Scottish Clans William Wallace Battle of Culloden 1746 Industrial Revolution

Scotland

The Scottish Highlands

“Monroes" or peaks over 3000 feet in Scotland.

Buachaille Etive Mòr, in Glen Coe

Ben Nevis, highest peak in Great Britain.

Loc Ness

Glasgow, biggest city in Scotland

Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland

St Andrews, Home of Golf

Scotland

• Scottish Clans• William Wallace• Battle of Culloden 1746• Industrial Revolution

Scottish Clans

Scottish clans (from Scottish Gaelic clann, "children"), give a sense of identity and shared descent to people in Scotland. Each clan has its own tartan patterns and members wear kilts to represent them.

William Wallace

Sir William Wallace - Was a knight and Scottish patriot who led a resistance against the English occupation of Scotland during the Wars of Scottish Independence

Battle of Culloden 1746

Last land battle fought in

the United Kingdom. It was

against the English versus

the Highlanders. After the

battle the English made

wearing kilts & playing the

bagpipes outlawed in

Scotland.

Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution which began in Britain marked a major turning point in human social history. Manual labor based economies began to be replaced by ones dominated by industry and the manufacture of machinery.

Ireland

Ireland notes

• Peat• Saint Patrick• Potato Famine• North Atlantic Drift• Northern Ireland conflict

Peat

Because Ireland lacks energy sources, the Irish burn peat as a source of fuel. Peat is partially decayed plant matter found in bogs.

Saint Patrick

Is the patron Saint

of Ireland and is

responsible for

spreading

Christianity to the

island around 400

AD.

Potato Famine The Great Hunger reduced the population of Ireland by 25 percent between 1845 and 1852. It resulted in a mass migration of Irish people to the United

States.

North Atlantic Drift

A current of warm

water from the

tropics that makes

Western Europe

have a mild rainy

climate.

Northern Ireland conflict

Half of Northern Ireland’s

population is Protestant but

99% of the Republic of

Ireland’s population is

Catholic. Catholics in

Northern Ireland want to be

one country with the rest of

Ireland, but the UK doesn’t

want to give up.