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International Tourism: UK

What do you know about the United Kingdom? Write T (true) or F (false)

1 - Great Britain consists of England, Scotland ad Northern Ireland.

2 - Most of the UK population lives in Scotland.

3 - England is agricultural and industrial.

4 - The symbol of Wales is a red dragon.

5 - Scotland had the same legal, justice, education and banking system as England.

6 - Glasgow is the capital of Northern Ireland.

Read the text and check your answers.

The United Kingdom for Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) and
Northern Ireland is north-west of mainland Europe.

51 million people live in its biggest country, England, a fertile agricultural
region, industrial centre and international melting pot. Cornwall, in the south-west, is
perfect for surfers, walkers and art-lovers with its long coastline, futuristic botanical
gardens – the Eden Project – and great art galleries. The Norfolk Broads, a canal
network in south-east, England, offer cycling, boating or bird-watching; and London,
the capital, in the south-east, is full of history, style and entertainment.

Wales is small, mountainous and coastal country with frequent rain from the
Irish Sea with an economy based on tourism and agriculture. There are about 3
million people, but 10.2 million sheep! Losing political independence from England
in 1282, Wales became semi-autonomous through its National Assembly in 1999;
thanks to a strong sense of identity based on language and culture and represented by
its symbolic red dragon. Tourist attractions are; the cosmopolitan capital, Cardiff,
with its 27,500-seat Millennium Stadium and recently developed Cardiff Bay, with
hotels, bars, restaurants, cinemas, museums, an arts centre and a leisure village;

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