英语国家概况复习资料
1. The highest mountain peak in Britain is in Scotland.
2. British climate has more rainy days and more fogs with changeability.
3. British has a temperate, maritime climate
4. Britain's most important natural resources are coal and petroleum.
5. The English people are descendants of Anglo-Saxons.
6. The established church of Britain is the Church of England.
7. The major languages spoken in Britain are English, Gaelic, and Welsh.
8. The Roman Catholic Church was much persecuted in England for a long time after the Reformation.
9. By the 1890s', Britain had been overtaken by the US and Germany in economy.
10. Under Mrs. Thatcher, British economy in the 1980s' gradually recovered.
11. The negative aspect of Thatcher's reform was a rapid increase in taxation.
12. The Bank of England advises government on the formulation of monetary policy and plays an
important part in making agreed policy effective and acts as a clearing house.
13. Britain has no written constitution, and still keeps an old-fashioned government. British government is
established on the basis of constitutional monarchy.
14. The British government ministers are responsible to Parliament for the work of their department.
15. The present sovereign of Britain is Queen Elisabeth Ⅱ, and Prince Charles is the heir to the throne.
16. Theoretically, the Queen has all the power, but in reality, she must act on the advice of the ministers.
17. The Liberal Democratic is seen as the party of the "middle", occupying the ideological ground between
the two main parties.
18. The general election in Britain is held every 5 years.
19. The Conservative Party developed out of the Tory Party, while the Liberal Party developed out
of the Whig Party.
20. Punishment in Britain is in the form of fine and imprisonment. The death penalty for murder was
completely abolished in the year of 1969.
21. The earliest settlers on the British Isles were the Iberians.
22. Kent, one of the British early kingdoms, was set up by the Jutes.
23. The Romans under Claudius conquered Britain in A.D. 43.
24. Henry Ⅱis best remembered for his reform of laws and courts.
25. Edward Ⅲlaunched the Hundred Years' War.
26. Wars of Roses were fought intermittently between the Lancastrians and the Yorkists from 1455 to
1465.
27. The Enclosure of land turned a large number of peasants into landless.
28. The Restoration of Charles Ⅱtook place in the year of 1660.
29. The British Industrial Revolution first began in the textile industry.
30. James Hargreaves invented the "spinning Jenny".
31. After the Seven Years’ War England became the strongest sea power and dominated world trade.
32. Oliver Twist was written by Charles Dickens.
33. The British Empire reached the peak of its colonial expansion after the Anglo-Boer War.
34. China and Britain established the diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial rank in the year of 1972.
35. The British Empire began with the founding of Newfoundland in 1583, and fell after the end of the
Second World War.
36. The two imperialist blocks that had been formed just before the outbreak of World War Ⅰwere Triple
Alliance and Triple Entente.
37. Universities that were founded between 1850 and 1930 are called Redbrick universities.
38. All universities in Britain are private institutions.
39. Independent schools in Britain are private educational institutions.
40. Any child may attend, without paying fees, a state school in Britain.
41. The continental United States is situated in the southern part of North America.
42. Alaska was bought by the United States from Russia after the end of the American Civil War.
43. The State of Alaska is the largest in the area of all the 50 states.
44. The famous Niagara Falls are located on the US-Canadian boundary between Lake Erie and Lake
Ontario.
45. The State of California is the largest in population today.
46. People in the US have kept moving westward for reasons except religious freedom.
47. Black people in the US are descended from Negro slaves imported from Africa.
48. In the 19th century a large number of Chinese were shipped to America as "coolies".
49. In the industrial capitalism stage American economy developed rapidly.
50. The West of the United States is an important mining area.
51. The automobile is the most popular means of transportation in the United States.
52. The United States government began to pursue a protectionist policy in trade in the 1970s'.
53. The President of the United States exercises the executive power.
54. President has the veto power in legislation in the United States.
55. The number of Representatives is fixed at 435.
56. The Judicial branch of the US government is headed by the Supreme Court.
57. Two political parties emerged in the middle of the 19th century United States over the issue of slavery.
58. The General Election in the United States is held every four years.
59. The two parties in the US depend on monopolists for their election money.
60. If a President dies or resigns or is removed from office, the Vice President succeeds him.
61. Christopher Columbus was an Italian navigator.
62. The Puritans' first settlement on North America was Plymouth.
63. Influenced by Marco Polo's famous travel book, kings, lords and merchants in Western Europe were
eager to find sea routes to the Far East.
