British Isles, group of islands off the northwestern coast of Europe. The group consists of two main islands, Great Britain and Ireland, and numerous smaller islands and island groups, including the Hebrides, the Shetland Islands, the Orkney Islands, the Isles of Scilly, and the Isle of Man.
Q. What landmasses make up the British Isles?
The British Isles are made up of: Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland,England and Wales. The United Kingdom (owned by the British crown) includes: Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales. Great Britain is simply the land mass that incorporates Scotland, England and Wales.
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- Q. What landmasses make up the British Isles?
- Q. What five countries make up the British Isles?
- Q. What is the geography of the British Isles?
- Q. What countries make up the British Isles quizlet?
- Q. Which two islands are part of the British Isles quizlet?
- Q. Which river is the British Isles longest?
- Q. What are the two largest islands in the British Isles?
- Q. What are two major political units of the British Isles?
- Q. What do the Irish call the British Isles?
- Q. What do they call states in UK?
- Q. Is Britain and England the same?
- Q. What separates Wales from England?
- Q. Do the Welsh hate the English?
- Q. What drink is Wales famous for?
- Q. What do the Scottish eat for breakfast?
- Q. What do Swedes eat for breakfast?
- Q. What do you eat on St David’s Day?
- Q. Who is the most famous Welsh person?
- Q. What do the Welsh eat on St David Day?
- Q. What do the Welsh eat?
Q. What five countries make up the British Isles?
The United Kingdom (UK) is made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Q. What is the geography of the British Isles?
The British Isles are largely low lying and fertile, though with significant mountainous areas in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the north of England. The regional geology is complex, formed by the drifting together of separate regions and shaped by glaciation.
Q. What countries make up the British Isles quizlet?
England, Scotland, and Wales.
Q. Which two islands are part of the British Isles quizlet?
Great Britain and Ireland are the two largest islands in the British Isles.
Q. Which river is the British Isles longest?
River Severn
Q. What are the two largest islands in the British Isles?
(Archipelago is the name which is borne by a place in which there are many islands next to each other like these.) Ireland and Great Britain (England, Wales, and Scotland) are the two largest islands of the British Isles.
Q. What are two major political units of the British Isles?
There are two sovereign states in the British Isles: Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Q. What do the Irish call the British Isles?
The name “West European Isles” is one translation of the islands’ name in the Gaelic languages of Irish and Manx, with equivalent terms for “British Isle”. In Irish, Éire agus an Bhreatain Mhór (literally “Ireland and Great Britain”) is the more common term.
Q. What do they call states in UK?
The United Kingdom consists of four components, referred to as “countries”. These are England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. So these are the “states” of the British Union. England is only one of them, though by far the largest and most populous.
Q. Is Britain and England the same?
The UK – a sovereign state that includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Great Britain – an island situated off the north west coast of Europe. British Isles – a collection of over 6,000 islands, of which Great Britain is the largest. England – a country within the UK.
Q. What separates Wales from England?
The modern boundary between Wales and England runs from the salt marshes of the Dee estuary adjoining the Wirral Peninsula, across reclaimed land to the River Dee at Saltney just west of Chester.
Q. Do the Welsh hate the English?
The cultural relationship is usually characterised by tolerance of people and cultures, although some mutual mistrust and racism or xenophobia persists. Hatred or fear of the Welsh by the English has been termed “Cymrophobia”, and similar attitudes towards the English by the Welsh, or others, are termed “Anglophobia”.
Q. What drink is Wales famous for?
Beer
Q. What do the Scottish eat for breakfast?
So, what is in a Scottish breakfast? Ingredients vary from place to place, but the basic ingredients to a traditional Scottish breakfast include square lorne sausage, link sausages, fried egg, streaky bacon, baked beans, black pudding and/or haggis, tattie scones, fried tomatoes and mushrooms, and toast.
Q. What do Swedes eat for breakfast?
Breakfast usually consists of open sandwiches (smörgås), possibly on crisp bread (knäckebröd). The sandwich is most often buttered, with toppings such as hard cheese, cold cuts, caviar, messmör (a Norwegian sweet spread made from butter and whey), ham (skinka), and tomatoes or cucumber.
Q. What do you eat on St David’s Day?
St David’s Day recipes
- Welsh cakes. 122 ratings.
- Leek & Caerphilly crumble tart. 7 ratings.
- Welsh onion cake with caerphilly. 3 ratings.
- St David’s Day risotto. 5 ratings.
- Glamorgan sausages. 3 ratings.
- Vegan Welsh cakes. 2 ratings.
- Leek & mustard vinaigrette with Carmarthen ham. 3 ratings.
- Bara brith. 36 ratings.
Q. Who is the most famous Welsh person?
the 10 greatest welsh men and women of all time
- Aneurin Bevan. Aneurin Bevan played an integral role in fighting for the creation of the NHS and was appointed the Minister of Health as a result.
- Roald Dahl.
- David Lloyd George.
- Dylan Thomas.
- Tom Jones.
- Shirley Bassey.
- Megan Lloyd George.
- Elaine Morgan.
Q. What do the Welsh eat on St David Day?
Celebrate the best of Welsh produce this St David’s Day. Whether you make chicken and leek pie, Welsh cakes or simply Welsh rarebit, we’ve got plenty of recipes to choose from….Recipes include
- Welsh cakes.
- Healthy bara brith.
- Daffodil biscuits.
Q. What do the Welsh eat?
Don’t leave Wales without trying…
- Welsh rarebit. Providing etymologists with a headache for centuries – it was originally known as Welsh rabbit, though at no point was rabbit one of the ingredients.
- Glamorgan sausage.
- Bara brith.
- Lamb cawl.
- Conwy mussels.
- Leeks.
- Laverbread.
- Crempogs.
