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The united Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Contain 50 or more countries

Commonwealth of Nations (50) → European Union (28)

England

London capital cultural, business, financial center

Celtics original people

Roman Empire combine the small kingdoms into a united one called England

Anglo-Saxon

Viking and Danish

Norman

Charles the First’s attempt to overrule parliament civil war

Scotland

Edinburgh capital

Glassgow largest

Gaelic

Wales

Cardiff capital

Welsh

Northern Ireland “The Six Counties”

Belfast capital

Conflict ethnically distinct from the majority of British people

Geographically North and South of Ireland

Religiously Protestant and Catholics

Most Irish people remained Catholics, while most British people had become Protestant

1921 the southern 26 counties formed an independent “free state”, while the 6 north- eastern counties remained a part of the UK

Jurisdiction : the Republic of Ireland Great Britain

its own elected executive government of ten ministers Government

The process of stated-building has been one of evolution rather than revolution

Both a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy

Queen is the official head of state

Governor- General fulfill the role of monarch in Australia, Canada, New Zealand

Israel and Britain are the only two counties without written constitutions of the sort with most countries have

Monarchy

The oldest institution of government

The “divine right of kings” authority from God

Civil war between republican “Roundheads” led by Oliver Cromwell

King should not exercise absolute power

→ symbolize the tradition and unity of the British state

Queen non-political

1. Head of the executive

2. An intergral part of the legislature

3. Head of the judiciary

4. Commander in chief of the armed forces and “supreme governor” of the Church

of England

Parliament

First used officially in 1236 to describe the gathering of feudal barons and representatives from counties and towns

1689 William of Orange the Bill of Rights

→ Function : pass laws, vote for taxation, examine government, debate the major issues Consist of the Queen, the House of Lords, the House of Commons

(sovereign) (The real center of British political life) The House the Lords : the Lords Spiritual & the Lords Temporal

Serve their country

Do not receive salaries and many do not attend Parliament at all The House of Commons : 646 Members of Parliament (MPs)

Most belong to political parties : Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats Election

650 constituencies

5 years general election

Economy

6th largest economy

A member of the G7,G8,G-20, the World Trade Organization

By the 1880s the British economy was dominant in the world

Decline

1. War debt

2. The independence of colonies

3. Substantial and expensive military presence

4. Failure to invest sufficiently industry

Britain has seen a relative shrinking of the importance of secondary industry and a spectacular growth in tertiary or service industries

Literature

Education

Voluntary → compulsory

UK has only one privately funded university, the University of Buckingham

The Open University offers a non-traditional route for people to take university level courses and receive a university degree

Oxford the oldest university in UK

Sports

Tennis

Wimbledon a London suburb world’s best players gather to compete

Invented in Britain

Golf

Invented in Scottish

Horse Racing

The true sport of British Kings (and Queens)

Holidays

Ireland

7000 BC middle Stone Age period the earliest settlers arrived

6th century BC Celts their language proved the most lasting

An instrument of social and cultural unity & a legal system

5th century Christianity brought by Saint Patrick

The Vikings

The Normans

1541 Henry Ⅷdeclared himself King of Ireland - the first English monarch

1789 the French Revolution “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”

1798 rebellion

1870-1914 Home Rule by Isaac Butt

1905-1908 Sinn Fein

1916.4 the Easter Rising

1919-1921 the War of Independence

Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed , with the result that 26 counties gained

independence as the new Irish Free State

Education

Irish education was undertaken by various religious orders, mostly Roman Catholic

Dominant religious belief

All children in the Republic must learn the Irish language

The University of Dublin, Trinity College, is the oldest university in the State which don’t need to learn Irish

Art culture

riverdance

Australia

6th largest country in the world

The largest island in the world

The smallest, flattest and driest continent in the world

50th most populous country in the world

Sydney largest city

Tasmania smallest state

New South Welsh populous state James Cook named it

West Australia the largest state

Animal: platypus, kangaroo,koala, wombat

Two most distinctive physical features: the Great Diving Range & The Great Barrier Reef

“The Father of Australia” Lachlan Macquarie the Governor of NSW

A member of the APEC, G20, OECD, WTO organization

There is now a much higher proportion of settlers arriving from Asia although Anglo Australia migrants still predominate

The peoples

People of Dreaming

“The Dreaming” or ”The Dreamtime” is the most enduring religion in Australia today

People who live on the continent have special responsibilities to the land - that the land owns people, creating and providing everything

