Conventionally shortened to United Kingdom Abbreviation: UK
The UK is made up of:
❖ Great Britain ( England , Scotland and Wales ) ❖ Northern Ireland
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❖Do these terms mean the same?
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England
❖Many people say "England" when they really mean "The United Kingdom." This is not correct! People in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland consider it insulting and hate hearing Britain being referred to as “England” as it appears to ignore their existence.
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Read the map to find:
▪Atlantic Ocean ▪North Sea ▪Irish Sea ▪The English Channel ▪The Republic of Ireland
❖England is only a constituent country in the UK, and a part of the island of Great Britain, together with Scotland and Wales.
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❖However, the term “Britain” is more commonly used as a political term: an alternative name for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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Great Britain
❖"Great Britain" is the collective name for the three countries of England, Scotland and Wales. It also includes the small adjacent islands but it does not include the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
❖Great Britain and Northern Ireland together form the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irelaphy
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❖ 1. Geographical Features ❖ 2. Climate ❖ 3. Major Cities
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The official title of the UK
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland（since 1927)
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Britain
❖Strictly, “Britain” refers to the largest island in the British Isles, which contains modernday England, Wales and Scotland and islands governed from the mainland (i.e. not Isle of Man or Channel Islands).
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Question to ponder:
❖People often get confused with the terms “England”, “Britain”, “Great Britain”, “United Kingdom”, and “British Isles”. Even some British people are not fully aware of the precise reality that these terms express.