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10.WhatanimalisanationalsymbolofNewZealand?

Thekiwiisanationalsymbolofthecountry.

11.WhatistheRenaissanee?

RenaissaneewastherevivalofclassicalliteratureandartisticstylesinEuropean

history.

12.WhatarethemostimportantjournalsintheU.K.?

TheyaretheEconomist,NewStatesmanandSociety,andSpectator.

13.WhyistheShannonRiverimportanttoIreland?

BecauseitprovideselectricityformuchoftheRepublic.

14.HowmanystatesarethereintheUnitedStates?

Thereare50statesintheUnitedStates.

15.WhatisHispanic?

AHispanicisaSpanish-speakingpersonoftheUnitedStates.

16.WhatistheBillofRights?

ItisthetermusedforthefirsttenamendmentstotheConstitution.

17.WhatistheCanadaCouncil?

——ItistheCanadianGovernment'

fundingagency.

18.WhatisAborigines?

ItisthetermusedtodescribetheoriginalpeopleofAustralia.19.Whatwasthe

to

natureoftheWhiteAustraliaPolicy?

Itwasadiscriminatoryimmigrationpolicy,whichrestrictedthenon-whitesenterAustralia.

20.WhatareNewZealand'

mainexports?

Meat,woolanddairyproductsaremainexports.

21.WhatwasQueenMaryknownas?

ShewasknownastheBloodyMary"

andalsorememberedasthemonarchwholostthelastBritishpossessiononthecontinentFrenchportofcalais.

22.WhatdidBritainbecomeaftertheIndustrialRevolution?

——Britainbecametheworkshopoftheworld”

23.WhatistheHouseofLordsmadeupof?

ItismadeupoftheLordsSpiritualandtheLordsTemporal.

24.WhatarethetwomajorpartiesinIreland?

TheyareFiannaFailandFineGael.

25.WhatismeantbyVietnamization”ofthewar?

ItmeantthatSouthVietnamesetroopswouldbewar-builtuptoreplaceAmerical

fightingforce.

26.Whichcountryistheworld'

biggestproduceranduseroftobacco?

ItistheU.S.A..

27.Whowastheonlywriterincolonialperiodstillreadtoday?

HewasBenjaminFranklin.

28.WhowasthefirstprimeministerinCanada?

HewasSirJohnMacdonald.

29.Whatwastheconvictsystem?

Intheconvictsystem,theconvictswerepunishedbybeingtransportedtoremoteplaces.

30.HowisNewZealandelectricityproduced?

Itisproducedby:

firstly,hydropower;

secondly,gas;

thirdly,coal.

31.WhatisthemostimportantestablishedChurchinBritain?

——ItistheChurchofEngland.

32.Whatisthejury'

jobinBritain?

Incriminalcases,itistodecidetheissueofguiltorinnocence.

33.WherewereoilandnaturalgasfoundinBritain?

OilandnaturalgasarefoundundertheNorthSea.

34.WhatarethecharacteristicsofIreland'

climate?

——Itcanbedescribedasmild,moistandchangeable”.

35.WhatdidtherealAmericalLiteraturebegin?

——ItbeganaftertheAmericaWarofIndependence.

36.WhereisthepresidentoftheUnitedStates'

offcialresidenee?

——TheWhiteHouseishisofficialresidenee.

37.WhatkindofhistorydopeopleoftensaythatthehistoryofCanada?

PeopleoftensaythatthehistoryofCanadaisahistoryofimmigration.

38.Whatisurbansprawl'

?

'

Itreferstoacitythathasgrownoveralargeareaofland.

39.WhatisthewayofchangingtheconstitutioninAustralia?

TheConstitutioncanbechangedonlybyreferendum.

40.WhereisthevolcanicactivityinNewZealand?

ThevolcanicactivitycanbefoundonthecentralplateauinNorthIsland.

41.WhatarethethreenaturalzonesinScotiand?

TheyaretheHighlandsinthenorth,thecentralLowlandsandthesouthernUplands.

42.WhatwastheGunpowderplotof1605?

ItwasthemostfamousoftheCatholicconspiracies.

43.WhatdidtheEnglishIndustrialRevolutionbeginwith?

——Itbeganwiththetextileindustry.

44.WhatisthecapitalofIreland?

ItisDublin.

45.WhichstateisthelargestintheUnitedStates?

Alaskaisthelargestone.

46.WhatistheAmericanforeignpolicyintheearly1930s?

——Intheearly1930s,theAmericanforeignpolicywasisolationist.

47.Whatisaffirmativeaction?

Itisthepreferentialtreatmentforminoritiesandwomenineducationandemployment.

48.Whatwasestablishedin1670inCanada?

TheEnglishHudsonBayCompanywasestablishedin1670.

49.WhichhemisphereisAustraliain?

ItisintheSouthernhemisphere.

50.WhereisthecapitalofNewZealand?

ItisWellington.

51.WhoweretheVikings?

