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英语国家概况完整篇简答题的整合

英语国家概况完整篇简答题的整合

1.WhyisIrelandalsocalledtheEmeraldIsle?

Becauserollingfarmlandsandpasturescoverthecentralparttheislandandtheyremaingreenallyeararound

2.WhatpercentageofpeopleareRomanCatholics?

93.1%ofpeopleareRomanCatholics.

3.WhenandhowdidthepartitionofIrelandoccur?

ThepartitionofIrelandoccurredon1921undertheAngloIrishTreaty.4.WhendidEirebecometherepublicofIreland?

EirebecametheRepublicofIrelandinApril1949

5.HowmanypermanentkingdomswerethereontheislandbythethirdcenturyAD?

BythethirdcenturyADtherewerefivepermanentkingdomsontheisland,includingUlster,Connacht,Leinster,MeathandMunster,withahighkingatTara.

6.WhowasthefirstkingtobringallIrelandunderEnglishcontrol?

HenryVIIIwasthefirstkingtobringallIrelandunderEnglishcontrol.7.WhendidIrelandestablishdiplomaticrelationswithChina?

IrelandestablisheddiplomaticrelationswithChinaonJune221972.8.Whendidthecountrygetitsname?

ThenameofthecountrywasofficiallychangedtoIreland（EireinGaelic）in1937.9.WhatistheRepublicofIrelandalsocalled?

Whichcityisitscapitalcity?

TheRepublicofIrelandisalsocallEire,itscapitalcityisDublin.10.WhatisthemostsignificantfeatureofIrishlandscape?

ThemostsignificantfeatureofIrishlandscapeisbogs.

11.WhataretheofficiallanguagesinIreland?

Whichisthefirstofficiallanguage?

TheofficiallanguagesinIrelandareIrishandEnglish.Irishisthefirstofficiallanguage.12.WhichreligioninIrelandisthelargestnon-Catholicdenomination?

TheAnglicanChurchofEnglandisthelargestnon-Catholicdenomination.

13.Whatmindbecamemoreviolentintheearlydecadesofthe20thcenturyandclimaxedintheEasterUprising?

Nationalismbecamestrongerandevenmoreviolentintheearlydecadesofthe20thcenturyandclimaxedintheEasterUprisingof1916.14.WhatisthefullnameforIRA?

ThefullnameforIRAisIrishRepublicanArmy.

15.WhatTreatydidBritishsignin1921?

Whatwasitabout?

In1921theBritishsignedtheAnglo-IrishTreaty.TheBritishgovernmentagreedtoorganizeapartitionofIreland.

16.WhendidtheRepublicofIrelandbecomeanECmemberstate?

In1973theRepublicofIrelandbecameanECmemberstate.17.WhatforeignpolicyhasIrelandadheredtosinceindependence?

SinceindependenceIrelandhasadheredtoapolicyofneutralityandnonalignment.18.WhoistheheadoftheStateofIreland?

ThepresidentistheheadoftheStateofIreland.19.Whoistheheadofgovernment?

ThePrimeMinisteristheheadofgovernment.20.WhatdoestheIrishOireachtasconsistof?

TheOireachtasconsistsoftwohouses:

theHouseofRepresentativeandtheSenate.21.WhataretheIreland’smainindustries?

Itsmainindustriesaremanufacturing,miningandenergy.22.WhatkindoflanguageisIrish?

IrishisaCelticlanguage.

23.Whoisregardedasoneofthemostinfluentialwritersofthe20thcentury?

JamesJoyceisregardedasoneofthemostinfluentialwritersofthe20thcentury.24.WhatisthechieflanguageofinstructioninIreland?

ThechieflanguageofinstructioninIrelandisEnglish.

25.HowmanycountiesdoestheRepublicofIrelandconsistof?

TheRepublicofIrelandconsistsof26ofthe32countriesofIreland26.WhoshallappointtheprimeministerinIreland?

ThepresidentshallappointtheprimeministeronthenominationofthehouseofRepresentatives（Dail）27.HowlongdoTDsandSenatorsserveforthemembersofOireachtaseveryterm?

Theyserveforfiveyearseveryterm.

28.WhatisthelargestpoliticalpartyinIreland?

Whatdoesitmean?

ThelargestpoliticalpartyinIrelandisFiannaFailwhichmeansDsoldiersofdestiny‖.29.IsIrelandoneoftheleadingexportersofleadanzincinEurope?

Yes.IrelandisoneoftheleadingexportersofleadanzincinEurope30.HowdotheIrishfarmersdependchieflyfortheirliving?

.

TheIrishfarmersdependchieflyfortheirlivingonoccasionalcashcropsandsomeoflivestock.31.WhatarethetwotypesoffarminginIreland?

Theyarearablefarmingandstockfarming.

32.HowmanyperiodsdotheIrishhaveinhistory?

Whatarethey?

IrishorIrishGaelicisaCelticlanguage.Itshistoryhasthreeperiods:

OldIrish,MiddleIrishandModernIrish.

33.Whopresidesoverthehighcourt?

Normallyajudgesittingwithajuryof12presidesoverthehighcourt.

34.Whoarerecognizedasmajorfiguresinworldliteratureinthe20thcentury?

JamesJoyceandSamuelBeckettarerecognizedasmajorfiguresinworldliteratureinthe20thcentury.美国

1.WhichstateisseparatedbyCanadaformthemainland?

AlaskaisseparatedfromthemainlandbyCanada.

2.WhatistheothernameofEskimos?

