How has the Geography (location, climate & physical features) benefited Great Brittan throughout the years?

1. How has the Geography (location, climate & physical features) benefited Great Brittan throughout the years?

2. England

9. 1066 The Battle of Hastings • Last time England was successfully invaded by a foreign power.

10. William the Conqueror • Lead his Norman army across the English Channel to successfully invade England.

11. Feudalism • Political System in which powerful lords owned most of the land. Generic plan of a mediaeval manor; open-field strip farming, some enclosures, triennial crop rotation, demesne and manse, common woodland, pasturage and meadow

12. Magna Carta • Historic document that limited the power of the English King. An Englishcharter originally issued in 1215. Magna Carta was the most significant early influence on the extensive historical process that led to the rule of constitutional law today.

13. Henry VIII (8th) Henry VIII is famous for having been married six times. He wielded perhaps the most formidable power of any English monarch and brought about the English Reformation. Many significant pieces of legislation were enacted during Henry VIII's reign. They included the several Acts which severed the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church and established the king as the supreme head of the Church in England.

14. Queen Elizabeth Daughter of Henry VIII (from his 2nd wife Anne Boleyn), ruled England for 45 years through a glorious & golden age. England became a major power under her rule. Portrait of Elizabeth to commemorate the defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588), depicted in the background. Elizabeth's hand rests on the globe, symbolising her international power.

15. Parliament • England's representative lawmaking body whose members are elected or appointed (in some cases, they inherit the position)

16. British Empire • “the sun never set’s on the British Empire” • Thanks to the Royal navy, England ruled & controlled ¼ of the worlds population. This colonial rule spread English culture & laws to the rest of the world.

17. Winston Churchill • Prime minister of England during WWII, responsible for preserving and defending democracy & freedom in Europe.

18. Scotland

26. ScotlandWrite the following words in your passport and after the PowerPoint, neatly draw a picture associated with that word. • Scottish Clans • William Wallace • King James I • Battle of Caledon • Industrial Revolution

27. Scottish Clans Scottish clans (from Scottish Gaelicclann, "children"), give a sense of identity and shared descent to people in Scotland and to their relations throughout the world, with a formal structure of Clan Chiefs officially registered with the court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms which controls the heraldry and Coat of Arms. Each clan has its own tartan patterns, usually dating to the 19th century, and members of the clan may wear kilts, skirts, sashes, ties, scarves, or other items of clothing made of the appropriate tartan as a badge of membership and as a uniform where appropriate.

28. William Wallace • Sir William Wallace - Was a knight and Scottishpatriot who led a resistance against the Englishoccupation of Scotland during the Wars of Scottish Independence