lunes, 22 de febrero de 2010

United kingdon is composed by:

England, Whales, Scotland, Northen Ireland.



England

The title of the former political unity composed of the countries
above, offically adopted on January 1st of 1801, when tha act of union between Great Britain and Ireland came into force.
The name great Britain has been used since the union of the Kingdoms of England and scotland in 1707 as the oficial designation of the united countries.
When, in 1922, 26 Irish countries were severed from the united kingdom and erected into a dominiom of the British empire under the name of the Irish Free State (later, Eire, Ireland), no provision was made in the act for any change in the royal style or in the title of the imperial parliament. From 1922 onward, however, the title of United Kingdom of Geat Britan and Northern Ireland was frequently used in oficial documents to designate those parts of the British Isles represented in the imperial ralations commitee of the imperial conference of 1926 it was suggested that

United kingdon is composed by:

lunes, 8 de febrero de 2010

reino unido escudo,bandera,reina big ben

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Escudo de Reino Unido





La Reina Isabel II y su esposo el Duque de Edimburgo



Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born on 21 April 1926 in the neighborhood
Mayfair in London, eldest daughter of Prince Albert, Duke of York and
Isabel, Duchess of York, first grandchild of King George V and Queen Mary and
the first princess born into the royal family since the birth of the
Princess Mary in 1897. As granddaughter of the monarch of the United Kingdom
Isabel was born male line with the title of Princess Elizabeth of York.
Initially it was expected to accede to the throne, as his father
was the second in succession. But in 1936, when Elizabeth was 10,
her uncle Edward VIII abdicated to marry the eager divorcee Wallis
Simpson, as his father assumed the throne as George VI, who in
death would then Isabel.1 She and her sister Margaret were raised in
home under the supervision of his mother.

La Torre de Big Ben desde la Abadía de Westminster. Foto del 2006.


big ben y buses de dos pisos

La Torre de Big Ben en Londres. Foto del 2006.
La Torre de Big Ben y el Puente Westminster
Each of the watches we see in the tower has a diameter of 23 feet, which are as about 7.5 meters. In each of them is an inscription that says something like "God save our Majesty Queen Victoria. The tower achieves a height of 316 feet, is over 105 meters. And Big Ben has a diameter of 8 feet, 2.67 meters, and weighs 13.5 tons..

La Torre de Big Ben y la Casa del Parlamento. Foto del 2006.
La Torre de Big Ben y la Casa del Parlamento
The tower was added to the Palace of Westminster as part of a reconstruction that was done.The tower was completed in 1856 after thirteen years it took to build it. The original bell, Big Ben, after a short period of use cracked and had to be replaced, putting in use the new bell in 1859. But things began not quite right for the second Big Ben, like the previous two months of use also cracked. This time he was given a quarter turn and replaced the hammer blows for the lighter one. The drug worked and that is the Big Ben today. And the mechanism of clocks has cost only pennies to keep you all these years, the entire counterweight cents is that the pendulum is required to maintain accuracy.

La Torre de Big Ben de noche en Londres. Foto del 2006.

La Torre de Big Ben de noche




reino unido



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origen de la bandera

Is a combination of the crosses of
patron saints of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland
three of the four regions, with Wales, form the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland. The red cross on a central white
is the St. George of England. The white saltire on a blue background is the
cross of St. Andrew, Scotland. And the red cross on a white background is the
cross of St Patrick, Ireland. It is, given the absolute hegemony English
in the UK, very commonly confused with the flag
England.

The final version of the Union Flag appeared in 1801, the
produced the union of Britain with Ireland, following which it
included the cross of St Patrick as had been previously
combined the crosses of the patron saints of England and Scotland. The cross
remains in the flag although now only Ireland
Northern part of the United Kingdom.

It should be noted that in the final version of this unofficial flag
UK has a peculiarity: the crosses reeled ie the white
on a blue or St. Andrew representing Scotland (see flag
Scotland) and St Patrick reeled red representing Ireland
inserted behind the English cross of St. George. Such collation
the crosses of St. Andrew and St. Patrick was made to avoid the
idea of the primacy of Scotland over Ireland or vice versa.

It should be noted that while the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew
have a long tradition, the "cross of Saint Patrick" is an invention
recent.

Wales is not represented in the Union flag because when
came the first official version of the flag, Wales had been
united with England, while elements of the flag of the country
Wales, a red dragon on a white background and green, from the fifteenth century.
The dragon is a symbol was probably introduced in Britain
by Roman legions.

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mapa de reino unido

what are social studies?

Social studies is the "integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence,"