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General Information
• Country – United Kingdom (UK) • Capital - London• Official language – English• Total Area - 243,610 km2
• Population - 63,181,77 • Total GDP - $2.434 trillion• Currency - Pound sterling • Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II (since 1952)• Prime Minister - David Cameron MP
1902 Britain defeats Dutch settlers in Boer War in South Africa
1914 - 1918 First World War
1920 Republic of Ireland gains independence
1937 Sir Frank Whittle invents the Jet Engine
1939 - 1945 The Second World War
1951 Festival of Britain
1952 Elizabeth II becomes Queen
1973 Britain joins the European Community
1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first woman prime minister
1982 Falklands War
1991 Gulf War
1991 Sir Tim Berners Lee invents the World Wide Web
1994 Channel Tunnel links Britain back to the European continent
1999 Welsh national assembly and Scottish parliament
2003 The Second Gulf War
2003 England Wins the Rugby World Cup
The united kingdom of Great Britain came into being on 1 May 1707
Norms
• Do not ask a lady her age
• Do not pick your nose in public
• Avoid doing gestures such as backslapping and hugging
• Do not spit.
• Do not burp in public
• It is impolite speak with your mouth full of food
• Do not ask personal questions
• It is impolite to stare at anyone in public
Religion in the United Kingdom
Dominant religion - Christianity
Religion Amount
Christianity 39,243,175
Islam 2,806,066
Hinduism 816,633
Sikhism 423,158
Judaism 263,346
Buddhism 247,743
Other religion 240,530
No religion 14,097,229
Religion not stated 4,038,032
Number of deaths in males and females by age in England, 2011
Sport
School
The Media
Television - channels BBC One, BBC Two, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5
Radio 815 radio stations
Newspapers 1592 newspapers
Magazines 1970 magazines
Web sites
The socialization process in UK
• Family: The Primary Social Group That Teaches Socialization
• Mass Media: The Second Group That Teaches Socialization
• Peer Groups: The Third Group That Teaches Socialization
• School: The Fourth Group That Teaches Socialization
• Religion
• Sport
Social Networks in UK
• Almost two thirds (65%) of the UK online population have used Facebook within the last month
• Usage of facebook - 95% of 16-20 year olds and 74% of 21-24 year olds
• YouTube is the closest social media site behind Facebook with half (50%) of all UK internet users using the site within the last month
• Twitter (23%), Windows Live (14%), LinkedIn (13%), Google + (12%) and Spotify (10%)
How groups can influence on society?
What has a big impact on society in United Kingdom?
• INTERNET
• TV
• RELIGION
• MUSIC
• Fashion
What are British people afraid of? One of the most safe country
Poverty in the world
World Population - 6.8 billion
Two-thirds of the world's hungry live in just 7 countries: Bangladesh, China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia and Pakistan
75 percent of the world's poorest people — 1.4 billion women, children, and men
22,000 children die each day due to conditions of poverty
870 million people do not have enough to eat
1.4 billion people in developing countries live on $1.25 a day or less.
Poverty in UK
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