英美文化课后答案 Chapter 2 History.doc

英美文化课后答案2 Lecture 2 History Tell wheher each of the following statements is true or false 1-10: FTTFT/TFTFF 11-20: FTTTF/FTTFF Fill in the blanks with the correct information. 1. Celt 2. Romans 3.5th 4. Viking; 1066 5. Hundred Years’ War 6. York 7. divorce 8. 11 9. Elizabeth I; Queen Victoria 10. America 11. 1492 12. Virginia; 1607 13. Thanksgiving Day 14. 13 15. Declaration of Independence 16. 4th of July 17. Uncle Tom’s Cabin 18. 1865 19. World War I 20. World War II 21. Puritans, religious, Mayflower 22. Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, National Day 23. Monroe Doctrine, colonize, interfere 24. agrarian, industrial, Andrew Jackson 25. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, slavery 26. 1932, recovery, New Deal Choose the correct answer on the basis of what is stated in text. 1-10: ABDCD/CBDAB 11-20: CBDCB/DCADD 21-30: BDABA/DCBCB Explain the following terms. 1. The Anglo-Saxons In the 5th century, the tribes called the Angles and Saxons invaded Britain, coming from northern Europe. By the end of the 5th century, the Anglo-Saxons ruled most of Britain. Their language was called Old English. From them comes the name of “England” and “English”; England came from “Angle-land” meaning the land of the Anglo-Saxons. 2. Norman Conquest After King Edward died, Duke William of Normandy, from northern France, declared that Edward had promised to let him become the king. On October 14, 1066, William and his army invaded England and defeated the English army. He was made king and crowned in Westminster Abby on Christmas Day, 1066. William is often referred to as William the Conqueror in English history. 3. Robin Hood Englands best-loved legend of Robin Hood is an outlawed Saxon nobleman oppressed by the Normans. He hid in the forest near Sherwood with his band of followers, called “merry men”. From this secret wood, they went out to rob from the rich to give to the poor with their longbows. Robin Hood has been a popular subject of