Works Cited - Mrs Pinkerton



Daisy Buchanan

Mrs. Pinkerton

LA 11

10 February 2014

Works Cited

Superintendent of Documents. "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland." Background Notes on Countries of the World 2003 (2003): 1. History Reference Center. EBSCO. Web. 12 Oct. 2010.

• Capital — London (Superintendent).

• Climate: Generally mild and temperate (Superintendent).

• Nationality- British (Superintendent).

• Population- 59.8 million (Superintendent).

• Religions: Church of England (Anglican), Roman Catholic, Church of Scotland (Presbyterian), Muslim (Superintendent).

• Language- English (Superintendent).

• Education- 12 years attendance (Superintendent).

• Life expectancy- males 75 yrs.; females 80 yrs. (Superintendent).

• Monarchy (Superintendent).

• Liberal democrats (Superintendent).

• Its overall population density is one of the highest in the world (Superintendent).

• Great Britain's industrial revolution greatly strengthened its ability to oppose Napoleonic France (Superintendent).

• Queen Victoria's reign witnessed the spread of British technology, commerce, language, and government throughout the British Empire which, at its greatest extent, encompassed roughly one-fifth to one-quarter of the world's area and population (Superintendent).

• Food- New England is known for its stews and chowders (Superintendent).

Bruce, Erika, et al. "United Kingdom." Our World: United Kingdom (2010): 1-6. History Reference Center. EBSCO. Web. 13 Oct. 2010.

• National anthem- "God Save the Queen" (Bruce).

• Education- The United Kingdom had 2 main educational systems. The one used in England, the kids attend 12 years of school, from ages 5 to 16. Students between ages of 5 and 11 attend primary school, students 12 through 16 attend secondary school. There, “public schools” are actually private schools and the name refers to the fact that they are open to any member of the public who can pay the fees (Bruce).

• Water Area- 1,247square miles (Bruce).

• The native people in the United Kingdom are Celts, Normans, Vikings, Romans, English and Anglo-Saxons (Bruce).

• Beef, potatoes, mutton, poultry, pork, and vegetables are ingredients that are mostly used in cooking (Bruce).

• Holidays- public holidays are known as “bank holidays” meaning that no banks are open and no other business is done. But policemen don’t get the day off and receive addition pay. Boxing day is December 26th, the day after Christmas, its when employers’ give Christmas presents to their servants. Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated on November 5, and commemorates the failed "Gunpowder Plot" to destroy Parliament. On Guy Fawkes Day families will make a “fake” man and burn him over a bonfire. New Years Eve extends over to January 2nd (Bruce).

• Some natural resources are coal, petroleum and natural gas. Tin, gold, silver, iron ore, lead, chalk, clay and limestone are the major geological resources (Bruce).

• Climate- snow is rare and rain is usual. In the mountains the temperature can drop to as low as 39 degrees Fahrenheit (Bruce).

Bruce, Erika. "United States of America." Our World: United States of America (2010): 1-6. History Reference Center. EBSCO. Web. 13 Oct. 2010.

• Population- 308,884,000 (Bruce).

• The American currency is the US dollar (Bruce).

• He national anthem is "The Star-Spangled Banner" (Bruce).

• The capital is Washington, D.C. (Bruce).

• Most of the population in the United States is of European descent (Bruce).

• Hispanics make up 13.5 percent of the overall population in the United States (Bruce).

• Majority of people in the United States are Christian (Bruce).

• Europeans brought over diseases that infected the Native Americans and they had no immunity to those diseases, therefore they died and the population decreased (Bruce).

• Education- sometimes kindergarten and preschool by 5, then children enter elementary school at age 5 or 6, and stay there for 5 years (grades 1-5), in grade six they enter junior high school (middle school) for 3 years (grades 6-8), then they enter high school at grade 9 and stay there for 4 ears (grades 9-12) and typically graduate at the age of 17 or 18. Once you graduate high school, you may choose to go to college (Bruce).

• Food- American cuisine is made up of food from all over the world. Chinese, Mexican, and Italian have all been worked into the “American cuisine” (Bruce).

• Holidays- United States celebrates 10 major holidays, New Years day (January 1), Martin Luther King day (3rd Monday of January), Presidents day (3rd Monday in February), Memorial day (last Monday in May), Independence day (July 4th), Labor day (1st Monday in September), Columbus day (second Monday in October), veterans day (November 11), thanksgiving (4th Thursday in November), and Christmas (December 25th) (Bruce).

• Natural resources- the United States is rich in natural resources with coal, copper, lead, uranium, phosphates, gold, iron silver, nickel, zinc, mercury and tungsten. Oil is also found in some areas. And the state Arkansas is the only state that has a diamond mine (Bruce).

• Climate- most of the areas in the United States have a cooler climate in the winter and a warmer climate in the summer (Bruce).

• Inventions made in the United States are telephone, automobile, desktop computer, steam locomotives, FM radio, air conditioner, sewing machine, helicopter, and pencil (Bruce).

• Government- the United States government is a federal republic which is guided by the nation's Constitution (Bruce).

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