Expo England Gral

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ENGLAND


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Location: Northwest Europe and in

the southern part ofGreat Britain. It is acountry part of the UK.

England


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England

Population: 50.4 million.

Capital city: LondonMajor cities: Birmingham,Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester,SheffieldOfficial language: English


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Religion: Christianity

The Anglican Church ofEngland is the establishedchurch of England. (70%)

After religions: (30%)other religions practiced are:

Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism,Jud, Aism, Buddhism.

There are also organizationswhich promote irreligion,atheist humanism andsecularism.


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Currency: pound sterling ()


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ECONOMY

England has the largest economy of the United Kingdom

with an average GDP per capita of $ 36,217.

England is rich in different natural resources, such ascoal, petroleum, natural gas, tin, limestone, iron ore, salt,

clay, chalk, gypsum, lead and silica.

London, is one of the worlds largest financial centres.

Service sector employs around 80% of the working

population.


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ECONOMY

Main crops: wheat, barley, oat, potato and sugar beet.

England is one of the world's leading fishing nations with

fish of every kind.

Manufacturing and primary industries are in decline.

England remains a key player in the aerospace, defence,

pharmaceutical and chemical industries.

Tourism is one of the largest industries in England.


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ECONOMY

One in twelve jobs in the England is currently either

directly or indirectly supported by tourism.

Tourism contributes 96.7bn ($152.9bn) to the economyin England (8.6% of GDP).


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INTERESTING FACTS

English people consume more tea per capita thananybody else in the world (2.5 times more than theJapanese and 22 times more than the Americans or theFrench).


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INTERESTING FACTS

English people have the highest obesityrate in the European Union (22.3% ofmen and 23% of women).

British police do not carry guns except

in emergencies.


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INTERESTING FACTS

London Heathrow Airport is the world's busiest airport byinternational passenger traffic, and the third for totaltraffic.


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INTERESTING FACTS

The first public zoo inEngland opened in Londonin 1829. It was also aworld's first.


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INTERESTING FACTS

Windsor Castle is the largestroyal home in the world. It is alsothe oldest still in use as a royalresidence.

Big Ben is not the name of theentire building that contains the

clock. The name is actually whatthe bell inside the tower is called.The structure is actually calledSt. Stephen's Tower.


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GOVERNMENT Englands government is called a Parliamentary

Monarchy

Queen Elizabeth II

THE CROWN

Rules symbolically

Head of the judiciary

Commander in chief of the armed forces

Supreme governor of the Church of

England and Scotland

Summons and dismisses Parliament andministers of the cabinet


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Exercises all of the theoreticalpowers of the Crown

The leader in the majority partyin the Parliament

He presides over the cabinetand selects its members

First Lord of the Treasury andMinister of Civil Service David Cameron

Prime Minister of theUnited Kingdom

THE PRIME MINISTER

THE CABINET

Ultimate decision-making body of

the executive Composed of the Prime Minister and 22 CabinetMinisters

Members of the House of Commons or House ofLords

Heads of government departments


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THE PARLIAMENT

The seat of British democracy

To pass laws

To raise enough moneythrough taxation

To examine government policy

and administration

To discuss importantpolitical issues

MainFunctions

Palace ofWestminster


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House ofCommons

Elected by local residents torepresent an area of thecountry in Parliament

650 members

532 Members of Parliament(MPs) for constituencies in

England

The chief officer of the Houseis the Speaker

The most important place fordiscussing policies and

making laws

House of Lords

Appointed by the Crown

786 members

People who have inherited family titlesand those who have been given titlesbecause of their outstanding work.

The chief officer of the Houseis the Lord Speaker

Lords Spiritual: archbishopsand bishops of England

Lords Temporal: hereditary or lifepeers.

It regularly reviews and amendsbills from the Commons


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Electoral system

It takes place every fiveyears.

Everybody over the age of18 can vote.

They vote for theircandidates in their localarea to represent them inthe House of Commons.

The party with the majorityof seats in the Commonsgets to formthe government. Thatpartys leader becomes

Prime Minister.

