Name: ___________________________Date: ______________ Class: ____________________
World Studies for Georgia Students-Grade 6
Chapter 5: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Section 1: The Geography of the United Kingdom
Guided Reading
Instructions: Read the section and complete each item with words from
the passages in this section.
1. The ________________ ________________ is a country of islands off the
northwest coast of mainland Europe.
2. The country consists of ________________, Northern Ireland,
_________________, and Wales.
3. The location of the United Kingdom makes it a hub for ______________ with
other countries.
4. _________________ has helped the United Kingdom become an international
banking and insurance center.
5. The United Kingdom has a ____________ climate with rainfall occurring
throughout the year.
6. The warm climate keeps ports free of ice and open for _______________ all
year.
7. Warm waters and winds from the ______________ ________________ affect
the climate of the United Kingdom.
8. The climate is good for ________________. The land is good, or
_______________, for farming too.
9. Long ago, most people in the United Kingdom lived in small
_______________ or farms.
10. Today, however, most people live in ________________ areas where jobs are
more available.
Name: ___________________________Date: ______________ Class: ____________________
World Studies for Georgia Students-Grade 6
Chapter 5: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Section 1: The Geography of the United Kingdom
Guided Reading
11. The United Kingdom has many valuable _______________ resources within its
borders. ______________, petroleum, natural gas, and iron ore are all
important ________________ that are found in the United Kingdom.
12. Today, ___________________ is declining because these natural resources are
being used up and industry is shifting to ________________ forms of energy.
13. London has had a problem with air ________________. In fact, the word
_____________ (fog mixed with smoke) was first used in 1905 to describe the
air in London.
14. The __________________ ___________________ (the major change in the
economy marked by the introduction of power-driven machinery) began around
the _________________ where fuel was cheap and available.
15. Today, exhaust from _______________- and ________________- powered
vehicles is the major problem.
16. Today, the government sets ________________ for industry. Laws have forced
automakers to build vehicles that produce less harmful ________________.
17. Air _________________ blows eastward from the United Kingdom and
continues to cause ________________ rain in many countries in Western
Europe.
Name: ___________________________Date: ______________ Class: ____________________
World Studies for Georgia Students-Grade 6
Chapter 5: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Section 2: A Brief History of the United Kingdom
Guided Reading
Instructions: Read the section and complete each item with words from
the passages in this section.
1. The history of the United Kingdom as a unified _________________ began in
1603 when King James VI of Scotland also inherited the crown of the Kingdom
of __________________, which included Wales.
2. In 1707, a single ____________________ of Great Britain was established
along with an official name change to the Kingdom of ________________
_________________. With the addition of the Kingdom of
_________________ in 1801, the country became the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland.
3. The British ________________ once covered the largest territory in history.
4. By the 1920s, almost ________________ of the world’s population was under
British control.
5. The cost was extraordinary and Britain no longer has the wealth to maintain its
_________________, so it granted independence to most of the Empire. The
new independent nations joined together as the British ___________________
of __________________.
6. Since the 1990s, however, _________________ movements in Northern
Ireland, Scotland, and __________________ have brought into question the
degree of unity of this union.
7. The United Kingdom has also been a leading member of the
__________________ ________________ (EU). However, in 2016, the people
of the United Kingdom voted to break ________________ from the European
Union. This move is commonly called the ________________ (a quick way of
saying the words Britain and exit).
Name: ___________________________Date: ______________ Class: ____________________
World Studies for Georgia Students-Grade 6
Chapter 5: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Section 3: The Government of the United Kingdom
Guided Reading
Instructions: Read the section and complete each item with words from
the passages in this section.
1. The _________________ of the United Kingdom consists of several parts.
There is the ________________, who serves as head of state in mostly
ceremonial and symbolic roles. There is a ________________
________________, who enforces the laws and manages the day-to-day
operation of the country as head of government.
2. There is a lawmaking body called the ___________________ of Great Britain.
3. The Parliament is composed of the House of _______________ and the House
of ________________.
4. The House of _______________ is made up of members who are appointed by
the ________________ upon recommendation from the prime minister.
5. Because these are no longer _________________ positions, a life peer must be
nominated by the prime minister.
6. The House of Lords has little actual ________________ power.
7. The other house of British Parliament is the House of __________________.
The 650 members of this house are directly ________________ by voters for
five-year terms.
8. Although traditionally considered the lower house, the House of Commons has
the _________________ of power for taxes, spending, and money measures,
and has more actual _________________ power than the House of Lords.
Name: ___________________________Date: ______________ Class: ____________________
World Studies for Georgia Students-Grade 6
Chapter 5: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Section 3: The Government of the United Kingdom
Guided Reading
9. The United Kingdom is classified as a __________________ monarchy
because the country is ruled by a monarch (a king or queen) whose power is
_______________ by a constitution.
10. _________________ has its own unicameral Parliament consisting of 129
elected officials called Members of Scottish Parliament (MSPs).
11. Citizens of the United Kingdom elect members of the House of
_______________ in a general election.
12. After the election, the leader of the ________________ party with the most
members in the House of Commons is asked by the monarch to form a
government and select a _______________ ________________ who will be
the head of the government and run the government on a day-to-day basis.
Name: ___________________________Date: ______________ Class: ____________________
World Studies for Georgia Students-Grade 6
Chapter 5: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Section 4: The Economy of the United Kingdom
Guided Reading
Instructions: Read the section and complete each item with words from
the passages in this section.
1. The United Kingdom is considered to be one of the ________________ market
economies in the world.
2. There is _______________ government regulation to interfere with daily
decisions for consumers.
3. Laws in the United Kingdom allow any ________________ to begin a
business.
4. Items such as machine tools, ________________, ship, and aircraft equipment,
motor vehicles and parts, _________________, and communications
equipment are __________________ in the United Kingdom and provide many
jobs for its citizens.
5. The majority of UK _______________ are food and fuels.
6. The United Kingdom is a leading trading power and a global
_______________ center.
7. As an educated and industrialized country, the United Kingdom has a good
_________________ of living. _________________, health status, and social
activities all rank above average for European countries.
8. The _________________ of the United Kingdom, the British ______________
(£), is one of the most stable in the world.
Name: ___________________________Date: ______________ Class: ____________________
World Studies for Georgia Students-Grade 6
Chapter 5: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Section 5: US-United Kingdom Relations
Guided Reading
Instructions: Read the section and complete each item with words from
the passages in this section.
1. Today, the United States has no ______________ ally than the United
Kingdom, and British foreign policy _______________ close cooperation with
the United States.
2. Relations were ________________ by the United Kingdom’s alliance with the
United States during both world wars and the Korean conflict.
3. The United Kingdom has an ________________ (the official residence and
offices of an ambassador) in Washington, DC, with an ambassador to represent
the United Kingdom in the United States.
4. The United Kingdom is a major _________________ trading power. It is one
of the largest markets for US ________________ and one of the largest
suppliers of US imports, making the relationship between these two countries
beneficial and somewhat ________________ on each other.
5. _________________ imports over $2.1 billion in goods from the United
Kingdom, which include lift trucks, automobiles, and pharmaceutical, optical
and medical _________________.
6. The United Kingdom is a large source of foreign ______________ visiting the
United States.