Scotland Flashcards
(22 cards)
What characterize scottish culture?
Ancient castles, because Scotland have been ruled by hundreds of clans who had their own castles
Traditions, such as St. Andrews day which is… and the highland games which is…
Legends and myths such as The Loch Ness Monster and The Bonnie Banks legend.
What characterize scottish nature?
The high lands - mountain ranges but quite bare (moorlands), big and small lochs.
The low lands - rolling hills, rivers, small lochs and woodland, a lot of farms and cities
Islands - over 790 islands but only 300 are inhabited. Rocky landscapes, sea view and spectacular wildlife
Lochs, wildlife and mountain ranges
What is Scotland known of?
Scotch production, that have a long history and each second 44 bottles are shipped out.
Sheeps, there are more sheeps than people and the national dish is Haggis
Ancient castles, it attracts many tourists and have a lot of history
The kilts with Tartans and emblems.
The bagpipes, a sheep stomach
Is there poverty in Scotland?
Yes, tell about the documentary with Ross Kemp
Who is King George II
King George II ruled in 1746 and was a english king
The highland people rebelled against him and it ended in the bloody Battle of Culloden
Who is Bonnie Prince Charles
He was the leader of the rebels against the english king. He was related to King James II and was royal.
The Battle of Culloden?
A bloody battle where the highland rebel fought against the english monarch. The scotsmen failed and it was victory for England.
What is The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond about?
About 2 imprisoned soldiers at the Battle of Culloden.
One was executed
The other was set free
The song take the executed soldier’s point of view
The legende “if someone die in in a foreign land, the spirit returns to the home country by “the low road” a route for souls of deads.
Who is William Wallace?
A scottish freedom fighter from the 12th century and one of Scotland’s greatest national heroes
Was against the selfmade king Edward I (englishman) as many other scotsmen.
Won at the Battle of Stirling Bridge (1297)
William wallace was beheaded for treason towards the throne
The Battle of Stirling Bridge (1297)?
The battle took place for prevent a english king to rule Scotland.
The battle took place at a bridge and it was narrow so the scots won independence even tney were outnumbered.
A year later king Edward invaded Scotland again
Who is Robert Burns?
Scotland’s most famous poet and born in 1758
His father was poor farmer and wanting a better life for his children
His father made his own school for his kids
When he was 14 he was sent to a proper school
Here he begans to write poems to impress the girls
Nature was a good inspiration for his poems
He also sympathized with the common man
Auld Lang Syne?
A song written by Robert Burns.
The song is about friendship and the most sung song at New years eve.
What is the Harry Potter books?
World famous books about an orphaned boy who becomes a wizard.
The books is written by J.K Rowling who became very rich
The serie are 7 books and ome manuscript
Mention places there were inspiration for the books?
George Heriot’s School (with 4 houses) -> Hogwarts
Victoria Street, a cobblestoned street with colourful shops -> Diagon Alley
The cemetry Greyfriars Kirkyard -> for the characters names
Jacobite Steam Train (the highlands) -> the hogwarts Express
Glencoe -> nature scenes
Who is Gordan Brown?
The first scotman in 400 year to be ruler of the Union. Gordan was prime minister.
What is the Act of union
in 1707 Scotland and England became one union and became Great Britain.
Later in 1801 there were a new Act of union where Ireland joined the union and became United Kingdom of Great Britain.
What is SNP?
The Scottish National Party who is a part of the Parliament of Britain.
The party supports a independent Scotland.
Will the Union still exist in the future?
No, probably not because the two countries have always been enemies.
I believe that Brexit made a break more likely to happened, because England didn’t used the votes in Scotland.
The referendum in 2014?
The vote was about independence in Scotland.
The media took the No bias side, there was only one newspaper who supported the Yes bias.
Even the Queen publicly said direct to the Scottish people to think very carefully.
Why did they vote No in 2014?
The media got the blame for affect result because they scared the scottish people and especially the elderly people.
The elderly scotsmen would lose their retirement money.
The two countries also have many coorpations with each other.
The Yes voter were mostly very poor scotsmen as a cry for help.
How are Scotmen in foreign countries?
They still have their sense of the father land and support the independence movement.
Talk about the article with the german-scottish people.
Will there be a new referendum?
I think that England will try to prevent it for so long they possibly can, but the Brexit surpise will be a argument for scottish side for a new referendum.
