England
What is the capital of England?
London
What is the capital of Scotland?
Edinburgh
What is the capital of Northern Ireland?
Belfast.
What is the capital of Wales?
Cardiff.
What is the capital of Ireland?
Dublin.
Which two countries can you walk to from England?
Scotland and Wales
How many islands are included in Scotland?
Almost 800 islands.
True or False: Northern Ireland has struggled for many years with being British or Irish.
True.
What island is between Northern Ireland and Wales?
Isle of Man.
Which ocean borders Ireland on the west?
Atlantic Ocean.
What is the name of the longest river in England?
Thames River
What kind of weather will you experience in Scotland?
The weather is relatively mild, but very changeable. In one day you could experience sun, rain, snow, wind, clouds, and sleet.
Northern Ireland touches what other country?
Ireland.
What two languages do they speak in Wales?
Welsh and English.
What is a nickname for Ireland?
"The Emerald Isle."
Name three different seas that surround England.
Irish Sea, North Sea, and Celtic Sea
What sport was born in Scotland?
Golf.
What is the name of Northern Ireland's largest lake?
Lough Neagh.
What animal is pictured on the Welsh flag?
"The island of saints and scholars."
Name three famous people and/or places in England.
Shakespeare, Stonehenge, Sherlock Holmes, the world's first public zoo, Big Ben, Winston Churchill
What is the Scottish word for freshwater lakes and inlets?
Lakes: lochs
Inlets: firths
What are "The Troubles" that Northern Ireland has?
Many violent conflicts between Roman Catholic nationalists and Protestant unionists.
Wales is connected to which larger country?
England.
List three contributions that Ireland has made to the arts (i.e. music, books, clothing)
There are more Nobel-prize winning writers in Dublin than any other city in the world.
Celtic jewelry.
Illuminated manuscripts.
Traditional Irish music has influenced folk, rock, and sacred music around the world.