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Name: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Location: British Isles, north-west of Europe.
Ocean: Atlantic
Seas: North, Irish.
GB -- English Cannel -- France.
Kingdom à England -----------------à rose
à Scotland -------------------à thistle floral emblem
à Wales ----------------------à daffodil
à Northern Ireland ---------à shamrock
Territory: > 244,000 sq. km.
Population: > 56 mln. from Roman, Saxon, Viking invaders; native – Celts (Wales,
Scotland, Ireland).
Capital: London.
Highlands: n. – w., low mountains, lakes.
Lowlands: vast plain.
Rivers: not long: Severn - longest, rather deep; Thames - deepest.
Climate: warm, damp, mild – whole year.
Industrial development: high - iron and steel, machinery, electronics, chemicals,
textile, aircraft, ships, navigation equipment.
The Political System of Great Britain
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| approval bourgeois candidate conservative criticize democratic election Elizabeth finally government hereditary labour | ‘pru:v l ‘bu wa: ‘kændidit k n ’s:v tiv ‘kritisaiz ,dem ‘krætik i ’lektr n i ‘liz b θ ‘fain li ‘gΛvnm nt hi ’redit ri ‘leib | majority monarch(y) MPs oppose opposition parliament peer reign representative sign social succeed support | m ‘d riti ‘m n k(i) ,em ’pi:z ‘pouz , p ‘zi n ‘pa:l m nt pi rein ,repri ‘zent tiv sain ‘sou l s k ’si:d s ‘p:t |
