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1. Where is the United Kingdom situated?

2. What is the area of the United Kingdom?

3. What countries does it consist of?

4. What is the highest mountain on the British Isles?

5. What is the longest river?

6. What is the highest mountain in Wales?

7. What is the northern part of Scotland called?

8. What is the population of the United Kingdom?

9. How many people live in London?

10. What industry is developed in South Wales?

11. What kind of state is the United Kingdom?

12. What houses does the British parliament consist of?

13. What are the main political parties?

14. Who chooses the Cabinet of Ministers?

15. What is the flag of the United Kingdom called?

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1. Where is the USA situated?

2. What area has the USA?

3. What mountains are there in the country?

4. What is situated between the Cordilleras and the Appalachian mountains?

5. What are the main rivers?

6. What kind of climate is there in the USA?

7. What is the population of the USA?

8. How many states are there in the USA?

9. What kind of state is the USA?

10. Who is the head of the state?

11. What is the capital of the USA?

12. What are the main parties?

13. What is the financial & business centre of the country?

14. When is Thanksgiving Day celebrated?

15. When is Independence Day celebrated?

CANADA

1. What is the capital of Canada?

2. What is the area of Canada?

3. Where is Canada situated?

4. What is Canada rich in?

5. What is the population of Canada?

6. What are the most important cities?

7. What are Canada’s largest ports?

8. What are the largest lakes in Canada?

9. What mountains are there in Canada?

10. What are the longest rivers?

11. What is the largest island in the north of Canada?

12. What kind of state is Canada?

13. How many provinces and territories does it consist of?

14. What houses does the Federal Parliament consist of?

15. What are Canada’s main agricultural products?

THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

1. What is the official name of Australia?

2. What territories are there in the Commonwealth of Australia?

3. What area has Australia?

4. What is the capital of Australia?

5. In what hemisphere is Australia situated?

6. What is the population of Australia?

7. What are the biggest cities in Australia?

8. What is the main occupation in Australia?

9. What agricultural product is Australia famous for?

10. What are the longest rivers?

11. What mountains are there in Australia?

12. What does Australia consist of?

13. What houses does the Federal Parliament consist of ?

14. Who is formally the head of the state?

15. Who represents the Queen of England?

NEW ZEALAND

1. Where is New Zealand situated?

2. What islands does it consist of?

3. On which island are there many lakes?

4. What sea washes the western coast of New Zealand?

5. What is the highest mountainous range?

6. What is the national emblem of New Zealand?

7. What is the capital?

8. What are the main cities?

9. What is the nickname of New Zealand?

10. Which city resembles Edinburgh?

11. What is the population of New Zealand?

12. Who are the Maoris?

13. What are they famous for?

14. What houses does the Parliament consist of?

15. Who represents the Queen of England?

KEYS

THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

1. On the British Isles.

2. Over 244,000 square kilometres.

3. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

4. Ben Nevis.

5. The Severn.

6. Snowdon.

7. Highlands.

8. Over 57 million people.

9. More than 9 million.

10. Coal-mining.

11. Constitutional monarchy.

12. The House of Lords and the House of Commons.

13. The Conservative and Labour Parties.

14. The Prime Minister.

15. The Union Jack.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1. In the central part of the North American Continent.

2. Over nine million square kilometres.

3. The Cordillera, the Rocky Mountains, the Appalachian.

4. The prairie and the Mississippi valley.

5. The Mississippi, the Colorado, the Columbia.

6. Several different climatic regions.

7. More than 236 million people.

8. Fifty states.

9. A federal republic.

10. The president.

11. Washington, D.C.

12. The Democratic and Republican Parties.

13. New York.

14. The fourth Thursday in November.

15. The fourth of July.

CANADA

1. Ottawa.

2. Nearly 10 million square kilometres.

3. In the northern part of the North American continent.

4. Metal ores, oil and gas.

5. Over 24 million people.

6. Montreal, Toronto, Edmonton, Hamilton, Winnipeg, Quebec.

7. Vancouver, Montreal, Halifax.

8. The Great Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie and Ontario, Great Bear Lake, Great Slave Lake and Lake Winnipeg.

9. The Rocky Mountains.

10. The Mackenzie, Yukon, St. Lawrence River.

11. Baffin Island.

12. A federal state and a member of the Commonwealth.

13. Ten provinces and two territories.

14. The Senate and the House of Commons.

15. Wheat, meat, some kinds of fruit and dairy products.

THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

1. The Commonwealth of Australia.

2. The Continent of Australia, the island of Tasmania and a number of smaller islands.

3. About 8 million square kilometres.

4. Canberra.

5. The South hemisphere.

6. About 15 million people.

7. Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane.

8. Agriculture.

9. Sheep.

10. The Murray and the Darling.

11. The Australian Alps, the Blue Mountains.

12. Six states and two territories.

13. The Senate and the House of Representatives.

14. The Queen of England.

15. The governor-general.

NEW ZEALAND

1. South-east of Australia.

2. North Island, South Island and Stewart Island, and also many small islands.

3. North Island.

4. The Tasman sea.

5. The Southern Alps.

6. Kiwi.

7. Wellington.

8. Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin.

9. The Britain of the Pacific.

10. Dunedin.

11. Over 3 million people.

12. The aboriginal Polynesian inhabitants of New Zealand.

13. Folk songs, music, dances and wood work.

14. The House of Representatives.

15. The governor-general.