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1.Atabout3000BC,someoftheIberianssettledinBritain.

2.About122AD,inordertokeepbackthePictsandScots,theRoman’sbuiltHadrian’s Wall. 3.OnChristmasDay1066DukeWilliamwascrownedinWestminsterAbbey.

4.Johnsignedthedocumentin1215,whichinhistorywascalledtheGreatCharterorMagnaCarta 5.AlongwiththeNormanscametheFrenchlanguage.

6.TheWarsoftheRosesbrokeoutbetweentwopartiesofnobles.

7.AftertheReformationtheRomanCatholicChurchwasinternational,theEnglish Churchwasstrictlynational.

8.MaryIre-establishedCatholicismandburntthreehundredProtestants,forwhichshewascalled“Bloody”Mary.

9.“Renaissance”means“rebirth”,i.e.EuroperediscoveringitsoriginsintheculturesofancientGreekandRome.

10.DuringtheCivilWars(1642–1648)thesupportersofParliamentwerecalledRoundheadswhilethesupportersoftheKingCharlesIwerecalledCavaliers.

肀11.ThefirsttwopartiesappearedinEnglandweretheToryandtheWhig.

蚇12.\anthemofBritain.

莅13.London,thecapitaloftheUnited KingdomissituatedontheThames Rivernearitsmouth. 蚂14.TheislandofGreat

Britainisdividedintothreeparts:Scotlandinthenorth,EnglandinthesouthandWalesinthesouthwest.

肀15.ThecapitalofScotlandisEdinburghwhichiswell-knownforitsnaturalbeauty.

肈16.TheancestorsoftheEnglishandthefounderofEnglandweretheAnglo-Saxons.

膇17.WalesinBritainiscalled“Land of Princes”

袃蚅18.TheTowerofLondon,ahistoricalsight,locatedinthecenterofLondon,wasbuiltbyWilliamtheconqueror.

膀19.BigBenisafamousclockinLondon.

葿20.InBritain,theofficialheadofstateistheQueenwhiletherealcenterofpoliticallifeisintheHouseofCommons. 21. 22. 薅From1979to1997,ConservativePartywon4consecutiveelectionsandwasinpowerforquitealongtime.

蒄22.ThetwooldestuniversitiesinBritainareOxfordandCambridge. 23.ThenatureoftheWarsoftheRoseswasafeudalcivilwar.

24TheCabinetoftheOppositionPartyinBritainisknownastheshadowcabinet. 25TherearetwomajorpartiesintheUK:ConservativeParty,andLabourParty

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Commonwealthwasbelievedtobesetupasaforumforcontinuedcooperationandasasortofsupportnetwork.

莀27.Thethreemostimportantreligionsintheworldare:BuddhismMuslinChristianity

芃芁28.Strictlyspeaking,theParliamenttodayconsistsoftheQueen,theHouseofCommonsandtheHouseofLords.

螄29.TheFirstWorldWarwasanimperialistwaraswellasaworldwarbecauseitwasnotconfinedonlytoEurope.Itlasted4years.

芅30.MiddleEnglishwasformedaftertheNormanConquest,theMiddleEnglishconsistedof3parts:oldEnglish,French,Latin. 31.

32. 蒀ChildreninBritainmustreceiveafull-timeeducationlegallyfromtheageof5to16.

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34. 莇TheChristmasPantomimeisacomicalmusicalplayenjoyedbyadultsandchildrenduringChristmastime.Ithastwomaincharacters:theprincipalboyandtheDame.

蒆1.theAnglo-Saxons

肄TheyweretwogroupsofGermanicpeopleswhosettleddowninEnglandfromthe5thcentury.TheywereregardedastheancestorsoftheEnglishandthefoundersofEngland.

薀2.theCivilWar

螈CausedbyadisputeoverthepowerofthekingagainstParliament,thecivilwarbrokeoutinthe17thcentury.TheCivilWarwasalsocalledtheEnglishBourgeoisRevolution.TheRepublican“roundheads”,ledbyOliverCromwell,wantedtoabolishthemonarchyandtoreasserttherightsofParliament.ThekingwassupportedbymostCatholicandfeudalLords,theywerecalledRoyalists.TheRoyalistsweredefeatedandKingCharlesIwasexecutedin1649. 1. 2.

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膈MagnaCarta

ThisisamedievalLatinnamemeaning“GreatCharter”.In1215,KingJohnwasforcedbyagroupoffeudalbaronsandtheChurchtograntthenacharteroflibertyandpoliticalrights.MagnaCartaplacedsomelimitsontheking’sabilitytoabusehisroyalpower.ThisisregardedasBritain’skeyexpressionoftherightsofcitizensagainsttheCrown. 3. 4.

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虿theBillofRightsof1689

In1688,KingJamesII’sdaughterMaryandherhusbandWilliamwereinvitedbythepoliticiansandchurchauthoritiestotakethethrone,onconditionthattheywouldrespecttherightsofParliament.AfterthisGloriousRevolution,theB