英语国家概况简答题答案英语国概况简答题答案.doc

Key points1. British history has been a history of invasion. Please illustrate this point with the examples from the text. How did each of the invasions influence English culture ? When Who Where from Which part conquered influence? 43 AD— AD.5th C Latin-speaking Roman Mediterranean countries England and Wales (not Scotland or Ireland) Brought the Mediterranean civilization, Christian, AD.5th C —1066 Angles and Saxons (the forefathers of the English; the founders of England) Germany Eastern and Southern Britain (not Wales and most of Scotland ) mainly England The ancestor of the English people; King Alfred’s story Late AD.8thC – AD 10th C. the ferocious Vikings Scandinavia (北欧：瑞典、挪威一带。丹麦、芬兰、冰岛等) Northern and Eastern England, Scotland The process of forming a united Britain (English Kings united mean, so did the Scottish Crown), 1707, the united Britain came into being AD 11th C (1066) Norman French (William the Conqueror defeated King Harold at the Battle of Hastings, and built the Tower of London) Normandy (northern France) The next few hundred years, joining various parts of the British Isles under English rule (England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland) Import a ruling class 1. What are some of the factors in Irish and English history that affect the situation in Northern Ireland today? Keys: 1. racial, 2. religious 3. immigration in 17th c. 4. the British solders’ station in 1969 1. How did the doctrine of the “divine right of kings”, according to the author, lead to the English Civil War? What do you know about the causes of the English Revolution in the 17th century? King James I believed the divine right of kings, so did his descent---Charles I. Charles I called his t Parliament only when he needed to collect money. The Civil War was caused by a dispute over the power of the king against Parliament in the 17th C. The Republican “roundheads”, led by Oliver Cromwell, wanted to abolish the monarchy and to reassert the rights of Parliament. In 1642, the