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Scotland
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Table of contents
• Where is Scotland?• Country facts• Flag• Patron Saint• Motto and anthem• Capital of Scotland• Major cities • Offical language
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Table of contents
• The longest river• The largest lake• The highest point• The lowest point• National flower and official animal• Scotland is famous for• Famous Scots• Scottish inventors and inventions• Interesting facts
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Where is Scotland?
• in north-west Europe• part of Great Britain and
the UK• shares a land border to
the south with England • it is bounded by the
North Sea on the east and the Atlantic Ocean on the west
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Country facts
• Area: 78,789 sq km• Population: 5,054,800 (2002)• Nationality: Scottish and British• Currency: Pound Sterling (GBP)• Main Religions: Church of Scotland
(Presbyterian) Scottish Episcopal Church,
Roman Catholicism
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Scottish flag
Saint Andrew’s Cross
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Patron Saint
Saint Andrew
celebrated on 30th
November
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Motto and anthem
• Scottish motto is ”In My Defens God Me Defend”.
• National anthem of Scotland is
“Flower of Scotland”.
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Capital
EdinburghEdinburgh
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Major cities
Aberdeen Dundee Glasgow
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Official language
English (Scottish Gaelic is spoken by 1.4 percent of the population)
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The longest river
River TayRiver Tay - 193 km (120 miles) long
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The largest lake
Loch Lomond – 40 km (24 miles) long
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The highest point
Ben Nevis (1,343 m)
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The lowest point
Bed of Loch Morar (300 m below sea level)
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National flower and official animal
• The national flower of Scotland: THISTLE
• The official animal of Scotland: UNICORN
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Scotland is famous for:
Kilts BagpipesKilts Bagpipes
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Scotland is famous for:
Sword Dance
a Scottish national dance
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Scotland is famous for:
The Loch Ness Monster or Nessie – a mysterious monster that is said to lurk in
the dephts of the water
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Scotland is famous for:
• Medieval castles :
Edinburgh Castle – home to the Scottish Crown Jewels
Palace of Holyroodhouse - the official seat of the reigning Scottish monarch
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Scotland is famous for:
Clans generally identify with geographical areas originally controlled by the Chiefs. Most clans
have their own tartan pattern.
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Scotland is famous for:
Poetry and songs Of Robert Burns
(Auld Lang Syne – a song sang at the stroke of midnight to celebrate the start of the New Year)
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Scotland is famous for:
Scotch Whisky
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Scotland is famous for:
Haggis a traditional Scottish dish served with turnip and
potato. It is normally made with the heart, liver, and lungs of a sheep, traditionally boiled in the
animal's stomach.
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Scotland is famous for:
• The Caber Toss is a traditional Scottish athletic event practised at the Scottish Highland Games involving the tossing of a large wooden pole called a caber.
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Famous Scots
ROBERT BURNS WALTER SCOTT
a poet a poet
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Famous Scots
R. L. STEVENSON A. CONAN DOYLE
a writer a physician &
writer(stories about
the Detective
Sherlock Holmes)
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Famous Scots DAVID HUME LORD KELVIN
a philosopher formulated
the‘Kelvin’ scale
of absolute
temperature
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Famous Scots
ANNIE LENNOX WET WET WET
a singer-songwriter a pop rock band
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Famous Scots
TRAVIS SIMPLE MINDS
a post-Britpop band a rock band
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Famous Scots
SUSAN BOYLE SEAN CONNERY
a singer an actor
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Scottish inventors & inventions
Alexander Fleming
a Scottish bacteriologist who discovered Penicillin in 1928, which won him the Nobel Prize
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Scottish inventors & inventions
James Watt
steam engine
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Scottish inventors & inventions
Alexander Graham Bell
invented the first practical telephone in
1876
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Scottish inventors & inventions
John Logie Baird inventor of the
television. In 1925 he sent and received the
first wireless television signal.
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Scottish inventors & inventions
Dolly the Sheep – the first cloned mammal at the Roslin Institute, near Edinburgh. She lived
healthy for six years.
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Interesting facts
• The modern game of golf was first dveloped and established in Scotland in the 15th century.
• Edinburgh was the first city in the world which had its own fire-brigade.
• Edinburgh, like Rome, was built on seven hills.
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Interesting facts
• The capital of Scotland, Edinburgh, is only its second largest city, after Glasgow.
• Scotland is home to the oldest tree in Europe, a twisted yew which has stood in Fortingall for 3,000 years. According to local legend, Pontius Pilate was born in its shade and played there as a child.
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Interesting facts
• The raincoat was invented in1824 in Scotland by Charles Macintosh, a chemist born in Glasgow.
• One of Scotland’s most famous products, whisky, was actually invented in China. It was first distilled by monks in Ireland in the early 15th century, before reaching Scotland 100 years later.
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Can you answer?
• What’s the capital city of Scotland?
• What is Scotland famous for?
• Who is the patron saint of Scotland?
• Describe Scotland’s flag.
• Name famous Scots.
• Who discovered Penicillin?
• Who invented the first practical telephone?
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