英美文化小常识

1、are the two major parties in BritainThey are the Conservative Party and the Labour Party.is the official full name of BritainIt is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.is the head of government in IrelandIt is the Prime Minister.is James JoyceHe is the most well-know Irish writer

2、 of the modern period.were the first AmericansThey were the Indians.kind of economic system does the United States haveIt has a free-market economy with a dominant private sector.is bilingualismThe phenomenon that English and French are the two official languages in Canada is called bilingualism.are

3、 the geographical feature of Australia as a continentAustralia is the flatest and lowest of the continents.are the powers the constitution confers on the House of RepresentativesThe House of Representatives has powers to make and change laws.animal is a national symbol of New ZealandThe kiwi is a na

4、tional symbol of the country.is the RenaissanceRenaissance was the revival of classical literature and artistic styles in European history.are the most important journals in the .They are the Economist,New Statesman and Society,and Spectator.is the Shannon River important to IrelandBecause it provid

5、es electricity for much of the Republic.many states are there in the United StatesThere are 50 states in the United States.is HispanicA Hispanic is a Spanish-speaking person of the United States.is the Bill of RightsIt is the term used for the first ten amendments to the Constitution.is the Canada C

6、ouncilIt is the Canadian Government ' s funding agency.is AboriginesIt is the term used to describe the original people of was the nature of the White AustraliaPolicyIt was a discriminatory immigration policy,which restricted the non - whites to enterAustralia.are New Zealand's main exportsM

7、eat,wool and dairy products are main exports.was Queen Mary known asShe was known as the “Bloody Mary”and also remembered as the monarch who lost thelast British possession on the continentFrench port of calais.did Britain become after the Industrial RevolutionBritain became the “workshop of the wor

8、ld ”.is the House of Lords made up ofIt is made up of the Lords Spiritual and the Lords Temporal.are the two major parties in IrelandThey are Fianna Fail and Fine Gael.is meant by “ Vietnamization ” of the warIt meant that South Vietnamese troops would be war-built up to replace Americal fightingfor

9、ce.country is the world ' s biggest producer and user of tobaccoIt is the was the only writer in colonial period still read todayHe was Benjamin Franklin.was the first prime minister in CanadaHe was Sir John Macdonald.was the convict systemIn the convict system, the convicts were punished by bei

10、ng transported to remote places.is New Zealand electricity producedIt is produced by: firstly,hydropower;secondly,gas;thirdly,coal.is the most important established Church in BritainIt is the Church of England.is the jury ' s job in BritainIn criminal cases,it is to decide the issue of guilt or

11、innocence.were oil and natural gas found in BritainOil and natural gas are found under the North Sea.are the characteristics of Ireland ' s climateIt can be described as “ mild,moist and changeable ”did the real Americal Literature beginIt began after the America War of Independence.is the presi

12、dent of the United States ' offcial residenceThe White House is his official residence.kind of history do people often say that the history of CanadaPeople often say that the history of Canada is a history of immigration.is “ urban sprawl ''It refers to a city that has grown over a large

13、 area of land.is the way of changing the constitution in AustraliaThe Constitution can be changed only by referendum.is the volcanic activity in New ZealandThe volcanic activity can be found on the central plateau in North Island.are the three natural zones in ScotlandThey are the Highlands in the n

14、orth,the central Lowlands and the southern Uplands.was the Gunpowder plot of 1605It was the most famous of the Catholic conspiracies.did the English Industrial Revolution begin withIt began with the textile industry.is the capital of IrelandIt is Dublin.state is the largest in the United StatesAlask

15、a is the largest one.is the American foreign policy in the early 1930sIn the early 1930s,the American foreign policy was isolationist.is affirmative actionIt is the preferential treatment for minorities and women in education and employment.was established in 1670 in CanadaThe English Hudson Bay Com

16、pany was established in 1670.hemisphere is Australia inIt is in the Southern hemisphere.is the capital of New ZealandIt is Wellington.were the VikingsThe Vikings were the Norwegians and the Danes from Denmark.system was completely established under William in EnglishThe feudal system was completely

17、established under William in English.are the main courts of civil jurisdiction in England and WalesThey are the Country Courts.did Ireland declare itself a republicIreland declared itself a republic on April 18,1949.is known as the agricultural capital of the .Omaha is known as the argricultural cap

18、ital of the is the most central functions of theCongress in AmericaIt is the passage of laws.is Mark Twain' s master workIt is the Adventure of Huckleberry Finn.city is Canada' s largest cityIt is Toronto.was Australia called in the 1950sAustralia was called “ the lucky country ” in the 1950

19、s.do you think is the most noticeable feature of New Zealand geographyIt is mountains widely spread all over the country where active volcanoes scatter.war was relatively smooth,with no bloodshed,nor any execution of the king in BritainIt is the Glorious Revolution.are the three periods as far as th

20、e evolution of the British economy is concernedThere are steady development in the 50s and 60s,economic recession in the 70s andeconomic recovery in the is a constitutional monarchyIt is a governmental system in which the head of State is a king or a queen who reigns butdoes not rule.is the chief la

21、nguage of instruction in IrelandIt is English.are some of the biggest cities in the .They are New York,Los Angeles,Chicago,San Francisco and Philadelphia.drafted The Declaration of Independence in the .He was Thomas Jefferson.country is the world ' s leading exporter of agricultural productsIt i

22、s the United States.what way does Quebec differ from the other provinces of CanadaIt differs from the other provinces because it has strong French culture.is nations largest and most diverse industry today in AustraliaIt is agriculture.percentage are Maori to the population of New ZealandAbout 10% a

23、re Maori or part Maori.are mostly highland and lowland in Great BritianThe north and west of Britian are mainly highlands,while the east and south-east are mostlylowlands.is HeptarchyBy the end of the 7th century, England was divided into seven kingdoms which was,calledHeptarchy.did England appear i

24、n the 18th century,which owed a great deal to the invention of machinesThe Industrial Revolution appeared in England in the 18th century.is the basic ethnic stock in IrelandIt is Celtic.does tariff protection meanIt means to get higher import taxes to protect domestic production.is the full name of

25、the .It is the United States of America.is the general view of Americans on educationIt is that every American has the right and obligation to become educated.does Governor-General representIt represents the Queen.three periods are the history of Australia divided intoThey ae the arrival of Aborigin

26、es,the colonization of Australia by the British,and theCommonwealth of Australia.was the first European come to New Zealand and What was his nationalityHe was Abel Tasman and was a were the forerunners of the Liberal Party in BritainThey are Whigs.many members are there in the House of CommonsThere

27、are 651 members in the House of Commons.is the difference between the ancestors of the English and Scots,Welsh and IrishThe ancestors of the English are Anglo-Saxons,while those the Scots,Welsh and Irish areCelts.is the Republican ArmyIt is a terrorist or organization dedicated to the union of all I

28、reland as one country under one government.three countries have the largest populations in the worldChina,India and the United States have the largest population in the world.led the boycott of the bus company in Montgomery,AlabamaHe is Martin Luther King,Jr.is the “ Lost Generation ”It refers 60s y

29、oung intellectuals who became disappointed and bitter after World War II.are most industries in CanadaIt is manufacturing.was the first Prime Minister in AustraliaHe was Edmund are two main islands in New ZealandThey are North Island and South Island.were the LollardsThey were poor priests and travelling preachers who were John Wyclif ' s followers in the 14th century.has the new farming been called in BritainIt has been called agribusiness.does the NHS provide in BritainIt provides the family hea