VOLUME ONE THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND Chapter One Geography and Population Part One Names and Position Official and Geographical Names Position Part Two Geographical Features The Highland Zone The Lowland Zone Part Three Climate Features of Climate Factors Influencing Climate Part Four Natural Resources Minerals Fisheries Forests and Farmlands Waters Part Five The People Origins of the British Nationalities Characteristics of the British People Part Six Languages and Religions Languages Religions Exercises Chapter Two Government and Politics Part One Political System Part Two The Constitution Part Three The Monarch Functions of the Monarch Act of Settlement Elizabeth II & Charles III Part Four Parliament The House of Commons The House of Lords Part Five The Cabinet Functions of the Cabinet Two-Party System Part Six The Judiciary The Lord Chancellor Law and Courts Exercises Chapter Three Education and Social Life Part One Education Types of Schools Levels of Education Part Two Social Welfare Part Three Class Structure and Social Problems Exercises Chapter Four Economy and Major Cities Part One Economic Profile Part Two Structure of Economy
The Primary Industries The Secondary Industries The Tertiary Industries Part Three Major Cities London Cardiff Edinburgh Belfast Exercises Chapter Five History Part One The Early and Medieval History The Native Celts and the Roman Conquest The Anglo-Saxon Conquest The Viking Invasions The Norman Conquest Exercises Part Two The Decline of Feudalism and the Rise of the English Bourgeoisie Henry II and His Reforms King John and the Great Charter Beginning of Parliament The Hundred Years' War The Black Death The Peasants' Revolt The Wars of the Roses The New Monarchy Exercises Part Three English Bourgeoisie Revolution in the 17th Century James I and the Parliament Charles I The Short Parliament and the Long Parliament The Civil War Restoration The Glorious Revolution Exercises Part Four The Rise of the British Empire The Industrial Revolution The Chartist Movement Queen Victoria and Her Time Foreign Expansion Exercises Part Five The Fall of the British Empire Britain and World War I Britain and World War II Major Events After World War II Conservative in Power Labour in Power Relations with China Exercises VOLUME TWO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VOLUME THREE THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
VOLUME FOUR CANADA VOLUME FIVE NEW ZEALAND VOLUME SIX THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND Appendix:Spplementary Materials for Reference
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