom´ originally refer to?
Great Britain :is a geographical expressionUnited Kingdom: is a political expression The British isles: are a group ofislands that include the islands of Great Britain the biggest in the group and Ireland the second largestThe Republic of Ireland: is a small state separate and independent of The British isles
The United Kingdom: is a name which was introduced in 1801 when Great...