3rd Chapter

Question 1

What is characteristic of Britain’s physical geography (land and climate)

Answer 1

• mountains are not very high
• flat land with hills
• same climate as north-western part of Europe
• not very hot in summer or very cold in winter

Question 2

Which part of Britain gets more rain than the opposite part? Why is it so?

Answer 2

West part, because of the wind from Atlantic Ocean

Question 3

Which part of Britain has slightly colder winters than the opposite part? Why?

Answer 3

East part, the west is warmed by tropical airstream

Question 4

Why has Britain’s climate got such a bad reputation and who created the image of a wet, foggy land in the past?

Answer 4

Due to weather’s changeability

The Romans, 2000 years ago.

Question 5

Which parts of Britain are generally low-lying and which are mountainous?

Answer 5

South and east - low lying

North and west - mountainous areas

Question 6

Britain has got a greater proportion of which type of the countryside compared to other European countries?

Answer 6

Grassland

Question 7

Fields, especially in southern England, are divided from each other by

Answer 7

Hedgerows

Question 8

How do English and Welsh cities differ from those in other European countries and why is it so?

Answer 8

Not living so often in blocks of flats, because they value their privacy more

Question 9

What is the proportion of Britain’s population living in towns?

Answer 9

75 percent

Question 10

Which two words is the word smog a combination of and why was it first used in Britain?

Answer 10

Smoke and fog,

because Britain was the first industrialized country

Question 11

What were pea-soupers and through which works of literature did they become famous?

Answer 11

Thick smogs,

Sherlock Holmes stories by Charles Dickens

Question 12

Apart from drowning, what else could happen to a person who fell into the Thames in mid-19th c.?

Answer 12

Get sick from polluted water

Question 13

How else did the river Thames make life in London unpleasant at the time?

Answer 13

Unpleasant smell

Question 14

What helped to lessen air pollution in the 1960s and 1970s and what caused to increase it again?

Answer 14

Forbidding of open coal fires in city areas,

Increase of motor cars

Question 15

What is the original walled city of London colloquially known as today?

Answer 15

“The square mile”

Question 16

Why did the city of London not contain Parliament and the royal court?

Answer 16

It would have interfered with the autonomy of merchant and traders living there

Question 17

Which part of London is famous for its many theatres and cinemas?

Answer 17

West End

Question 18

Which part is known as the poorer residential area of central London and what is its famous slang called??

Answer 18

East End,

Cockney

Question 19

What is known as commuter land?

Answer 19

Area surrounding the outer suburbs of London

Question 20

What is the county of Kent known as and why?

Answer 20

“The Garden of England”

Many fruits and vegetables are grown there

Question 21

Which are Britain’s second and third largest cities?

Answer 21

Manchester, Birmingham

Question 22

What is Birmingham and the surrounding area known as and what was its industry during the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 22

Black Country,

major engineering centre - iron and steel

Question 23

What is meant by the north-south divide?

Answer 23

South has always had lower rates of unemployment and more expensive houses

Question 24

What is the name of the mountains dividing northern England and why did the surrounding areas become the centre of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th c.?

Answer 24

The Pennines,

Large deposits of coal, iron ore

Question 25

Which areas were the world’s leading producers of cotton and woollen goods respectively in the 19th c.

Answer 25

Manchester area,

Bradford and Leeds

Question 26

Which is the largest National Park in England and which writers are associated with it?

Answer 26

Lake District

Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey (the “Lake Poets”)

Question 27

What are Scotland’s three clearly-marked regions and which one is most populated?

Answer 27

Southern Uplands
Central Plain - most populated
Highlands

Question 28

What was Glasgow famous for in European design and architecture at the turn of the 19th c.

Answer 28

Artistic heritage

European City of Culture

Question 29

Which Glasgow football team is considered Catholic and which Protestant?

Answer 29

Celtic - Catholic

Rangers - Protestant

Question 30

What is Edinburgh called and why?

Answer 30

“the Athens of the North”

Fine historic buildings and its topography

Question 31

Where do most people of Wales live?

Answer 31

South-east of the country

Question 32

What used to be the typical industry of Wales?

Answer 32

Coal mining

Question 33

Where is the largest National Park in Britain and what is its name?

Answer 33

North-west

The Cairngorms

Question 34

Where would you find the Giant’s Causeway and why is it called so?

Answer 34

North coast of Northern Ireland

Rocks form an image of enormous stepping stones