64. In the 18th century, people in Europe began to believe that natural laws guided the universe.
65. James Madison was known as the "Father of the Constitution".
66. The motto of the colonies was "No taxation without representation".
67. The United States purchased Louisiana Territory from France in 1803.
68. The American Industrial Revolution began in 1807 with its textile industry.
69. In 1819, the United States "purchased" Florida from Spain after having occupied it for several years.
70. The US Imperialism was not marked by free business competition.
71. The United States and China established diplomatic relations in the year of 1979.
72. The Jungle was a story about the meat-packing plants in Chicago.
73. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941.
74. In the United States, education is a state responsibility.
75. The most popular elementary and secondary education pattern in the US is 8-4.
76. American education is mainly classified into elementary, secondary, and higher.
77. the Declaration of Independence
78. Christopher Columbus
79. Separation of Powers
80. Hawaii
81. Black Death
82. Glorious Revolution
83. Wars of Roses
84. Charles ⅡRestoration
85. Melting Pot
86. Westernization
英语国家概况期末考整理
Unit 1 UK 著名景点 Big Ben 大本钟2、Tower Bridge(crosses the River Thames; close to the Tower of London; symbol of London ) 3、Westminster Abbey ( Gothic church in the City of Westminster,London; Coronation and burial site for British monarchs.) 4、Red Double Decker Bus (mass transit) 英国基本知识 1、constituent parts ? England/ Scotland/ Northern Ireland/ Wales(国旗) 2、the national anthem(国歌)? God save the queen 3、The national Emblem? 4、National flower? Rose (Wars of the Roses - civil wars (1455-1485) between the royal house of Lancaster ( red rose) and the royal house of York (white rose).) 5、地理位置 6、Full name?The "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".（The British Isles不列颠岛; Great Britain; UK ; Commonwealth） 7、Three political divisions（行政区域）: England, Scotland, and Wales. 8、Commonwealth? A free association of sovereign states comprising Great Britain and a number of its former dependencies ; united as ?free and equal members‘. 9、Capital England(London); Scotland(Edinburgh); Wales(Cardiff); Northern Ireland(Belfast) 10、Backbone of England? Pennine 11、Ben Nevis? the highest mountain in UK. 1343m 12、North Ireland? National flower: Irish clover (三叶草)；Lough Neagh (the largest lake in UK) ; industrious; agricultural 13、Rivers and lakes?1. The Severn River(longest river; from the mountain of Wales to the Bristol Channel) 2. The Thames River (Main source of London‘s water supply;Second longest river in Britain; Costwold Hills--North Sea)3. The Clyde River (The most important river in Scotland)4. Lake District 5. Lough Neagh（The largest lake in Britain (396 square kilometers), Northern Ireland.） 14、The climate in Britain?pea souper 超级浓雾 Unit2 UK 1、the first settler? The Iberian(伊比利亚人) 2、Stonehenge(巨石阵)?was a place of healing center；The most important monument left by Iberian；There are about 80 stones, and each is five meters tall. 3、The Celtic language? the basis of both Welsh and Gaelic(盖尔语) (Irish,Scotish). 4、Hadrian ‘s Wall 5、7th century Heptarchy（七国联盟）?(Wessex; Sussex; Kent; Essex; East Anglia; Mercia; Northumbria) 6、Viking pirates(维京海盗) ? Vikings from Denmark；established some small kingdoms；Northern and eastern England 7、The Norman Conquest(1066)? The Normans that invaded England in 1066 came from Normandy in Northern France.
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