2014年8月9日土曜日

Exercise at Google Drive: vol.2 (about the UK)

About UK

UK’s full name is “The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”. As we have seen, London is the capital of this country. The Goverment and Parliament are based in London too. The goverment system in UK is constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system.

The population of UK is 63 million. In addition, UK is the world’s sixth-largest country by GDP.
Most people are considered to be christianity.






With reference to history of the union, UK has taken four steps.

Firstly, in 1536, Wales was joined to England, and then they formed the Kingdom of England.
About 200 years later, in 1707, the kingdoms of Scotland and England were united. Thus the Kingdom of Great Britain came into existence. 
 
Moreover, in 1801, the Irish and British parliaments were combined for the purpose of forming the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Irerand.
Lastly, in 1922, five-sixthes of Ireland moved apart from the UK to form the Irish Free State.

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