The document provides information about several English-speaking countries including the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and the United States. It includes facts about each country's capital city, population, head of government, flag, famous landmarks, and other notable details. Pictures of famous places and people from some of the countries are also included along with questions about identifying them.

1. English Speaking
Countries
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2. The United Kingdom
Ireland
Canada
Australia
The United States of
America

3. The United Kongdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
Capital City – London
Anthem – „God Save the Queen”
Flag- Union Jack
Coat of arms-
Population- 65,648,100
Monarch- Queen Elisabeth II, since 1952
Prime Minister- Theresa May, since 2016
Area- 242,495 km2

4. The United Kongdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
Country Patron Flag Symbol
England St. George rose
Wales St. David Leek/ daffodil
Scotland St. Andrew thistle
Northern Ireland St. Patrick shamrock

5. Name the attractions in Great Britain in the pictures below. Do
you know other famous places in the Great Britain?

6. Who are the people in the pictures?
Why are they famous?

7. Ireland
Capital City – Dublin
Anthem – "Amhrán na bhFiann"
Flag-
Coat of arms-
Population- 6,572,728
Prime Minister- Leo Varadkar, Since 2017
Area- 84,421 km2
Highest mountain- Carrauntoohil

8. Famous places
The Cliffs of Moher
Trinity College,
Dublin
The Rock of Cashel
Blarney Castle
Dublin
The Ring of Kerry

9. Interesting facts
• The three most famous symbols of Ireland are the green Shamrock, the harp, and the Celtic
cross.
• Halloween traces back its origins to the Gaelic festival of Samhain, a harvest festival held on 31
October to mark the end of summer. Samhain became associated with All Saints (1 November)
from the early Middle Ages and the two progressively merged over the centuries, creating
Halloween.
• Many Irish family names start with "Mac" or "O'...", which means respectively "son of ..." and
"grandson of ..." in Gaelic.
• The ancestral language of Irish people is Irish Gaelic. Nowadays 1.6 million people claim a self-
reported competence in Irish, but only 380,000 fluent speakers remain.
• The story of the world-famous vampire Count Dracula was written in 1897 by Bram Stoker, from
Dublin. His real-life inspiration for his character was a friend of his, the actor Sir Henry Irving.
Count Dracula was the culmination of 20 years of vampire stories in Victorian literature. Dracula
is said to have been inspired by the early Irish legend of Abhartach, an evil chieftain who, after
being betrayed by his subjects and slain by the hero Cathrain, rose from his grave every night to
drink the blood of his subjects.

10. Canada
Capital city – Ottawa
Largest city- Toronto
Anthem – „ O Canada”
Flag-
Coat of arms-
Population- 37,067,011
Prime Minister- Justin Trudeau
Area- 9,984,670 km2
Highest mountain- Mount Logan
Motto- A Mari Usque Ad Mare, From Sea to Sea

11. Fact file
• Canada's birthday is on the first of July (1867)
• Canada is the second largest country in the
world, there are six time zones
• Canada is in the top five producers of natural
gas, copper, zinc, nickel, aluminum, and gold
• Canada has the fourth lowest population
density in the world with only three people per
square kilometer
• Motto - Hockey is the national sport of Canada

12. Do you know all the famous people from the
pictures below? They are from Canada.

13. Australia
Capital City – Canberra
Anthem – „Advance Australia Fair”
Flag-
Coat of arms-
Population-
Prime Minister- Malcolm Turnbull
Area-
Highest mountain- Mount Kosciuszko
7,692,024 km2
24,974,300

14. The most beautiful places of Australia
Great Barrier Reef
Uluru
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sydney Opera House

15. Facts about Australia
• Australia is the driest of any continent on earth other than Antarctica
• The Great Barrier Reef is regarded as the world's largest living organism, and is
often listed as one of the Seven Wonders of the Natural World
• Uluru (Ayers Rock) is known as the largest monolith in the world and is over
8km wide at its widest point
• Despite being a massive continent, 90% of Australia's population live on the
coast due to the majority of the interior being a vast desert
• There are three times as many sheep than people living in Australia
• 17 of the world's most poisonous snakes can be found in Australia
•Voting in elections in Australia is compulsory (you don't have a choice) for
everyone 18 years of age and over, with an initial fine of $72 issued for non-
voters. Despite this, only around 81% of eligible Aussie voters cast their vote

16. The United States of America
Capital City – Washington, D.C.
Anthem – „The Star-Spangled Banner”
Flag-
Great seal-
Population- 325,719,178
President- Donald Trump
Area- 3,796,742
Motto-In God We Trust
States- 50

17. Do you know what is America famous for?

18. Interesting facts about the USA
Alaska has a longer coastline than all of the other 49 U.S. states put together.
More people live in New York City than in 40 of the 50 states.
In 1872, Russia sold Alaska to the Unites States for about 2 cents per acre.
Western Michigan is home to a giant lavender labyrinth so big you can see it on
Google Earth.
Kansas produces enough wheat each year to feed everyone in the world for about
two weeks.
Oregon's Crater Lake is deep enough to cover six Statues of Liberty stacked on top of
each other.
The Empire State building has its own zip code.