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The Canadian dollar
The Australian dollar
National flag
Stars and Stripes
Old Glory
Star-Spangled Banner
The Red, White, and Blue
Union flag
Union Jack
Maple leaf
Constitutional monarchy with a federal parliamentary system ofgovernment-“
Constitutional”
Sports
Baseball:America’s pastime
Basketball: the National Basketball Association
Main cities
Washington D.C:
The White House :oldest federal building(John Adams)
Capitol Hill: Senate and House of Representatives
WashingtonMonument :tallest in Washington D. C.
Lincoln Memorial
NewYorkcity :most popular city, most ethnically diverse city , 4thlargest city in the world
The statue of Liberty
World Trade Center
Los AngelLeabharlann Baidus:2ndlargest in USA, largest in California, the City of Angels, the capital of movies,Hollywood
Independence Day:4thof July
LaborDay: the first Monday in September
Columbus Day: the second Monday(Christopher Columbus’s first voyage toAmerica)
Veterans Day:November11th
3rd
36th
53rd
Rank in area
4th
2nd
6th,Smallest continent
River
Largest: the Mississippi
Longest:The Missouri River
Longest :River Severn
Largest: St.Lawrence
Longest: Mackenzie
London: biggest city inEurope
Edinburgh: the capital of Scotland
Cardiff: the capital of Wales
Belfast: the capital of Northern Ireland
Birmingham: the second-most populous British city, city of a thousand trades, the workshop of the world, nickname is Brum
Thanksgiving Day: the secondMonday inOctober
AustraliaDay:26thJanuary(national day)
Easter
ANZAC Day:25thAprilrememberthe deaths and sufferings in war
Queen’s Birthday: the birthday of Queen’s ElizabethⅡ
Technical college, exams—A levels
The university of Oxford: the oldest surviving university inEnglish-speaking world
The university ofCambridge: the second oldest university inEnglish-speaking , the forth oldest inEurope
Education is free for all children from 5 to 18.
Two categories of school: local authority maintained schools(state schools), independent schools (private/public schools)
Food
Apple pie
Fish and chip,Yorkshirepudding, Toda-in-the-Hole,Lancashirehotpot, Bubble&Squeak
Education
50 education systems
Compulsory education :16
Elementary and Secondary Education:6-18, free and compulsory
America
the UK
Canada
Australia
Officialname
the United States of America
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Canada
Australia
Rank in population
Super bowl: most watched single sports event
Cricket : the traditional summer sport
Tennis :Wimbledon—the world’s most famous tennis tournament
Ice Hockey:Canada’s game,Canada’s oldest sport and official summer sport
Christian
Roman Catholic:42%
Protestant:23%
No state religion
Christian, Catholic, Anglican
Formofgovernment
Federalrepublic
Constitutional monarchy
Independent federation governed under a parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
Oxbridge
Buckinghamuniversity: the only private university in the whole country
All British university are funded by central government grants
No national or federal department of education, no integrated national system of education
Curling :chess on ice
Holiday
Martin Luther King Day: the third Monday of January
President’s Day: the third Monday in February(the birthday ofGeorgeWashingtonandAbrahamLincoln)
10 provinces and 3 territories
6 states and 2 territories
Language
English
English
English and French
English
Currency
United States dollar
the British Pound Sterling
the National Anthem
The Star-Spangled Banner
God Save the Queen
Canada O Canada
Advance Australia Fair
the national emblem
The bald eagle
rose
the Canadian Beaver
Boxing Day (26thDec)
Lent:40 day period before Easter
Quarter-days
Canadaday: July 1st
Winterlude: the first three weekends ofFebruary(Canada’s winter celebration)
MassachusettsInstitute of Technology: 1861
Stanford University: in Silicon Valley, leading research and teaching institutions
Ivy league: the group of prestigious East Coast university
Higher Education: begin with Harvard College in 1636
Harvard University: oldest institutionof higher learning in US
Yale: the most beautiful urban campus inAmerica
The Quest University :smallest university
The university of Quebec: the largest one
Bilingual university : the university of Ottawa , Laurentian university
Thanksgiving Day: fourthThursday in November(typicalAmericanholiday)
Christmas:December25
Valentine’s Day:February14th
Easter
Guy Fawkes or Bonfire Night
Remembrance Day:11 Nov.
Highest mountain
Mount McKinely
Ben Nevis
Mount Logan
Capital
Washington, D.C.
London
Ottawa
Canberra
Component parts
50 states
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
Elementary, Secondary, Post Secondary
GEGEP
Free education : kindergarten to Grade 12
2 streams in high school: academic and commercial
University Laval: oldest university
the Canadian maple leaf
The commonwealth coat of arms
Golden Emblem
Religion
Christian
protestant: 52%
RomanCatholic: 24%
The Anglican Church
protestant
the Established Church
Private boarding schools: most famous schools, Eton College
Eleven-plus test:Englishand arithmetic
Grammar schools: selective
Comprehensive schools
GCSE:16,examination
Manchester: the best place in UK to locate a business
Where the industrial Revolution started
The Australian dollar
National flag
Stars and Stripes
Old Glory
Star-Spangled Banner
The Red, White, and Blue
Union flag
Union Jack
Maple leaf
Constitutional monarchy with a federal parliamentary system ofgovernment-“
Constitutional”
Sports
Baseball:America’s pastime
Basketball: the National Basketball Association
Main cities
Washington D.C:
The White House :oldest federal building(John Adams)
Capitol Hill: Senate and House of Representatives
WashingtonMonument :tallest in Washington D. C.
