What is the UK?
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What is the UK?
42 questions in this chapter
Which countries make up the United Kingdom?
Answer: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
What is the official name of the country?
Answer: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
What does "Great Britain" refer to?
Answer: England, Scotland and Wales
The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are:
Answer: Crown dependencies, closely linked to the UK but not part of it
Which of the following is a Crown dependency?
Answer: The Isle of Man
Where is the UK Parliament located?
Answer: Westminster, London
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have:
Answer: Their own parliaments or assemblies with devolved powers in defined areas
What are the Falkland Islands and St Helena?
Answer: British overseas territories
What is the capital city of England?
Answer: London
What is the capital city of Scotland?
Answer: Edinburgh
What is the capital city of Wales?
Answer: Cardiff
What is the capital city of Northern Ireland?
Answer: Belfast
Which flower is associated with England?
Answer: Rose
Which flower is associated with Scotland?
Answer: Thistle
Which flower is associated with Wales?
Answer: Daffodil
Which plant is associated with Northern Ireland?
Answer: Shamrock
Who is the patron saint of England?
Answer: St George
Who is the patron saint of Scotland?
Answer: St Andrew
Who is the patron saint of Wales?
Answer: St David
Who is the patron saint of Northern Ireland?
Answer: St Patrick
When used in the handbook, the word "British" refers to:
Answer: Everyone in the UK — England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
The Channel Islands include which of the following?
Answer: Jersey and Guernsey
What is the difference between "Great Britain" and "the United Kingdom"?
Answer: Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales; the UK also includes Northern Ireland
Is the Republic of Ireland part of the United Kingdom?
Answer: No, it is an independent country
What colour is associated with England on the Union Flag?
Answer: Red horizontal and vertical cross
What is the Union Flag also commonly known as?
Answer: The Union Jack
Wales is NOT represented on the Union Flag. This is because:
Answer: Wales was already united with England before the Union Flag was created
What is the national animal of Scotland?
Answer: The unicorn
What is the national animal of England?
Answer: The lion
Which language is officially recognised in Wales alongside English?
Answer: Welsh
What does "devolved powers" mean for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?
Answer: They can make their own laws in certain areas without needing Westminster to approve
On which date is St Andrew's Day celebrated in Scotland?
Answer: 30 November
On which date is St David's Day celebrated in Wales?
Answer: 1 March
On which date is St Patrick's Day celebrated?
Answer: 17 March
What is the longest river in the United Kingdom?
Answer: The Severn
What is the highest mountain in Wales?
Answer: Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa)
What is the name of the national park that covers much of the Scottish Highlands?
Answer: Cairngorms National Park
The Lake District National Park is located in which English county?
Answer: Cumbria
Which of the following is the largest city in Scotland?
Answer: Glasgow
The Brecon Beacons (Bannau Brycheiniog) are a mountain range in:
Answer: Wales
Which of these is NOT a country that makes up the United Kingdom?
Answer: The Republic of Ireland
What is the name of the Northern Ireland Assembly's power-sharing arrangement called?
Answer: Power-sharing executive