EskimosarealsocalledInuit.

3.Whatisthelargestactivevolcanointheworld?

MaunaLoaistheworld’slargestactivevolcano,whichislocatedonHawaii.

4.HowistheWestdivided?

TheWestcanbedividedintothreeparts:

theGreatPlains,theRockyMountainsandtheIntermountainBasinandPlateau.

5.WhereisthebirthplaceofAmerica?

NewEnglandissometimescalledthebirthplaceofAmerica.

6.WhatstatesareinNewEngland?

NewEnglandismadeupofsixstatesoftheNortheast,includingMaine,Massachusetts,Vermont,RhodeIsland,NewHampshire,Connecticut.

7.WhereistheHooverDamlocated?

TheHooverDamisbuiltontheborderbetweenNevadaandArizonaanditisoneofthebiggestdamsintheU.S.

8.WhatarethenamesofthecapitalofHawaiiandAlaskarespectively?

HonoluluisthecapitalofHawaiiandJuneauisthecapitalofAlaska.

9.WhatistheRockiesalsocalled?

TheRockies,thebackboneoftheNorthAmericanContinent,isalsoknownastheContinentalDivide.

10.HowdoestheUnitedStatesrankamongthecountriesoftheworldinpopulationandarea?

TheUnitedStatesofAmericaisthethird―largestcountryintheworldinpopulationandthefourth―largestcountryinarea.

11.WhatistheothermajormountainrangeintheU.S.besidestheRockyMountainrange?

ItistheAppalachianHighlands.

12.WhatistheMidwestfamousfor?

TheMidwestiswellknownforitslargestretchesoffertilesoil.

13.WhichstateisthesmallestoneintheUnitesStatesinarea?

RhodeIslandisthesmalleststateinthecountry.

14.WheredoestheMississippirise?

TheMississippiRiverrisesinthelakeregioninNorthMinnesota.

15.WhichtwostatesareGeographicallyseparatedfromtheother48states?

TheyareAlaskaandHawaii.

16.WhichstateinAmericaisthelargestinsizeandwhichisthesmallest?

InAmericaAlaskaisthelargeststateinsizeandRhodeIslandthesmallest.

17.WhichmountainisthehighestpeakinAmerica?

Whereisit?

ThehighestmountaininAmericaisMountMekinley（6,187meters）.ItisthemiddleoftheAlaskaRange.

18.WhatarethetwotributariesofMississippi?

ThetwolargesttributariesofMississippiaretheRiverMissouriandRiverOhio.

19.Howmanygeographicalregionsarethecontinentalstatesdividedinto?

ThecontinentalstatesoftheUnitedStatesareoftendividedintosevengeographicalregions.

20.WhyisNewEnglandcalledthebirthplaceofAmerica?

NewEnglandiscalledthebirthplaceofAmericabecauseitwasthechiefcentreoftheAmericanWarofIndependenceof1776andwasalsothenational’sfirstindustrialarea.

21.WhichcityisthelargestandbusiestportontheGreatLakes?

ChicagoisthelargestandbusiestportontheGreatLakes.

22.WhatistheleadingcommercialcropoftheSouth?

TheleadingcommercialcropoftheSouthiscotton.

23.WhichcityhasbeencalledthesteelcityoftheWest?

ColoradohasbeencalledthesteelcityoftheWest.

24.WhyhasFloridabecomeoneofthefastestgrowingstatesinpopulationforthelast20years?

BecauseofitsattractivenessbothasaplacetoretireandasaconvenientplaceforbusinesswithandtraveltoCentralandSouthAmerica.

25.Whendidthelargestimmigrationmovementbegin?

Thelargestimmigrationbeganform1815

26.HowmanygreatpopulationmovementarethereinthehistoryoftheU.S.?

Therearefourgreatpopulationmovements.27.WhatarethethreegroupsofHispanics?

TheyaretheMexican-Americans（Chicanos）,thePuertoRicansandtheCuban-Americans.

28.WhatarethemajorracialandethnicminoritiesintheU.S.?

TheyareblackAmericans,Hispanics,AsianAmericansandAmericanIndians.

29.WhendidtheDBabyBoom‖occur?

Itoccurredbetween1946and1966.

30.WhicharethefivebiggestcitiesintheU.S.intermsofpopulation?

TheyareNewYork,LosAngeles,Chicago,SanFranciscoandPhiladelphia.

31.WhatisthepopulationoftheUnitedStatesin1997?

ThepopulationoftheUnitedStatesisabout267millionin1997.

32.Whowereindenturedservants?

Indenturedservantsrefertothepoorimmigrantswhohadtoworkforfixedtermfortheirmasterstorepaythecross-Atlanticfareanddebts.

33.WhyarethepeoplemovingsooftenintheUnitedStates?

ThepeoplearemovingsooftenintheUnitedStatesbecausetheywanttolookforbetterjobopportunityorforbetterclimateorforothergoals.

34.Whatarethetwonovelsgivingavividdescriptionaboutthemiserablelifeoftheblackslaves?

DUncleTom’sCabin‖andDRoots‖aretwonovelsgivingavividdescriptionaboutthemiserablelifeoftheblackslaves.

35.Whywere1.5millionIrishmendriventotheUnitedStatesinthedecadeof1845-1854?

TheyweredriventotheUnitedStatesbyEnglishoppressionandthePotatoFamine.

36.Wheredidalargenumberofpeoplemovetointhelastgreatpopulationmovement?

Inthelastgreatpopulationmovement,alargenumberofpeoplemoved