Lincoln Memorial
NewYorkcity :most popular city, most ethnically diverse city , 4thlargest city in the world
The statue of Liberty
World Trade Center
Los AngelLeabharlann Baidus:2ndlargest in USA, largest in California, the City of Angels, the capital of movies,Hollywood
Independence Day:4thof July
LaborDay: the first Monday in September
Columbus Day: the second Monday(Christopher Columbus’s first voyage toAmerica)
Veterans Day:November11th
3rd
36th
53rd
Rank in area
4th
2nd
6th,Smallest continent
River
Largest: the Mississippi
Longest:The Missouri River
Longest :River Severn
Largest: St.Lawrence
Longest: Mackenzie
London: biggest city inEurope
Edinburgh: the capital of Scotland
Cardiff: the capital of Wales
Belfast: the capital of Northern Ireland
Birmingham: the second-most populous British city, city of a thousand trades, the workshop of the world, nickname is Brum
Thanksgiving Day: the secondMonday inOctober
AustraliaDay:26thJanuary(national day)
Easter
ANZAC Day:25thAprilrememberthe deaths and sufferings in war
Queen’s Birthday: the birthday of Queen’s ElizabethⅡ
Technical college, exams—A levels
The university of Oxford: the oldest surviving university inEnglish-speaking world
The university ofCambridge: the second oldest university inEnglish-speaking , the forth oldest inEurope
Education is free for all children from 5 to 18.
Two categories of school: local authority maintained schools(state schools), independent schools (private/public schools)
Food
Apple pie
Fish and chip,Yorkshirepudding, Toda-in-the-Hole,Lancashirehotpot, Bubble&Squeak
Education
50 education systems
Compulsory education :16
Elementary and Secondary Education:6-18, free and compulsory
America
the UK
Canada
Australia
Officialname
the United States of America
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Canada
Australia
Rank in population
Super bowl: most watched single sports event
Cricket : the traditional summer sport
Tennis :Wimbledon—the world’s most famous tennis tournament
Ice Hockey:Canada’s game,Canada’s oldest sport and official summer sport
Christian
Roman Catholic:42%
Protestant:23%
No state religion
Christian, Catholic, Anglican
Formofgovernment
Federalrepublic
Constitutional monarchy
Independent federation governed under a parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
Oxbridge
Buckinghamuniversity: the only private university in the whole country
All British university are funded by central government grants
No national or federal department of education, no integrated national system of education
Curling :chess on ice
Holiday
Martin Luther King Day: the third Monday of January
President’s Day: the third Monday in February(the birthday ofGeorgeWashingtonandAbrahamLincoln)
10 provinces and 3 territories
6 states and 2 territories
Language
English
English
English and French
English
Currency
United States dollar
the British Pound Sterling
the National Anthem
The Star-Spangled Banner
God Save the Queen
Canada O Canada
Advance Australia Fair
the national emblem
The bald eagle
rose
the Canadian Beaver
Boxing Day (26thDec)
Lent:40 day period before Easter
Quarter-days
Canadaday: July 1st
Winterlude: the first three weekends ofFebruary(Canada’s winter celebration)
MassachusettsInstitute of Technology: 1861
Stanford University: in Silicon Valley, leading research and teaching institutions
Ivy league: the group of prestigious East Coast university
Higher Education: begin with Harvard College in 1636
Harvard University: oldest institutionof higher learning in US
Yale: the most beautiful urban campus inAmerica
The Quest University :smallest university
The university of Quebec: the largest one
Bilingual university : the university of Ottawa , Laurentian university
Thanksgiving Day: fourthThursday in November(typicalAmericanholiday)
Christmas:December25
Valentine’s Day:February14th
Easter
Guy Fawkes or Bonfire Night
Remembrance Day:11 Nov.
Highest mountain
Mount McKinely
Ben Nevis
Mount Logan
Capital
Washington, D.C.
London
Ottawa
Canberra
Component parts
50 states
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
Elementary, Secondary, Post Secondary
GEGEP
Free education : kindergarten to Grade 12
2 streams in high school: academic and commercial
University Laval: oldest university
the Canadian maple leaf
The commonwealth coat of arms
Golden Emblem
Religion
Christian
protestant: 52%
RomanCatholic: 24%
The Anglican Church
protestant
the Established Church
Private boarding schools: most famous schools, Eton College
Eleven-plus test:Englishand arithmetic
Grammar schools: selective
Comprehensive schools
GCSE:16,examination
Manchester: the best place in UK to locate a business
Where the industrial Revolution started