1. What is the official name of Great Britain now? 2. What parts does the UK consist of and what are their capitals? 3. What is the national symbol (emblem) of England (Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)? 4. What is the British flag called? Why? 5. What are the names of two main islands of the British Isles? 6. What separates Great Britain from the continent? 7. What do we call the narrowest part of the English Channel? 8. Why is the UK called an island state? 9. What do we call people who were born in Britain? In Scotland? In Wales? In Ireland? 10. Is English the only language people speak in the UK? 11. What is the Union Jack? What does the Union Jack look like and what does it symbolize? 12. What language is spoken in Scotland? In Wales? In Ireland? 13. How big is London compared with other cities?

1. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2.The United Kingdom consists of four constituent countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Their capitals are London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, respectively.

3. England - Saint George's Cross, Scotland -  Cross of Saint Andrew, Wales - The Red Dragon, Northern Ireland - Crown, and Red Hand of Ulster

4. union jack

5. Great Britain and Northern Ireland

6.  it is separated from the mainland by the North Sea and by the English Channel

7. The Strait of Dover or Dover Strait is the strait at the narrowest part of the English Channel

8.  think the UK is called an island state because it is situated on the island on the north- west part of Europe. The two  islands are Great Britain ( England, Scotland and Wales are situated there) and Ireland. Northern Ireland and the independent Irish Re­public are there. The two islands are separated by the Irish Sea.

9. british, scottish, walsh, irish

10. no, it isnt

11. union jack is the national flag of the united kindom.  It is so called because it combines the crosses of the three countries united under one Sovereign - the kingdoms of England and Wales, of Scotland and of Ireland (although since 1921 only Northern Ireland has been part of the United Kingdom).

12. Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, irish

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