ENGLAND, BRITIAN, OR WHAT?

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTINTIONAT A GLANCE…

ENGLAND, BRITIAN, OR WHAT?

COMPILED BY DANTE ACOSTA

British Isles

• Includes:– Ireland– Great Britian– Isle of Man– Channel Islands

Great Britain

• Includes:– England,– Wales,– Scotland.

• Contrasts to current Brittany (France)– Many British Celts

settled down there when escaping from the Anglo-Saxons invaders (5th C.)

Scotland

• Northern part• Includes:– Hundreds of small

islands:• Hebrides• Shetland• Orkney

England

• South-eastern• Includes: – Isle of Wight– Isles of Scilly

Wales

• South-Western part• Borders:– NORTH: Irish Sea– SOUTH: Bristol Channel– EAST: England– West: St. George’s

Channel

Ireland

• Two Countries– The Republic of Ireland– Northern Ireland

Isle of Man

• A British Crown dependency

• Has its own Parliament• UK: responsible for– Defence– External relations

Channel Islands

• A British Crown dependency

• An outcrop of the French mainland

ENGLAND, BRITIAN, OR WHAT?

POLITICAL DISTINTIONAT A GLANCE…

The United Kingdom (UK)

• Includes– England– Wales– Scotland– Northern Ireland

Republic of Ireland

• Irish Free State (before 1937)

• Republic of Ireland (after the adoption of the Constitution- 1937)

British Islands

• ≠ British Isles• Includes:– The UK– The Crown

Dependencies• Channel Islands

– Jersey– Guemsey

• Isle of Man

Image Credits

• Slide 1 (Satellite image in background): Accessed April/7/2013 through: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Satellite_image_of_Great_Britain_and_Northern_Ireland_in_April_2002.jpg

• Slides 2 – 9 (territories in red): Accessed April/7/2013 through: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminology_of_the_British_Isles

• Slide 10 (map in background): Accessed April/7/2013 through: http://mrworldwideblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/division-politica-de-las-islas-britanicas.jpg

• Slides 11-13 (territories in red): Accessed April/7/2013 through: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminology_of_the_British_Isles