Geography
What separates Britain from Europe?
the English Channel
What is the highest peak of the UK?
Where do you find it?
Ben Nevis 1,343 m
Scottish Highlands
Name 2 largest rivers
The Thames
The Severn
This city is situated on the Mersey.
It used to be a very famous port.
It's a place where the Beatles were formed.
Liverpool
It's the birthplace of William Shakespeare.
Stradford-upon-Avon
The shortest connection to Europe is from Dover to Calais in France. How can you get there? Name 2 ways.
1. By a ferry
2. Through the Channel Tunnel
Which mountain range is called a backbone of England?
a) the Highlands of Scotland
b) the Cheviot Hills
c) the Pennines
c) the Pennines
How many countries are in Great Britain? Name them.
3
England
Scotland
Wales
Name 2 university towns with the oldest universities in the world.
Oxford
Cambridge
Where can you find the oldest pub in England and the nearby Sherwood Forest?
Nottingham
Which countries does the United Kingdom border?
Ireland on the west
France on the south
Which is the largest UK lake?
Where is it found?
Lough Neagh
in Northern Ireland
How many countries are in the UK? Name them.
4
England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
A spa town built by the ancient Romansin 43 AD.
Jane Austen used to live there.
Bath
Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered there in 1170. Since then it is the place of pilgrimage.
Canterbury
What are the two main islands of the UK?
Great Britain
Ireland
How do they call lakes in Scotland?
Which is the most famous?
Which is the biggest?
Lochs
Loch Ness
Loch Lomond
What is the capital of Wales?
Cardiff
There is a beautiful medieval cathedral which houses Magna Charta (the famous document).
Salisbury
Famous seaside resort south of London with exotic-looking Royal Pavilion.
Brighton
Name at least 2 British archipelagoes
The Hebrides
The Orkney Islands
The Shetland Islands
Which is the largest lake in the Lake District?
Windermere
What is the capital of Northern Ireland?
Belfast
You can find Land's End there, the most southwesterly point in Britain.
And Tintagel Castle, the birthplace of King Arthur.
Cornwall
Region with beautiful scenery, mountains and lakes that inspired poets who lived there.
Lake District