英美概况第一周课件
Week 1 Brief Introduction of the Course
## Review of the course scheduel ## Requirement of the course ## Full name of the UK
##General information about U.K. and U.S.A. Great Britain is made up of: England - The capital is London. ? Scotland - The capital is Edinburgh . ? Wales - The capital is Cardiff.
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Is Great Britain the same as the UK?
No, Great Britain and the United Kingdom refer to different areas.
Great Britain is very often, but incorrectly, used as a synonym for the sovereign state properly known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). (The clue is the full name of the UK. The UK includes Great Britain AND Northern Ireland)
Great Britain is a political term which describes the combination of England, Scotland, and Wales, the three nations which together include all the land on the island. It is also a geographical term referring to the island on which the greater parts of England, Wales and Scotland are situated.
Great Britain has an area of 229,850 km2 (88,745 sq. mi.) and is the largest island of the British Isles.
Is Great Britain the same as Britain?
Yes, sometimes people use the shorten name Britain instead of Great Britain. Britain
Britain was the name that the Romans gave the whole island, which contains
modern-day England, Wales and Scotland. The name is derived from the Latin name Britannia. England
England used to be known as Engla land, meaning the land of the Angles, people from continental Germany, who began to invade Britain in the late 5th century, along with the Saxons and Jute. Great Britain
The term Great Britain was first used during the reign of King James I of England (James VI of Scotland) in 1603, to refer to the separate kingdoms of England and Scotland. on the same landmass, that were ruled over by the same monarch. Despite having the same monarch, both kingdoms kept their own parliaments.
United Kingdom (The uniting of kingdoms)
The 'United Kingdom of Great Britain' was formed in 1707 by the Act of Union that created a single kingdom with a single Parliament. (Scotland has always retained its own legal system)
A hundred years later the Act of Union of 1801 joined Ireland to 'Great Britain' and the name \United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland\1921 only Northern Ireland has been part of the United Kingdom and so the name changed).
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland，including England/Welsh/Scotland/Northern Ireland， among which，England, Wales and Scotlandare located on an Island called Britain
Great Britain is a political term which describes the combination of England, Scotland, and Wales, the three nations which together include all the land on the island.
Queen Elizabeth II
Prince Charles
