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SECTION A

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Geography

Quiz

Choose the correct answer.


1 In world terms, Britain has

summers

and cool winters.


A hot
B warm
C cool

9 What proportion of the population of London was

2 Which of these does Britain not have?


A floods
B earth tremors
C active volcanoes

born outside Britain?


A less than 10%
B about 20%
C more than 30%

3 If you read in a scene from a novel set in Britain that


the temperature was in the mid eighties, what is the
weather like?
A hot
B neither hot nor cold
C impossible it must be science fiction

4 Which is the least densely populated country in


Britain?
A England
B Scotland
C Wales

6 Where in England is Birmingham?


A the midlands
B the north
C the south
7 Where in England is Manchester?
A the midlands
B the north
C the south

10 Which of the following cities is not in England?


A Cardiff
B Leeds
C Newcastle
11 Generally speaking, which part of Britain gets the
most rain in a year?
A the east
B the south
C the west

12 Which form of alternative energy is most used

5 London is larger than any other city in Britain. About


how much larger?
A twice as large
B four times larger
C six times larger

8 What is the largest city in Scotland?


A Aberdeen
B Edinburgh
C Glasgow

in Britain?
A solar power
B water power
C wind power

13 In world terms, how much rain does London get in a


year?
A a little
B a moderate amount
C a lot

14 Which of these is nearest to London?


A The Downs
B The Lake District
C The Pennines

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GEOGRAPHY

SECTION B

London

Match 18 with ah.


1 a popular London tourist attraction
2 the structure used to protect London
from flooding

3 the area where the Houses of Parliament


are located

SECTION C British words and phrases


Find the word or phrase in chapter 3 of Britain which is used
to mean or describe:
1 the edges of hills facing out to sea on the south coast of England
2 areas of land where there are no towns or cities (the opposite
of urban)

3 a combination of smoke and fog

4 the financial centre of London

4 the fact that temperatures around the world are rising

5 the main area for entertainment

5 the flat, watery area in East Anglia

and shopping

6 the traditional home of Cockneys

6 an area of Glasgow famous in the past for its terrible housing


conditions

7 the area into which modern London


is expanding

8 the south-east of England


a The Home Counties
b The East End
c The Tower of London
d The Thames Estuary
e The Thames Barrier
f The West End
g The City

SECTION D

North to south

Put the following in order from north to south.


1 Hadrians Wall
2 Lands End
3 The Pennines
4 The Athens of the north
5 The Black Country
6 The highlands

h Westminster

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SECTION E

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Extension

Fill in the gaps in this text with words and phrases from the list below.

North
It is part of English folklore that the north and
south of the country are irredeemably different
from each other. The north is full of poor but
1
workers; the south is full of
rich softies who live off the 2
of the northerners. In the south of England
all the men wear bowler hats and suits and
on the train to
carry 3
work in 4
every day. In the
north, they all wear workmans overalls and
cycle to work in the local 5
. In the south,
carrying 6
they are 7
, but a bit soft
and hypocritical. In the north they are

and hard, suspicious of


strangers but actually very friendly.

These two stereotypes are well-known in


England. But they cannot be completely true.
After all, most of the 9
in
the north has closed down. In any case, people
in Britain 10
a lot in their
lifetimes, so that lots of the people in the south
of England must be northerners and vice-versa.
Nevertheless, it is true that 11
cost much more in the south than they do in the
north. But even here the picture is complicated.
areas in the
Ten of the 12
country are actually in . . . London.

South

briefcases heavy industry move around poorest the city honest


plain speaking sandwiches factory houses polite sweat

SECTION F

Talking points

1 How is the pattern of human settlement in your country different from that in Britain?
2 In modern times, London is expanding towards the east. Can you see any problems with
expanding in this particular direction?

3 People sometimes say that London is not at all typical of the rest of Britain. On the
basis of the information given in chapter 3 of Britain, do you think this is true? Does
the capital city of your country stand in the same relation to the rest of the country as
London does to Britain?

4 Are the stereotypes of the north and south of England and their inhabitants similar to
the images of the north and south of your country?

5 In the short tour of the regions of Britain in chapter 3 of Britain, some sections are
longer than others. This is partly because some regions have higher profiles than others
that is, more is known or imagined about them than others. Which are the regions of
Britain that seem to have the higher profiles? What do their reputations consist of?

6 If you had to live in Britain but could choose anywhere in the country, which part would
you choose? Why? Is this the same part you would choose to visit for a holiday?

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