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　　《英語國家概況自學考試大綱》的考核目標

　　Part One  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

　　Chapter 1  Land and People

　　I. Different Names for Britain and its Parts

　　Chapter 2  The Origins of a Nation

　　I．Early Settlers

　　3．The Celts

　　II．Roman Britain

　　III．The Anglo-Saxons

　?、簦甌he Viking and Danish Invasions

　　V．The Norman Conquest

　　Chapter 3  The Shaping of the Nation

　　Ⅰ．Norman Rule

　　1. William’s Rule

　?、颍甌he Great Charter and the Beginning of Parliament

　　1. The Great Charter

　?、螅甌he Hundred Years’ War with France

　　Ⅳ．The Black Death and the Peasant Uprising

　　Chapter 4  Transition to the Modern Age

　?、瘢甌ransition to the Modern Age

　　Ⅱ．The English Reformation

　?、螅瓻lizabeth I

　　1. Elizabeth and Parliament

　　2. Elizabeth’s Religious Reform

　　3. Elizabeth’s Foreign Policy

　?、簦甌he English Renaissance

　　VII. The Civil Wars

　　VIII. The Commonwealth

　　IX. The Restoration and the Glorious Revolution of 1688

　　Chapter 5  The Rise and Fall of the British Empire

　?、瘢甒higs and Tories

　　Ⅱ．Agricultural Changes in the Late 18th Century

　　Ⅲ．The Industrial Revolution

　?、簦甌he Chartist Movement

　　VII．Twentieth Century

　　1. Britain and the First World War

　　3. Britain and the Second World War

　　4. Postwar Britain

　　Chapter 7  Government and Administration

　?、瘢甌he Monarchy

　?、颍甈arliament

　　1. The House of Lords

　　2. The House of Commons

　　Ⅲ．The Cabinet and Ministry

　?、簦甌he Privy Council

　　Chapter 8 Justice and the Law

　　IV．The Judiciary

　　V．Police

　　Chapter 9  Social Affairs

　?、瘢瓾ealth and Social Services

　　1．The National Health Service

　?、螅甊eligion

　　1．Established churches

　?、簦瓼estivals and Public Holidays

　　1．Christian festivals

　　2．Other festivals

　　3．Public holidays

　　Chapter 10  Cultural Affairs

　?、瘢瓻ducation

　　3．Higher education

　　Ⅱ．The Media

　　1．Newspapers

　?、螅甋ports

　?、簦甌he Arts

　　3．Drama

　　Part Two  The Republic of Ireland

　　Chapter 11  Geography and History

　　I. Geographical Features

　　II. Climate and Weather

　　III. Population and Religion

　　IV. Historical background

　　Part Three  The United States of America

　　Chapter 14  Population, Race and Ethnic Groups

　　I. Introduction

　　IV. Racial and Ethnic Minorities

　　1．Blacks

　　Chapter 15  American History  (I)

　?、瘢瓺iscovery of the New World

　?、颍甌he Colonial Period

　?、螅甌he War of Independence

　?、簦瓵 New Form of Government

　?、觯甌erritorial Expansion and Westward Movement

　?、鳎甌he Civil War

　?、甊apid Growth of Capitalism after the Civil War

　　Chapter 16  American History  (II)

　?、瘢瓻conomic Development

　?、颍甈rogressivism

　?、螅甒orld War I and the United States

　?、簦甌he United States in the 1920s

　?、酰甌he Great Depression and the New Deal

　?、觯甒orld War II and the United States

　　Chapter 17 American History (III)

　?、瘢甌he Origins of the Cold War

　?、颍甌he Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan

　　V．McCarthyism

　　VII．American Society During the Postwar Boom: 1945-1960s

　　VIII．The Cuban Missile Crisis

　　IX．The Vietnam War

　　X．United States’ Relations with China

　　XII．Watergate Scandal

　　Chapter 18  The Economy

　　(Two paragraphs)

　?、瘢甌he Economic System of the United States

　　V．Foreign Trade

　　VI．Problems in the U.S. Economy

　　Chapter 19  Political Institutions

　?、瘢甌he U.S. Constitution

　　1．The Federal system

　　2．Separation of powers: checks and balances

　　3．Provisions for amendment

　?、颍甌he Executive Branch

　　1．The Presidency

　　2．Presidential Powers

　?、螅甌he Legislative Branch

　　2. Powers of the House and Senate

　　3. Officers of the Congress

　　4. Functions of the Congress

　?、酰甈olitical Parties (two-party system)

　　Chapter 20  Education

　　Ⅰ．Characteristics of American Education

　?、颍瓻lementary and Secondary Education

　?、螅瓾igher Education

　　Ⅴ．Education Reforms

　　Chapter 21  Literature, Architecture and Music

　?、瘢瓵merican Literature

　　1．Washington Irving

　　2．Emerson and Hawthorne

　　3．Mark Twain

　　4．Whitman and Dickinson

　　5．Theodore Dreiser

　　6．T. S. Eliot

　　7．Ernest Hemingway

　　8．Hughes and Wright

　　Chapter 22  Holidays and Festivals

　　Ⅰ．New Year’s Day

　　IV．Valentine’s Day

　　VI．Easter Day

　　VIII．Independence Day

　　IX．Halloween

　　XI．Thanksgiving Day

　?、鶬I．Christmas Day

　　Part Four  Canada

　　Chapter 23 Geography and History

　?、瘢瓽eographic Features

　　4. Geographic regions

　?、颍甌he making of Canada

　　1．The European discovery

　　3．Self-government and Confederation

　　4．The Canadian nation

　　Chapter 26 Society and Culture

　　I．Canadian Society

　　1．Population

　　2．Immigration

　　3．Bilingualism

　　4．Multiculturalism

　　Part Five  Australia

　　Chapter 27 Land and people

　?、瘢甌he Geographical Structure

　　1．The Great Western Plateau

　　2．The Eastern Highlands

　　3．The Central Eastern Lowlands

　　Ⅱ．Climate

　　3. Causes and effects of the hot and dry climate

　?、簦甈eople

　　1．Population

　　2．Population density and distribution

　　Ⅴ．Australia’s Built Environment

　　1．Sprawling cities

　　2．Rural areas

　?、觯甈olitical Divisions

　　1．New South Wales

　　2．Victoria

　　3．Queensland

　　4．South Australia