The Dreaming is the belief system from ancient times that has bound indigenous groups together

Terra Nullius

British who took over the country in the late 18th century, declaring it to be “terra nullius”Australia as a penal colony

The impact of Colonisation

1.Expropriation of land and the killing of the peoples

2.Segregation and protection

3.Assimilation destroy the culture of the Dreaming

4.Citizenship and the fight against racism

Religion

Christianity

The Dreaming most enduring

Protestantism most dominant

Buddhism is now the fastest growing belief system in Australia

Islam, Hinduism, Judaism

Sport

The principal games a form of football ARL, AFL, RU, soccer

The most popular game netball

The second most popular fishing

Other games and sports cricket, hockey, basketball, beach volleyball, athletics, swimming The Formation of the Australian Political System

Washminster

US

Political structure is based on a Federation of States

Has a three-tier system of government

The House of Representatives (the Lower House) & the Senate (the Upper House)

UK

The chief executive is a Prime Minister

Two houses of parliament

Headed by the Governor-General

The members of parliament generally belong to one of the two major political parties:

The Australia Labour Party (ALP) & the Coalition

the Liberals & the Nationals

Services

1st Tourism

Most popular tourist features: the Great Barrier Reef, Ulura Kakadu and the key

city attractions and beaches of Sydney, the Gold Coast, and the other

metropolitan centers

2nd Coal and iron ore

3rd Education

New Zealand

Aotearoa : another name, means “land of the long white cloud”

The North Island and the South Island are separated by Cook Strait

Auckland the largest urban area

Mt. Cook the highest mountain

In colloquial English, a Kiwi, capitalized, means a New Zealander

80% European ancestry 15% Maori 7% from the Pacific Islands

Christianity is the most common religion

Maoritanga

Means “Maori culture”

Maori : the original inhabitant of New Zealand are the largest non-European group, however, in recent years, Maori culture and perspectives have experienced a sort of renaissance

Although some Maori still live in their tribal areas, over 80% of the Maori population live in urban areas

The best known internationally of all Maori traditions is the haka

History

1000 years ago voyagers from East Polynesia settled there

1642 first European explorer Abel Tasman found it

1840 over 500 chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi

Government

Governed by a democratically elected parliament

The Head of State is the British monarch Queen Elizabeth II represented by a Governor-General The House of Representatives : the National Party & the Labour Party

The Prime Minister chooses up to 20 MPs to form the Cabinet

Education

the Correspondence School the largest school

the Open Polytechnic the biggest education provider

Economy

Agriculture

The world’s largest farm

A world leader in agriculture research and advisory services

Pastoral farming remains the main land use

Forestry & Fishing

Constitute new natural resource-based industries with exciting potential for further

development

Overseas Trade

New Zealand lives by trade

American

Two long-continuing immigration movements : Asia (Indians) & Europe and Africa

1492 Columbus found

The first new force was the development of capitalism

The second major force is the Renaissance

The third influential force was the Religious Reformation

The first English permanent settlement was founded in 1607 in Virginia

1619 two events 1. A start of election 2. A start of Negroes being brought to US

Puritan New England was established in Massachusetts

Catholic Maryland

Quaker Pennsylvania

1773 “Boston Tea Party”

1774 the First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia

1775 the first shot thus the American War of Independence began

July 4,1776 Declaration of Independence

proclaimed the independence of 13 North American colonies

1781 the War of Independence came to an end

1789 Washington began to set up the new federal government and frame his administration 1861 Civil War broke out

1865 ended

Constitution

Set up a federal system one in which power is shared between a central authority and its

constituent parts, with some rights reserved to each

Legislative Branch the Congress

The only branch that can make federal laws, levy federal taxes, declare war or

put foreign treaties into effect

The House of Representatives & the Senate

The main duty of the Congress is to make laws, including those which levy

taxes that pay for the work of the federal government

Executive Branch the President four-year term only two terms

Commander-in-chief of the armed forces

Under the Constitution, the president is primarily responsible for foreign

relations with other nations

Judicial Branch the Supreme Court : a chief justice & eight associate justices

Checks and Balances

Two major political parties Democratic Party donkey

Republican Party elephant

Economy

American is always a mighty presence on Global 100

After the birth of the nation, Americans lost no time in industrializing their new nation and in building trade with other countries

Key development the introduction of the factory system

The “American system” of mass production

The application of new technologies

The emergency of new forms of business organization

The construction of railroads marked the start of a new era for the United States

Service industries now dominate the economy

The Roots of Affluence

Bountiful resources, the geographical size of the country and population treads have all contributed to these success. Religious, social and political traditions; the institutional structures of government and business; and the courage, hard work and determination of countless entrepreneurs and workers have also played a part.

