Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories
آخری جانچ: 15 July 2026
These are the testable facts for this section, written in our own words (the handbook text itself is Crown copyright — and reading facts twice beats re-reading prose anyway). Work top to bottom, then drill the section below.
What you need to know
- The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are Crown dependencies: closely linked with the UK but NOT part of it.
- Crown dependencies have their own governments and are not represented in the UK Parliament.
- The UK also has several British overseas territories in other parts of the world, for example St Helena and the Falkland Islands.
- Overseas territories, like Crown dependencies, are linked to the UK but are NOT part of it.
- Exam trap: neither the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man nor any overseas territory is part of the UK; the four UK countries are England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland only.
Make it stick
2 minutes of questions on this chapter beats 20 minutes of re-reading.
Practise this chapter