When people refer to Britain, they often use different names such as Britain, Great Britain, England, the Britain Isles, the United Kingdom or the UK. Do they m1. the same thing?

Strictly speaking, they are all geographical names. The British Isles are made up of two large islands and h2. of small ones. The two large islands are Great Britain and Ireland. Great Britain is the larger of these two islands. It forms the United Kingdom with Northern Ireland — the northern p3. of Ireland. So the o4. name of the UK is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

There are three political divisions on the island of Great Britain: England, S5. and Wales. England is the largest, the most popular and g6. speaking, it's the richest section. So people tend to use "England" and "English" when they meet the people from Britain. This-sometimes makes the Scots or the Welsh u7..

They don't regard themselves as English and they have a culture and even a l8. of their own.

Britain has been one of the most important c9. in the world. About a hundred years ago, Britain ruled an empire (帝國(guó)) that had one fourth of the world's people and one fourth of the world's l10. area.

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