The 4th largest area and population in the world

Agriculture and its related industries serve as the foundation of American economic life, accounting for a larger portion of the United States’ GNP than other endeavor

The Current Recession

1930s the Great Depression

In late 2007 a crisis began in America and soon turned global

Triggered by a liquidity shortfall

Result in the collapse of large financial institutions, the bailout of banks by

national governments, and downturns in stock markets around the world Religion

The majority of Americans belong to the Protestant church

Baptists the largest Protestant group

Methodists the second largest Protestant group

Roman Catholics the largest single religious group

Character

1.American with different religions live together under the same law

2.The religious beliefs of Americans continue to be strong with social progress

3.In the US every church is a completely independent organization, and concerned with its own

finance and its own building

Literature

Education

Every child in America is guaranteed up to 13 years of education

Elementary School usually means grades kindergarten through 8

Secondary School generally means grades 9-12 called “high school”

Higher education

Successful applicants : high school records

Recommendations from high school teachers

Impression during interviews

Scores on SATs

Four categories : the university

The college

The technical training institution

Community college

Harvald University is the oldest in America

Both public and private colleges depend on 3 sources of income:

student tuition, endowments, government funding

Social movement

The Civil Rights Movement

The spontaneous action of one woman, Rosa Parks, was the beginning

The strongest leadership Martin Luther King

The Youth Movement resented traditional white male values

Anti-War Movement against the war in Vietnam

The Women’s Movement

Groups : professional women

White housewives and mothers The Feminine Mystique

Young activists

The accident was a word in the Civil Rights Act add “sex” into

Social problem

Racial problems the Afro-Americans used to be the largest of the racial and ethnic minorities in the US, but recent, they after the Hispanics

Drug Abuse crime, automobile accidents, effects on individuals, economic losses

Crime

The Abuse of Power

Poverty

Way of Life

310 million people 3rd largest population

Melting Pot & Salad Bowl & Mosaic & Kaleidoscope

Technology

the dreary, mindless, alienating way of working

Nuclear energy is the most significant technology

Scenic spots

The Grand Canyon America’s most famous scenic wonder

Mt. Rushmore the Middle West

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt Hawaii the only state that is not on the North American continent

Alaska the largest state of the US by area

Canada

10 provinces and 3 territories

The traditional northern economy hunting and trapping animals for food and pelts

British Columbia (BC) has the most valuable forestry industry in Canada

Quebec the first colonists settled in the heartland of French Canada

Ottawa the capital city located in Ontario

Toronto the center the largest city located in Ontario

Montreal second largest city, located in the mainly French-speaking province of Quebec More than half of Canada’s population live in Ontario and Quebec

History

French colonists first settled Canada

British

Europeans 17th

Battles fought between Indian tribes and the French and British entrepreneurs in 18th

Canada was born when 4 provinces joined together

Government

Two major foreign influences : its legacy as a former colony of Britain

The powerful influence exerted by its neighbor, the US Canada’s system of government was based on the British system of parliamentary democracy Monarchy both Queen and the Governor General occupy roles which are largely ceremonial The first political community to combine federalism with a British system of government Parliament : the House of Commons (a lower house) & The Senate (an upper house) Leader : Prime Minster

4 major political parties : the Liberal Party, the Conservative, NDP, BQ

Mosaic

The first Canadians used to be called “Indians”

“the First Nations”first : they are the original inhabitants of the country

Nations: there are many “nations”, or tribes, which have different languages,

customs and beliefs

Now make up about 3.8% of the Canadian population, and their numbers are

increasing due to high birthrates

3 special groups of aboriginal peoples : the First Nations, the Inuit, the Metis

The Metis are different in appearance and economic development

Canada’s aboriginal peoples were vital to the fur trade and thus played a huge role in Canada’s economic development, but they were treated very badly by their white Europeans who came to colonies Canada. While in recent years their situation had improved, and they have become more politically active

Vancouver is the second largest Chinese community in North American, after San Francisco Economy

3 main groups: natural resources, manufacturing, service industries

The export of primary resources remains the backbone of the Canadian economy An exporter of Raw resources, an importer of manufactured goods, logging, oil industries

10th economy

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