NAMES, TERMS, DATES – Class 5
| Britain | England and Wales united under this name |
| Great Britain | England, Wales and Scotland united under this name |
| United Kingdom, the | when Ireland joined, the official name became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; now the official name is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Union Jack, the | nickname of the UK flag, official name is the Union Flag |
| population | the total number of people who live in a particular country / city / town etc. |
| currency | the type of money used in a country |
| London | the capital city of England and the UK; a multicultural metropolis |
| Edinburgh | the capital city of Scotland famous for its beautiful castle on top of a hill |
| Cardiff | the capital city of Wales |
| Belfast | the capital city of Northern Ireland |
| Alba | Scottish name for Scotland |
| Gaelic language | a language of Celtic origins, there is Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic, too |
| St George | the patron saint of England, his flag is a horizontal red cross on a white base (ENG flag), his day is 23rd April |
| St David | the patron saint of Wales, his day is 1st March; his flag has a yellow horizontal cross o a black base |
| St Andrew | the patron saint of Scotland, his flag has a white diagonal cross on a blue base (SCO flag), his day is 30th November |
| St Patrick | the patron saint of Ireland, his day is 17th March, his flag has a red diagonal cross on a white base |
| thistle | a plant / flower the flower symbol of Scotland |
| daffodil | a yellow flower that comes in April, the flower symbol of Wales |
| shamrock | the Irish clover, a symbol for Ireland that originates from St Patrick who taught the Trinity (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) using a three-leaf cover |
| lion | the animal symbol of England and Scotland because it symbolizes strength, royalty and brave |
| Ben Nevis | in SCO, the highest point of the UK (1,344 m) |
| loch | Scottish word for ‘lake’ |
| lough | Irish word for ‘lake’ |
| llyn | Welsh word for ‘lake’ |
| Loch Ness | the legendary lake of Scotland with its popular ‘monster’, Nessie |
GREAT BRITANNIA 