英国历史与文化 大学英语选修课考试复习
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1.About 8000 years ago,Great Britain become an island.
2.Anglo-Saxons tribe invaded Britain after Roman Invasion.
3.Norman conquest began in 1066.
4.Henry VII was the first Tudor King.
5.The legislature means the elected body that passes new laws.
6.The current PM of the UK is David Cameron.
7.The grammar school in modern Britain emphasizes academic studies and offers more subjects than any other secondary schools.
8.The most Widely-read novel by Jane Ansten is Pride and Prejudice.
9.public school are the foundation -layers of the English education.
10.When you are invited to a dinner,you must be punctual.
11.The union Flag of the UK is also called Union Jack.
12.Britain’s major minerals are coal iron ore ,tin ore ,lead ore ,oil and
gas,among which coal and oil are the most important.
13.The main purpose of the Great charter was to restrict the king's power.
14.English belongs to the Germanic group of Indo-European family of languages.
15.The Germanic attack on Rome occupation in Britain in 410.
16.By the late 7th century.Roman Christianity became the dominant religion in England.
17.The Norman Conquest marked the establishment of the feudalism in England.
18.The end of the Wars of the Roses led to the rule of the House of Tudor.
1.Norman Conquest【William the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy, invaded and conquered England and the Anglo-Saxon in 1066.Norman French became the official language.】
2.Alfred the Great【A peace treaty: the eastern half of the island was to be subject to the Danish law and come to be known as the Danelaw From 1016 to 1042, under the rule of Danish kings.
In 1042, the English throne was returned to the Anglo-Saxons
He founded a strong fleet and is known as “ the father of the British navy”. He reorganized the Saxon army. He translated a Latin book into English. He also established schools and formulated a legal system. 】3. Hundred Years’War(1337—1453)【 a series of wars fought between England and France over trade, territory, security and the throne. promoted the concept of English nationalism. promoted the development of the textile industry. raised the social position of the bourgeois class.】
4.the Glorious Revolution【 1688: joint sovereign of William and Mary. 1689: Bill of Rights (limited the power of the monarch and guaranteed the authority of Parliament ) removed the ruling monarch and established Constitutional Monarchy.】
5. the Industrial Revolution【The Industrial Revolution took root in British for a variety of reasons. First, British had a huge