TEACHING EXTRAS: English-Speaking Countries

GREAT BRITAIN

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom and Britain, is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe.

Capital: London

Population: 62,641,000

National anthem: God Save the Queen

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The USA

The United States of America, commonly called the United States and America, is a federal constitutional republic consisting of fifty states and a federal district.

Capital: Washington, D.C.

Population: 311,591,917

National anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner

Secretary of State: Hillary Rodham Clinton

Government: Dominant-party system,
Constitution, Democracy, Federal republic

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AUSTRALIA

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area

Capital: Canberra

National anthem: Advance Australia Fair

Population: 22,620,600

Currency: Australian dollar

CANADA

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean

Capital: Ottawa

National anthem: O Canada

Provinces: Québec, Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Nova Scotia

Government: Parliamentary system, Federation, Multi-party system, Constitutional monarchy

NEW ZEALAND

New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses ‒ that of the North and South Islands ‒

Capital: Wellington

Currency: New Zealand dollar

National anthem: God Save the Queen, God Defend New Zealand

Government: Parliamentary system, Unitary state, Constitutional monarchy

Official language: English Language, Māori language, New Zealand Sign Language