1. SCOTLAND, A GENERAL PICTURE

2. 3. MAP OF SCOTLAND 4. GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES LOCATION:Atlantic Ocean, Northern Hemisphere. Occupying thenorthern third of the island of Great Britain. It consists of over 790 islands including the NorthernIsles and The Hebrides. POPULATION:5.168.000 estimate. AREA: 78.777km2 , roughly 30% of the United Kingdom. 5. COUNTRYSIDE SCENERY 6. FAERIE GLEN 7. VIEW OF DISTINCT CASTLES 8. SCOTTISH SUNSET 9. TYPICAL SCOTTISH HEATHER 10. HIGHLAND CATTLE 11. MAJOR CITIES AND WATERWAYS

The six designated cities in descending order of population size are : Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen,

12. Dundee, Inverness and Stirling. 13. Capital: Edinburgh

MajorRivers: The Clyde, The Dee, The Don, The Spey,

14. The Forth, The Tay, The Tweed.

Freshwater Lochs: Loch Ness, Loch Lomond, Loch Morar, Loch Tay and so on.

15. NATIONAL SYMBOLS 16. SCOTTISH SYMBOLS 17. ECONOMY OF SCOTLAND

Most Scottish industry and commerce is concentrated in a few large cities. Edinburgh is a cultural centre and one of the top finance centres in Europe.

18. Glasgow is the leading seaport and once was a centre of shipbuilding and it supports numerous light industries. Tourism is also very important.

The mineral coal has declined. Oil, however, gained prominence in the economy during the 1970s with the growth of North Sea oil extraction companies. Natural gas is also abundant in the North Sea fields. Other industries are textile, distillingandfishing. Scotland is a net exporter of energy to the rest UK, with abundant electricity generation.

19. Government and Politics

As one of the constituent parts of the United Kingdom, Scotland is represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom in London.

20. The Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh has the power to govern the country on Scotland specific matters and has a limited power to vary income tax. 21. The United Kingdom Parliament retains responsibility for Scotlands defence, international relations and certain other areas. 22. TYPICAL FOOD AND DRINK 23. SCOTTISH FAMOUS WRITERS 24. Sir Walter Scott and Stevenson 25. SCOTTISH HERITAGE 26. BAGPIPES AND SCOTTISH CEILIDH 27. Some typical Scottish words

Ben- Mountain

28. Brae- Hill 29. Burn- Stream 30. Ceilidh dancing- lively Celtic dancing 31. Clan- Family unit 32. Glen- a small valley 33. Kirk- Church 34. Loch- Lake 35. Moor- Open infertile land 36. FAMOUS SPORTS 37. SCOTTISH EDUCATION

Scotland was the first country to implement a system of general public education since Sparta in classical Greece.

38. There are 14 Scottish universities, some of them among the oldest in the world.