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The United Kingdom
Otherwise known as Great Britain
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Flags and maps obtained from:http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook
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© 2006 -Jon Benignus
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Countries of UK
• England• Ireland – conquered c
1200• Wales – conquered c
1300• Scotland – joined in
1603http://goeurope.about.com/cs/unitedkingdom/l/bl_uk_map.htm
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The Union Jack
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Government • Constitutional Monarchy• Head of State - Monarch
–Queen Elizabeth II• Head of Government
–Prime Minister David Cameron
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Queen Elizabeth II
http://www.bb.org.nz/publications/officers/2002_04/queen.jpg
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David Cameron• David Cameron new Prime Minister
– Since May 2010 Conservative Leader
http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/images/0512-cameron-clegg/7879182-1-eng-US/0512-Cameron-Clegg_full_600.jpg
• Nick Clegg– Deputy PM– Lib / Dem
Leader• Coalition
Government
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Parliament• Parliament elects the Prime
Minister• All power invested in Parliament• Few checks and balances
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Prime Minister Question Time• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=0ZBLML9seIo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Empire• The Sun never set on the British
Empire• Had a huge navy• Received raw materials from the
colonies
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The British Empire - 1905
http://www.mapsworldwide.com/map_19353.htm
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End of Colonialism• Pressured to end Colonialism
after WWII• Formed the Commonwealth of
Nations• Economic downturn
–WWII and loss of colonies
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NATO Member
• Helped found NATO in 1955• Firm ally of the United States
around the world• British troops in Germany to
defend against Soviet attack• Troop helping U.S. in Iraq and
Afghanistan
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Famous Prime Ministers
Winston ChurchillMargaret Thatcher
http://www.chiasmus.com/mastersofchiasmus/churchill.jpg
http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/publications/digest/004/images/thatcher.jpg