英美文化小常识

2021年1月25日发(作者：monsters)
are the two major parties in Britain?
------They are the Conservative Party and the Labour Party.
is the official full name of Britain?
-----It is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
is the head of government in Ireland?
-----It is the Prime Minister.
is James Joyce?
-----He is the most well-know Irish writer of the modern period.
were the first Americans?
------They were the Indians.
kind of economic system does the United States have?
-----It has a free-market economy with a dominant private sector.
is bilingualism?
-----The phenomenon that English and French are the two official languages in Canada is called
bilingualism.
are the geographical feature of Australia as a continent?
------Australia is the flatest and lowest of the continents.
are the powers the constitution confers on the House of Representatives?
------The House of Representatives has powers to make and change laws.
animal is a national symbol of New Zealand?
------The kiwi is a national symbol of the country.
is the Renaissance?
------Renaissance was the revival of classical literature and artistic styles in European history.
are the most important journals in the U.K.?
------They are the Economist,New Statesman and Society,and Spectator.
is the Shannon River important to Ireland?
------Because it provides electricity for much of the Republic.
many states are there in the United States?
------There are 50 states in the United States.
is Hispanic?
------A Hispanic is a Spanish-speaking person of the United States.
is the Bill of Rights?
-------It is the term used for the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
is the Canada Council?
-----It is the Canadian Government
’
s funding agency.
is Aborigines?
-------It is the term used to describe the original people of was the nature of
the White Australia Policy?
------It
was
a
discriminatory
immigration
policy,which
restricted
the
non
–
whites
to
enter
Australia.
are New Zealand
’
s main exports?
------Meat,wool and dairy products are main exports.
was Queen Mary known as?
------She was known as the
“
Bloody Mary
”
and also remembered as the monarch who lost the
last British possession on the continent------French port of calais.
did Britain become after the Industrial Revolution?
-----Britain became the
“
workshop of the world
”
.

is the House of Lords made up of?
------It is made up of the Lords Spiritual and the Lords Temporal.
are the two major parties in Ireland?
------They are Fianna Fail and Fine Gael.

is meant by
“
Vietnamization
”

of the war?
--------It meant that South Vietnamese troops would be war-built up to replace Americal fighting
force.
country is the world
’
s biggest producer and user of tobacco?
------It is the U.S.A..
was the only writer in colonial period still read today?
-------He was Benjamin Franklin.
was the first prime minister in Canada?
------He was Sir John Macdonald.
was the convict system?
------In the convict system, the convicts were punished by being transported to remote places.
is New Zealand electricity produced?
------It is produced by: firstly,hydropower;secondly,gas;thirdly,coal.
is the most important established Church in Britain?
-----It is the Church of England.
is the jury
’
s job in Britain?
------In criminal cases,it is to decide the issue of guilt or innocence.
were oil and natural gas found in Britain?
------Oil and natural gas are found under the North Sea.
are the characteristics of Ireland
’
s climate?
-----It can be described as
“
mild,moist and changeable
”
.
did the real Americal Literature begin?
-----It began after the America War of Independence.
is the president of the United States
’

offcial residence?
-----The White House is his official residence.
kind of history do people often say that the history of Canada?
------People 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 area of land.
is the way of changing the constitution in Australia?
------The Constitution can be changed only by referendum.
is the volcanic activity in New Zealand?
------The volcanic activity can be found on the central plateau in North Island.
are the three natural zones in Scotland?
------They are the Highlands in the north,the central Lowlands and the southern Uplands.