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第二章 英国简史 作业

Part I. Britain in The Ancient and The Middle Age

I. Pre- feudal Society

Exercise1. Answer the following questions:

(1) How did the Romans influence British society?

(2) Who were the Vikings and how did they invade Britain ?

Exercise 2. Explain the following terms:

(1) Julius Caesar

(2) Alfred

(3) Vikings

II .The Growth of Feudalism

Exercise1. Answer the following questions:

(1) What was the consequence of the Norman Conquest ?

(2) In what way did Henry II consolidate the monarchy ?

(3) What were the contents and the nature of the Great Charter？

Exercise 2. Explain the following terms:

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（1）William, the Conqueror

（2）The Great Charter

III. The Decline of Feudalism in England

Exercise1. Answer the following questions:

(1) Why did the Hundred Years’ War happen in the history of

Britain ?

(2) What do you know about Wat Tyler’s Rising ?

(3)What were the nature and consequences of the Hundred Years’

War？

(4) What do you know about the nature and consequences of the War

of the Roses ?

Exercise 2. Explain the following terms:

(1) the Black Death

(2) the Lollards

IV. Growth of Capitalism and the Rule of the Tudors(

都铎王朝的统

治

)

Exercise l. Answer the following questions:

(l) What do you know about the economic development in the

Tudor Monarchy?

(2) What do you know about the English Renaissance ？

Exercise 2. Explain the following terms:

(l) the Enclosure Movement

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(2) Francis Bacon

Part II. The Bourgeois Revolution in the 17

th

century

Exercise l. Answer the following questions:

(l) What was the economical and political background of the

Bourgeois Revolution ?

(2) What do you know about The Glorious Revolution ?

(3) What’s the influence of the Bourgeois Revolution ?

Exercise 2. Explain the following terms:

(l) The Civil Wars

Part III、The Industrial Revolution and its Consequences

Exercise l. Answer the following questions:

(1) Why did the Industrial Revolution first take place in Britain?

(2) How did the Industrial Revolution exert a great influence on

both British society and the world?

Exercise 2. Explain the following terms

(l) George Stephenson

(2) James Watt

Part IV. Britain After WWII （该部分只需要了解即

可）

Exercise l. Answer the following questions:

(1) What does Thatcherism mean ?

(2) Please talk about the achievements of Britain’s science and

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technology

Exercise 2. Explain the following terms

(l) David Cameron

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