英美概况括考前知识点总结材料.doc

word word PAGE / NUMPAGES word 英国概况 英国名称：The United Kingdom of GreatBritain and Northern Ireland) 2， 地理位置：Great Britain is the largest island of the British Isles, the largest island in Europe and the eighth-largest island in the world. It lies to the northwest of Continental Europe, with Ireland to the west, and makes up the largest part of the territory of the state known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is surrounded by over 1,000[citation needed] smaller islands and islets. 或者回答 British mainland western Europe from Great Britain and Ireland, north-east and many nearby islands，She east by the North Sea, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, up to the North Atlantic off Iceland, Yugoslavia and the European continent, separated only by a strip of water, the English Channel 3, 英国首都：London 4,组成局部：England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland 5,民族：England Welsh、Scotch、Irish 6, 英国国旗：the Union Flag英国国歌：GodSaveTheQueen天佑女 7，三次外族入侵：ⅠRoman Conquest； 43AD, the roman empire ⅡAnglo-Saxon Conquest ；the late 8th century, Scandinavia, created a certain cultural divide between northerners and southerners in England Ⅲ Norman Conquest ；1066, Normans, William took the English throne, and became William the First 4, 英国主要河流：River Thames泰晤士河River Severn塞文河 8，政府组成局部：Monarch，Parliament，Cabinet 君主制时间：5th century AD 君主的职能：Presided over the opening of parliament , Order in Council approved the signed of an Act of Parliament and meet the Prime Minister and the Queen stands for the British in the world . Such as receiving foreign ambassadors and high missioners, receiving visiting heads of state, and and accessing overseas countries , the United Kingdom and other countries to support diplomatic and economic rerelations. 君主现处地位： 皇宫：Buckingham Palace 现代君主：Elizabeth II 9，议会历史：Magna Carta 组成局部：Queen\King ,house of lords , house of mons 如何成为两院的议员：To be house of lords: appointed by the Queen\King To be house of mons: general election 主要职能：pass the