English-speaking countries
Country
Capital
Language
Country
Capital
Language
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
London
(English)
Botswana
Gaborone (English, Setswana)
The Republic of Ireland
Dublin
(English)
Cameroon
Yaonde (English, French,African language groups)
The United States of America
Washington
(English)
Kenya
Nairobi (English, Kiswahili)
New Zeland
Wellington
(English, Maori)
Liberia
Monrovia (English, some 20 ethnic group languages)
Malta
Valletta (English, Maltese)
Namibia
Windhoek (English, Afrikaans, German, Oshivambo)
Maldives
Male
(Dhivehi (Maldivian), (also English in Government))
Rwanda
Kigali (Kinyarwanda, French, English)
Australia
Canberra
(English)
Nigeria
Abuja (English, Hausa, Yoruba, Fulani)
India
New Delhi
(English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Telugu and Urdu, and others)
Bangladesh
Dhaka (Bengali, English)
Philippines
Manila (Pilipino, English, Pampangan, Pangasinan, Igorot, Maranao)
Lebanon
Beirut (Arabic, French, Armenian, Assyrian, (also English))
Kuwait
Kuwait (Arabic (also English))
Jamaica
Kingston (English, Creole)
Singapore
Singapore (Chinese, Malay, Tamil and English)
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur (Malay, Chinese, Tamil, (also English))
Sri Lanka
Colombo(Sinhala, Tamil, (also English in Government))
Barbados
Bridgetown (English)
Jordan
Amman (Arabic, (also English among upper-class))
Grenada
St. Georges (English and French)
Falkland Islands
Stanley (English)
Puerto Rico
San Juan (Spanish, English)
Task 1. Fill in the crossword using the information from Appendix 1 .
2. Mr Clinton's country.
3. See 6 down.
4. Where both English and French are spoken.
6. (with 3 down) Mr Mandela's country
Across
1. European country whose capital is London. 5. African country whose capital is Nairobi.
7. Nation which is also a continent.
SNAPSHOTS OF BRITAIN
FACT FILE
Flag
Royal coat of arms
Government
Parliamentary system and Constitutional monarchy
Motto
"Dieu et mon droit" (French)
"God and my right"
Legislature
Parliament
Anthem
"God Save the Queen"
Upper House
House of Lords
Capital
London
Lower House
House of Commons
Official languages
English
Area
244,820 km² (79th)
94,526 sq mi
Recognised regional languages
Welsh, Irish, Ulster Scots, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Cornish
Population (2007)
60,975,000
Ethnic groups (2001)
92.1% White, 4.0% South Asian, 2.0% Black, 1.2% Mixed Race, 0.80% East Asian
Currency
Pound sterling
Symbols
The Statue of Britannia in Plymouth
Britannia is a national personification of the United Kingdom, originating from Roman Britain. Britannia is symbolized as a young woman with brown or golden hair, wearing a Corinthian helmet and white robes. She holds Poseidon's three-pronged trident and a shield, bearing the Union Flag. Sometimes she is depicted as riding the back of a lion. At and since the height of the British Empire, Britannia has often associated with maritime dominance.
Symbols within the United Kingdom
Country
Patron saint
Flower
England
St. George
Tudor rose
Scotland
St. Andrew
Thistle
Wales
St. David
Leek/Daffodil
Northern Ireland
St. Patrick
Shamrock/Flax
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