——TheVikingsweretheNorwegiansandtheDanesfromDenmark.

52.WhichsystemwascompletelyestablishedunderWilliaminEnglish?

——ThefeudalsystemwascompletelyestablishedunderWilliaminEnglish.

53.WhatarethemaincourtsofciviljurisdictioninEnglandandWales?

——TheyaretheCountryCourts.

54.WhendidIrelanddeclareitselfarepublic?

IrelanddeclareditselfarepubliconApril18,1949.

55.WhereisknownastheagriculturalcapitaloftheU.s.?

——OmahaisknownastheargriculturalcapitaloftheU.S.A..

56.WhatisthemostcentralfunctionsoftheCongressinAmerica?

——Itisthepassageoflaws.

57.WhatisMarkTwain'

masterwork?

——ItistheAdventureofHuckleberryFinn.

58.WhichcityisCanada'

largestcity?

——ItisToronto.

59.WhatwasAustraliacalledinthe1950s?

Australiawascalledfheluckycountry”nthe1950s.

60.WhatdoyouthinkisthemostnoticeablefeatureofNewZealandgeography?

——Itismountainswidelyspreadalloverthecountrywhereactivevolcanoesscatter.

61.Whichwarwasrelativelysmooth,withnobloodshed,noranyexecutionofthekinginBritain?

economyis

ItistheGloriousRevolution.

62.WhatarethethreeperiodsasfarastheevolutionoftheBritish

concerned?

Therearesteadydevelopmentinthe50sand60s,economicrecessioninthe70s

andeconomicrecoveryinthe80s.63.Whatisaconstitutionalmonarchy?

ItisagovernmentalsysteminwhichtheheadofStateisakingoraqueenwhoreignsbutdoesnotrule.

64.WhatisthechiefIanguageofinstructioninIreland?

——ItisEnglish.

65.WhicharesomeofthebiggestcitiesintheU.S.?

TheyareNewYork,LosAngeles,Chicago,SanFranciscoandPhiladelphia.

66.WhodraftedTheDeclarationofIndependeneeintheU.S.?

HewasThomasJefferson..

67.Whichcountryistheworld'

leadingexporterofagriculturalproducts?

——ItistheUnitedStates.

68.lnwhatwaydoesQuebecdifferfromtheotherprovincesofCanada?

——ItdiffersfromtheotherprovincesbecauseithasstrongFrenchculture.

69.WhatisnationslargestandmostdiverseindustrytodayinAustralia?

——Itisagriculture.

70.WhatpercentageareMaoritothepopulationofNewZealand?

About10%areMaoriorpartMaori.

71.WherearemostlyhighlandandlowlandinGreatBritian?

——ThenorthandwestofBritianaremainlyhighlands,whiletheeastandsouth-eastaremostlylowlands.

72.WhatisHeptarchy?

——Bytheendofthe7thcentury,Englandwasdividedintosevenkingdomswhichwas,calledHeptarchy.

73.WhatdidEnglandappearinthe18thcentury,whichowedagreatdealtothe

inventionofmachines?

——TheIndustrialRevolutionappearedinEnglandinthe18thcentury.

74.WhatisthebasicethnicstockinIreland?

ItisCeltic.

75.Whatdoestariffprotectionmean?

——Itmeanstogethigherimporttaxestoprotectdomesticproduction.

76.WhatisthefullnameoftheU.S.?

——ItistheUnitedStatesofAmerica.

77.WhatisthegeneralviewofAmericansoneducation?

——ItisthateveryAmericanhastherightandobligationtobecomeeducated.

78.WhatdoesGovernor-Generalrepresent?

——ItrepresentstheQueen.

79.WhichthreeperiodsarethehistoryofAustraliadividedinto?

——TheyaethearrivalofAborigines,thecolonizationofAustraliabytheBritish,andthe

CommonwealthofAustralia.

80.WhowasthefirstEuropeancometoNewZealandandWhatwashisnationality?

——HewasAbelTasmanandwasaDutchman.81.Whatweretheforerunnersofthe

LiberalPartyinBritain?

TheyareWhigs.

82.HowmanymembersarethereintheHouseofCommons?

Thereare651membersintheHouseofCommons.

83.WhatisthediffereneebetweentheancestorsoftheEnglishandScots,WelshandIrish?

TheancestorsoftheEnglishareAnglo-Saxons,whilethosetheScots,WelshandIrishareCelts.

84.WhatistheRepublicanArmy?

ItisaterroristororganizationdedicatedtotheunionofallIrelandasonecountryunderonegovernment.

85.Whichthreecountrieshavethelargestpopulationsintheworld?

China,IndiaandtheUnitedStateshavethelargestpopulationintheworld.

86.WholedtheboycottofthebuscompanyinMontgomery,Alabama?

——HeisMartinLutherKing,Jr.

87.Whatisthe"

LostGeneration”

Itrefers60syoungintellectualswhobecamedisappointedandbitterafterWorldWarII.

88.WhataremostindustriesinCanada?