Scotland
Dominaye Burch
By: Dominaye Burch
The Highlands of scotland
Scotland has huge hills and it is also rocky and bumpy. Before the 19th Century highlands was much population. The region became culturally dishtiguishable from the low lands.
work
Scotland's people work at thousands of different Jobs. some work at banks an other large companies. some of them run shops or restaurants.
sports
Scotland's favorite sport is soccer. Also rugby another one is golf. Highland games usually held in spring and summer, are hundreds of years old.
Holidays
Scots celebrate many of the same Holidays like us like Christmas, Easter, and New Years Day. They also have special Holidays of their own like Boxing Day and burns night. Burns night celebrates the birthday of famous Scottish poet Robert Burns. At "Burns suppers," haggis is a featured dish.
Language
The language spoken in Scotland is Gaelic. The main lanuage spoken there is english.
Head of Goverment
The prime minister of Great Britain. Since 1999 executive powers for non-reserved matters of the government of Scotland rests in the hand of the Scottish Government. Where legislative powers for non-reserved maters within the competence of the Scottish Parliament.
Money
The pound sterling, which is divided into 100 pence.
National Flag
Officially scotland's flies the Union Jack- the flag of the United Kingdom. Unofficially, the traditional Scottish flag is the St. Andrews cross. It is a blue square with two crossed white stripes. The Scottish people have flown the St. Andrews Cross for hundreds of years.
food
A steak pie is traditional meat pie served in Britain.It is made from stewing steak and beef gravy. You can put vegetables if you want.