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PART 1 THE UNITED KINGDOM 3

CHAPTER 1 THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE 3

1.1 Name and Location of the UK 4

1.2 Physiographic Features 4

1.3 Climate and Weather 7

1.4 People 8

1.5 Major Cities 9

CHAPTER 2 THE BEGINNING OF THE UK AND FEUDALISM IN THE UK 18

2.1 Early Settlements 19

2.2 Invasions 20

2.3 The Establishment of Feudalism 22

2.4 The Development of Feudalism 24

2.5 The Decline of Feudalism 27

2.6 Middle Age Literature 30

CHAPTER 3 THE HOUSE OF TUDORS AND THE TWO REVOLUTIONS 35

3.1 The Tudor Monarchy(1485-1603) 36

3.2 The House of Stuarts and the Bourgeois Revolution 39

3.3 The House of Hanover and the Industrial Revolution 45

3.4 The Chartist Movement(1836-1848) 49

3.5 Literature during Renaissance and the Revolution 50

CHAPTER 4 THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE 60

4.1 The Victorian Era(1837-1901) 61

4.2 Colonial Expansion 63

4.3 Britain during the Two World Wars 66

4.4 Postwar Britain 70

4.5 Literature Flourishing 71

CHAPTER 5 THE UK POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT SYSTEM 79

5.1 The British Constitution 80

5.2 The Legislative Body 82

5.3 The Executive Branch 87

5.4 The Judicial Body 90

5.5 British Major Parties 92

5.6 General Election 95

CHAPTER 6 THE UK ECONOMY 103

6.1 Overview of the British Economy 104

6.2 British Industry 105

6.3 British Agriculture 107

6.4 British Trade and Finance 109

6.5 Economic Problems and Economic Policies 111

CHAPTER 7 THE UK EDUCATION 116

7.1 Educational System 117

7.2 State School 117

7.3 Independent School 119

7.4 Higher Education 121

CHAPTER 8 THE SOCIAL LIFE OF THE UK 131

8.1 Media 132

8.2 Holidays 135

8.3 Religion 141

8.4 Sports 143

PART 2 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 151

CHAPTER 1 THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE 151

1.1 Name and Location of the Country 152

1.2 Physiographic Features 152

1.3 Climate and Weather 156

1.4 People 157

1.5 Major Cities 160

CHAPTER 2 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE US 171

2.1 The Discovery of America 172

2.2 Immigration and Early Settlement 173

2.3 American War of Independence 175

2.4 Colonial Literature 183

CHAPTER 3 AMERICAN TERRITORIAL EXPANSION AND CIVIL WAR 190

3.1 Monroe Doctrine 191

3.2 Westward Expansion 192

3.3 American Civil War 194

3.4 Formation of US Imperialism 198

3.5 American Romanticism and Realism 199

CHAPTER 4 AMERICA DURING THE TWO WORLD WARS 207

4.1 America in World WarⅠ 208

4.2 Prosperity and the Great Depression 209

4.3 America in World WarⅡ 212

4.4 Postwar America 214

4.5 Modern American Literature 216

CHAPTER 5 THE US POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT SYSTEM 222

5.1 The Constitution 223

5.2 Federalism 225

5.3 Three Branches of US Government 226

5.4 Two-party System 235

5.5 The General Election 237

CHAPTER 6 THE US ECONOMY 247

6.1 Overview of the US Economy 248

6.2 The US Industry 249

6.3 The US Agriculture 251

6.4 The US Trade and Finance 253

6.5 Economic Problems and Economic Policies 255

CHAPTER 7 THE US EDUCATION 261

7.1 Educational System 262

7.2 Elementary Education 263

7.3 Secondary Education 264

7.4 Higher Education 265

CHAPTER 8 THE SOCIAL LIFE OF THE US 275

8.1 Media 276

8.2 Holidays 280

8.3 Religion 283

8.4 Sports 286

Keys 294

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