Political PartiesConservative Party

The centre-Right party, led by DavidCameron

Patriotism and family virtues such as duty,loyalty, hard work and thrift

Receive money from big companies andrich people

Labor Party

The centre-Left party currently led by EdMiliband

Social justice, achievement of well-beingand opportunities for all

It was founded by the trade unionmovement.

Liberal Democrat Party The centrist, libertarian party , led by Nick

Clegg Their main objective is to make a new electoral

system Supports constitutional and electoral reform,

progressive taxation,

environmentalism,

banking reformand civil liberties.

General elections


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Seminario, Olenka

ENGLAND TOURISTPLACES ANDCUSTOMS


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Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge is one of London's iconicsights of England.

It was constructed in 1894, Tower Bridgewas the most sophisticated bascule bridgeof its time.

Big Ben is the clock of the clock tower.

The clock tower holds the largest four-faced chiming clock in the world and is thethird-tallest free-standing clock tower.

The tower was completed in 1858 and hasbecome one of the most prominentsymbols of both London and England.


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Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey is located in London. TheAbbey is a living church where worship stilltakes place today and it is also the traditional

place of coronation and burial site for Englishmonarchs.Is the place of rest of king Edward theconfessor's and tombs and memorials ofmany great men and women from BritishHistory.

There is also more than a 1000 years worth oftreasures such as paintings, stained glass andtextiles of the stunning Gothic architecture ofthis church.

the Abbey is formed by 4 precincts:

The Church of St MargaretThe Chapterhouse and Pyx ChamberThe Abbey MuseumThe Abbey Gardens


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London Zoo

London Zoo is one of Britain's top attractionsand is the world's oldest scientific zoo foundedover 180 years ago. It can be found in theheart of London, in Regent's Park. it is run bythe Zoological Society of London.

Although this zoo is located in the middle ofthe city it still has plenty of animals to seeincluding lions, camels, giraffes, penguins,

tigers, monkeys and meerkats. In fact thereare 750 different species of animals making itone of the largest collections of animals in theUK.

The zoo is divided up into many differentareas which are great fun to explore and help

make it one of London's most popular touristattractions.

Gorilla KingdomButterfly ParadiseLions and Tigers

AquariumPenguin Beach


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Stonehenge, Wiltshire

Stonehenge is a circle of ancient stoneserected between 3000BC and 1,600BC. Itis one of the most important prehistoric

monument sites in Britain.

It was constructed in three phases and ithas been estimated that this took morethan 30 million hours of labour. Some thinkit was designed as a place to worship thesun, others believe it may have been a

place of sacrifice.

Visitors are not permitted near the stonesunless pre-arranged. Viewing is behind afence that runs around the stone circle.


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The British Museum

Opened in 1753, houses a world collection ofart and antiquities from ancient and livingcultures that spans two million years of

history. There are over 7 million artefactshoused in the museum representing everyhistory period from the Vikings to the Romansto the Egyptians and Medievel Europe withexamples of pottery, jewellery, statues,paintings, sculptures and many more.

Entry to the museum is free but there areadmission charges for entry to exhibitions. Asexhibitions change, check the website or callfor specific information.

There is a restaurant, two cafes and a picnic

area.


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Buckingham Palace

Is the Queen's official London residence andis used to receive and entertain guests onstate, ceremonial and official occasions for the

Royal Family. The palace was originally builtin 1705 for the Duke of Buckingham.

The Palace is located between The GreenPark, Hyde Park and St. James's Park.

Changing the GuardThe Changing the Guard ceremony takesplace in the forecourt of Buckingham Palaceat 11.30 every day in summer, every other dayin winter.

The New Guard marches to the Palace from

Wellington Barracks with a Guards band, theOld Guard hands over in a ceremony duringwhich the sentries are changed and thenreturns to barracks.

The ceremony lasts about 45 minutes and is

free to watch.


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English customs


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Punctuality

Rugby

British Pie

Tea Time

Visiting

British breakfast


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