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Contents 1

Introduction 1

PART ONE BRITAIN 1

Chater Ⅰ Geography 1

Section One Geographical Position and Boarders 1

Section Two Aea and Five Admnisstative Divisions 7

Section Three Nationaity，Popuation，and Lanquage 9

Section Four London，the Caital，and Other Major Cities 16

Section Five Mountains，Lakes，and Rivers 21

Section Six National Resourses 25

Section Seven Climate and Weather 28

Section Eight Transportation 32

Section One From the Primitive to Slavery 36

Chater Ⅱ History 36

Section Two The Formation and Development of Fedal—ism 41

Section Three The Decline of Feudalism and the Beginning 47

of Capitalism 47

Section Four Capitalist G rowing in the 18th Century 55

Section Five Bourgeois Revolution in the 17th Century 56

Section Six Industrial Revolution in the 18th Century 61

Section Seven British Imperialism in the 19th Century，the Vicorian Age（1837——1901） 64

Section Eight The Decline of the British Empire 71

ChapterⅢ　Political System 81

Section One Monarchy 81

Section Two Constitution 82

Section Three Parliament 84

Section Four Government——Prime Minister，Cabbinet，and Administration 89

Section Five Political Parites and E1ections 92

Section Six The Legal System：Law，the Court，and the Police 96

Section Seven Local Government 99

Chapter Ⅳ National Economy 102

Section One General Survey 102

Section Two Industry 104

Section Three Agriculture 107

Section Four Foreign Trade 109

Section Five Government Expenditure 110

Section Six Work，Money，and Tax 111

Section Seven Commercialization of Gambling 113

Chapter Ⅴ Science and Culture 114

Section One Developing Science 114

Section Two Outstanding Culture 119

SectionOne General Survey 136

Chapter Ⅵ Education，Medicine，and Health 136

Section Two Government Educational Agencies 137

Section Three Primary，Secondary，and Higher Education 137

Section Four Educational Problems 151

Section Five Health Education and Research 152

Section Six Medical Expenditure 158

Chapter Ⅶ Mass Communications 159

Section One Newspapers and Magazines 159

Section Two Radios and Televisions 177

Chapter Ⅷ Miscellaneous 199

Sedtion One Welfare and Housing 199

Section Two Family and Life 206

Section Three Sports and Leisure 208

Section Four Holidays and Festivals 213

PART TWO AM ERICA 217

Chapter Ⅰ Geography 217

Section One Geographical Position，Boarders and Areas 217

Section Two Rivers，Lakes，and Coastlands 221

Section Three Population and Nationalities 225

Section Four Washington D·C·and Washington State 227

Section Five Administrative Areas：50 States and Their，Capitals 231

Section Six Climate and Weather 233

Section Seven Natural Resourses 236

Section Eight Indrustrial Distriution 240

Section Nine Agricutural Distriution 242

Section Ten Transportation 243

Section One The Colonial Perod（1492——1775） 246

Chapter Ⅱ American History 246

Section Two The Independant War（1775——1783） 253

Section Three The Civil War（1881——1885） 258

Section Four The Imperialism Perod 264

Section Five The Civil Rights Movement（1950——1968） 278

Section Six America During and Aound the Cold War 279

Section Seven US and the Gulf War 280

Chapter Ⅲ PoliticalSystem 282

Section One Constitution 282

Section Two President and the Congress 284

Section Three Government and Politics 287

Section Four The Senate and the House of Representatives 289

Section Five Two—Party System and Elections 292

Section Six Judicial System 295

Section Seven Racial Problems 298

Section Eight Imigration Problems 299

Section Nine Feminist Rights Campaign 301

Chapter Ⅳ American Economy 304

Section One General Survey 304

Section Two Agriculture 305

Section Three Industry and its Distribution 308

Section Four Services 311

Section Five Banking and Finance 313

Section Six Fiscal System 315

Section Seven The Structure of the Economy 320

Section Eight Foreign Trade 323

Section Nine Economic Crisis 326

Chapter Ⅴ Science and Arts 328

Section One General Survey 329

Section Two Science and National Economy 332

Section Three Science and Military Affairs 336

Section Four American Literature 337

Section Five American Arts 341

Chapter Ⅵ Education 345

Section One General Survey 345

Section Two Primary Education 349

Section Three Seconday Education 351

Section Four Higher Education 354

Chapter Ⅶ Miscellaneous 360

Section One Sports and Leisure 360

Section Two The American Way of Life 373

Section Three Basic American Values and Belief 383

Section Four Holidcays and Festivals 391