Country studies 2013

1) The Commonwealth (what is it historically and nowadays, how many members, where are they situated, name some of the countries from different regions, what is the purpose)

2) the Commonwealth countries in Asia (what are they, history, geography, population, language, places of interest, politics, present day situation, be ready to give examples of 5-10 countries of the area, tell more about one country)

3) the Commonwealth countries from Africa (what are they, history, geography, population, language, places of interest, politics, present day situation, be ready to give examples of 5-10 countries of the area tell more about one country)

4) the Commonwealth countries from West Indies (what are they, history, geography, population, language, places of interest, politics, present day situation, be ready to give examples of 5-10 countries of the area tell more about one country)

5) the Commonwealth countries in Europe (what are they, history, geography, population, language, places of interest, politics, present day situation, tell more about Cyprus and Malta)

6) President election in the US (Two party system, who can be elected, steps of the election campaign, debates, electoral college, amendments to the Constitution)

7) Pilgrims in the New World (the Mayflower, first colonists and Native Americans, Independence Day)

8) Civil war (dates, Southern and Northern states, Lincoln, slavery, Emancipation proclamation, 13th Amendment) [а как же Ku Klux Clan ?]

9) Kennedy (Civil Rights, Martin Luther King, Cuban missile crisis, Apollo, assassination) [обязательно все-все даты ?]

10) Vietnam war (Ho Chi Mihn, US presidents, Soviet Union, the end of the war) [про президентов – просто перечислить имена ?]

11) Hippie (their mottoes, what they didn’t like in the society, way of life – clothes, hair-dos, drugs, attitude to war, symbols)

12) The USA – Geography (important cities, NYC, LA, Washington DC – river, monuments, government seats, Great Lakes and Niagara Falls, Mount Rushmore, Death Valley, the coldest/the hottest\ the wettest places in the US) [ЧТО ГОВОРИТЬ АААААААА]

13) The USA – Culture (Museums, Hollywood, writers, jeans etc.)

14) Australia (capital and main cities, koala and other animals, outback, aborigines, didgeridoo, sheep farming)

15)Canada (Flag, provinces and territories, languages, maple, the Inuit, capital and main cities)

16)India – Culture (Capital, Ganges, Taj Majal, castes, clothes, Film Industry, main cities)

17) India – History (British East India Company, British occupation, Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, J.Neru, independence) [что говорить про British occupation]

18) New Zealand (Maori and Moriori, capital and big cities, kiwi bird)

19) South Africa – History (Boers, Boer Wars, apartheid, Nelson Mandela)

20) South Africa – Culture and geography (capitals, languages and peoples, gold and diamonds, Livingstone)

21) Northern Ireland – Early History (St.Patrick, Vikings, Normans, Tudor times, rebels, Cromwell)

22) Northern Ireland in XIX – XX century (Act of Union, famines, Corn Laws, Young Ireland, Sinn Fein, 1916, IRA, Ireland Act)

23) Northern Ireland – Culture (National symbols, capitals and cities, language, religion, famous people)

24) Wales (National symbols, capital, language, religion, famous people, national parks, Eisteddfod, Owain Glyndŵr, Llewellyn the Last vs Edward I, title Prince of Wales)

25) Scotland – Geography (capital and cities, lakes and mountains)

26) Scotland – Culture (National symbols, kilts and tartans, language, religion, famous people, Highland games, food)

27) English and American classical music (name 5-7 composers and what they are famous for)

28) National music instruments (didgeridoo, bagpipe, vuvuzela, harp – what Commonwealth countries they associate with, how they look like, how one can play them, how they are connected to the local culture)

29) XX – XXI century music (the Queen, the Beatles, Madonna, Eminem etc. – why they are so popular)

30) Extreme sports (bungee jumping, BASE jumping, street luge etc. – equipment, danger, places to practice, method)

31) Water sports (sailing, surfing, scuba diving - equipment, danger, popular places to practice inside Commonwealth, method)

32) Ballgames (in general explain the difference between cricket and croquet, socсer and American football and rugby, tennis – Wimbledon)

33) Admiral Horace Nelson (Trafalgar, Napoleonic Wars, new tactics)

34) Baroness Margaret Thatcher (as a prime minister and extraordinary personality – situation in the country, main political events)

Dates

- William the Conqueror invaded England 1066

- The War of Roses 1455–1485

- Hundred Years War 1337–1453

- Civil War in England 1642–1651

- Civil War in the US 1861–1865

- Oliver Cromwell and the Republic, Charles I executed 1649

- when these kings and queens reigned: William I [1066 –1087], Henry VIII [1509 –1547], Elizabeth I [1558 – 1603], Queen Victoria [1837 – 1901].

- Elizabeth II –

- Elizabeth II –

• born, 21 April 1926

• became the Queen, February 6, 1952, at age 25

• Coronation, 2 June 1953

• Golden Jubilee, 2002

• Diamond Jubilee, 2012

- Declaration of Independence signed in the US, July 4, 1776

- Boer Wars, during 1880-1881 and 1899-1902

- India became independent 1947

- James Cook's 1st voyage, August 26, 1768 to July 13, 1771

- Winston Churchill as the Prime Minister 1940-1945, 1951–1955

- Abraham Lincoln signed Emancipation Proclamation - January 1, 1863

- Presidency of G. Washington [1789-1797], A.Lincoln [1861 – 1865], F.D.Roosevelt [1933 – 1945], J.F.Kennedy [1961 – 1963]

- Assasinaion of J.F.Kennedy [22 November, 1963] and A.Lincoln [April 15, 1865]

- Death of F.D.Roosevelt - April 12, 1945

- Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 6–9 August 1945