ALL ABOUT BRITAIN
- Great Britain is an island made up of.
- England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales became one state in.
- The leek and daffodil are both plants used to symbolize.
- In 2006,had a population of 60.6 million.
- The Norman invasion of England inbrought Britain into the mainstream of western European culture.
- In 1972 the UK joined.
- Almostof the British live in towns or cities.
- Traditionally, theof England was associated with poverty and industry.
- The ancestors of most Northern Irishcame from lowland Scotland or England.
- Protests against the metric system reveal a characteristically British suspicion ofregulations in general.
- The size and popularity of the National Trust suggest how importantis to many British people.
- The Queen, Britain's official head of state, haspower.
- The two main political parties are the Conservatives and.
- Parliament consists of an elected House of Commons and an unelected House of.
- The 20 or so most senior politicians are called the.