Canada, Great Britain

Canada:

• Northerm part of North America

• Vancouver in the west, New Scotland and Newfoundland in the east, Victoria and Baffin islands in the north

• Niagara Falls are between Lake Erie and Ontario

• Big lakes: Great Bear Lake, Great Slave Lake or Lake Winnipeg(2 million lakes in Canada)

• Large mountain areas: the Rocky Mountains, the Mackenzie Mountains and the Melville Hills

• The highest peak is Mt. Logan (6050 m) in Alaska Region

• The logest river is Mackenzie

• Other big rivers: Yukon, the Columbia and the St. Lawrence River

• Country is covered by tundra, forests and prairies

• Canada was discovered by John Cabot at the end fifteenth century

• Head of state: British Ueen Elizabeth II.

• Valid currency is Canadian dollar

• Flag: red maple leaf in the white field between two wide red stripes

• Minerals and natural sources: coal, ion ore and gas (Canada is the largest world exporter of lumber and wood)

• Capital of Canada is Ottawa

• The largest city is Toronto (famous for its CN Tower), other large cities are Montreal( =Paris of Canada) , Vancouver, Edmonton, Hamilton, Quebec(oldest city in Canada)

• National sports are ice-hockey and lacrosse

• Royal police- královská garda, maple leaf- javorový list

• Animals: beawer(bobr), canada lynx (rys), canada goose (husa), moose (los), grizzle bear, musk ox (pižmoň), nort american wolf (vlk)

Great britain:

• GB consists: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

• Official title- The United KIngdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

• Population – English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish,Indians (Indové), Pakistanis, Italians, Chinese, Jews

• Geographical facts:

• seas- the North Sea in the east, The Atlantic Ocean in the northwest, the Irish sea in the west and the Channel La Manche in the south (another channel- North Channel between Scotland and Northern Ireland)

• Island surrounding Britain- Orkney Islands, Hebrides, Shetland Islands, Islands of Scilly, the Isle of Wight

• England:

• Capital is London (other city: Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham, Bristol)

• Important range(pohoří) of hills is the Pennies

• The higghest mountains are the Cumbrian Mountains

• Rivers: Thames –flowing through London to the North Sea and the Severn- flowing to the Celtic sea

• Wales:

• Capital city is Cardiff, highest mountains are the Cambrian Mountains

• Wales is called the land of castles

• Scotland:

• mountain situated in the north of GB is called the Grampians

• highest mountain is Ben Nevis