Cultura Britanica

CULTURA BRITÁNICA
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
ENGLAND | SCOTLAND | WALES | NORTHERN IRELAND |
* Thames River * D.Beckham * Big Ben * Driving on the wrong side of road * Red telephone boxes/ booths * The Queen * Red double-decker buses * 10, Downing St. * The Beatles * Tea * Black taxies * Fish and Chips * Bobbies | * Whisky * LochNess * Kilts * Nessie * Bagpipes * Highland * Huggies * Salmon * Tartans | * Castles * Princess Diana * Duffy | * Belfast * Guinness * Shamrock * Celtic music * Dwarf / Dwarves * Terrorism * I.R.A |

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Fog
Scottish
Scotch
Inhabitants
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To be diminished
Page.5– Britain and the British
Exercise 3
1. The parliament of Scotland was joined with that of England and Wales by the Act of Union in 1707, but the parliament of Ireland remains separate until…
i. 1800
2. After that, the whole of Ireland was considered part of Britain until 1920 when the British government separated the island into two parts and…
ii. Northern Irelandremained as part of Britain.
3. In 1997, the people of Scotland voted to have their own parliament, while the Welsh, by a much smaller majority, decided to…
iii. Have their own parliament too.
4. The British flag, the Union Jack, combines the flags of…
iv. England, Scotland and Ireland.
5. The Welsh national symbol is the leek or the daffodil, but the symbol ofScotland is…
v. The thistle.
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Flags:
* St George’s Cross England
* The Dragon of Cadwallader Wales
* St Andrew’s Cross Scotland
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St Patrick’s Cross Ireland
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EXERCISE 5
a. Who finds the label ‘British’ least acceptable: the English, the Scots or the Welsh?i. Scots.
Many Scots believe that Britishness is no more than a disguised version of Englishness.
b. What four things have contributed to creating a sense of British identity?
ii. Protestantism (Religion), Empire, Monarchy, Wars.
c. Why do some people feel that ‘Britishness’ is no longer a useful concept?
iii. The Empire has gone, the Church no longer binds us,the Armed Forces are shrinking and monarchy is troubled.
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EXERCISE 2
a. The second city of North Ireland and, since 1921, the capital of Northern Ireland.
i. Belfast
b. A busy little town in North Wales where for the first time in 1301 an English king’s son was proclaimed Prince of Wales.
ii. Caernarvon
c. Acity in the south east of England, made famous by Chaucer’s tales of medieval pilgrims.
iii. Canterbury
d. The most northerly town shown on the map, which is a centre for mountaineering and winter sports.
iv. Inverness
e. England’s second largest city, in the Midlands, It is larger than Manchester or Nottingham.
v. Birmingham
f. About 80 km North West ofLondon, this town in the south of England is the home of the country’s oldest university.
vi. Oxford
g. A small but well known seaside resort in the north east of England.
vii. Scarborough
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ENGLISH HISTORY AND PLACE
A. The Roman invasion (AD 43) and occupation of Britain
B. King Alfred defeats the Danes(AD 878)
C. The Battle of Hastings (William the Conqueror invades Britain, 1066)
D. Magna Carta (1215)
E. Henry VIII and the founding of the Church of England (c.1533)
F. The Elisabeth age and Shakespeare
G. Declaration of independence by the Americans (1776)
H. Union of Great Britain and Ireland (1800)
I. Battle of Waterloo (1815)
J. Second World War (1939-1945)...