英国社会文化PPT--British-Foreign-Relations.ppt

BritishForeignRelations

BritainThenandNowItsImperialPasta.By1922,theBritishEmpireheldswayoverapopulationofabout458millionpeople,one-quarteroftheworldspopulation;b.Coveredmorethan13,000,000?squaremiles(33,670,000?km2):approximatelyaquarteroftheEarthstotallandarea;Asaresult,itspolitical,linguisticandculturallegacyiswidespread.c.Becauseitsspanacrosstheglobeensuredthatthesunwasalwaysshiningonatleastoneofitsnumerousterritories.thesunneversetsontheBritishEmpire

Howmanycoloniesinthepast?Thereare56countriesand2regionsunderBritishruleOceania14:Australia,NewZealand,Vanuatu,Tuvalu,SolomonIslands,Samoa,Nauru,SaintVincentandtheGrenadines,SaintLucia,SaintKittsandNevis,PapuaNewGuinea,Fiji,Barbados,Kiribati.Africa(21):SouthAfrica,Nigeria,Cameroon,Lesotho,Botswana,Ghana,Malawi,Tanzania,Zimbabwe,Swaziland,Zambia,Uganda,TongaandSeychelles,Mauritius,Mozambique,Namibia,SierraLeone,Kenya,theGambia.Americas(8):Canada,Belize,Guyana,TrinidadandTobago,Jamaica,Grenada,theBahamas,AntiguaandBarbuda.

Asia(10):India,Pakistan,Malaysia,Singapore,Bangladesh,Maldives,SriLanka,Myanmar,Brunei,DemocraticYemen.Europe(3):Ireland,Cyprus,Malta.2Regions:partoftheUnitedStates(referringtoNewYorkandsurrounding),HongKong,China.

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Howmanytoday?Therearestill16overseaspossessionsunderthejurisdictionoftheBritish:OverseasTerritory(9):Anguilla,Bermuda,BritishIndianOceanTerritory,BritishVirginIslands,CaymanIslands,Gibraltar,hestunnedthegameLVLIsland,St.HelenaanditssubsidiaryIsland,TurksandCaicosIslands.Dependencies(3):theMalvinasIslands(BritishknownastheFalklandIslands),SouthGeorgiaandtheSouthSandwichIslands,PitcairnIslandsCrownDependencies(3):Guernsey,Jersey,IsleofMan.Specialpossessions(1):CyprusSovereignBaseAreas

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