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Patrycja

Hej! Dorota bylas moze na wykladzie z historii w niedziele? Moze ktos inny byl... Bylabym wdzieczna za ten wyklad, a jak nie to chociaz o czym byl... Czy dokladnie mowil jaki material obowiazuje na egzamin? Poznadrawiam:)

Oleńka

Hej dziewczyny
Z racji tego, ze wiele z Was mowilo, ze mialo problem ze znalezieniem egzaminu (zreszta mi to tezz troche czasu zajelo) zamieszczam go na forum. Niestety nie osobnego watku na historie, wiec zamieszczam tutaj.
Patrycja, co do ostatniego wykladu, to zamieszcze go dzisiaj lub jutro. Aha, i typy pytan beda takie same.
Pozdrawiam

Test on the History of The British Isles
1.Mark whether the following statements are true or false.
a) “Beaker people” is the name of an archeological culture connected with the so-called Neolithic Revolution.
b) The Celts were in a possession of an elaborated system of writing to pass down
their knowledge to future generations.
“Caledonia” was a Celtic name for Scotland.
Before the visit of St. Augustine in 597 England had no contacts with any
Christian religion as such.
e) Heptarchy is the name for seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms functioning in the British Isles.
f) The only king to hold out against the Vikings was King Alfred of Wessex who
won a decisive battle in 878 and made a treaty with them
g) Danegeld is the name for a tribute the Anglo-Saxons had to pay to the Vikings.
h) Danelaw is the name for the lands occupied or ruled by the Danes.
i) English feudalism was different from the European one in many ways. One way
was that William the Conqueror wanted nobles to posses huge parcels of land in one region of England to be able to collects taxes easily.
j) Vassals were supposed to fight for their lords for 40 days but it was the duty of
the lord to give them weapon, horses etc.
k) Magna Carta was the sign of the collapse of feudalism in England because nobles
were acting not as vassals but as a class.
l) England won a lot of French lands signing a Peace treaty concluding the Hundred
Years War.
m) The War of the Roses was mainly waged between Henry VI (York) and Edward IV
(Lancaster).
n) Elizabeth decided to kill Mary, the Queen of Scots, because she named Philip of
Spain as her successor to the English throne.
o) One of the reasons why Elizabeth I was able to defeat the Great Armada in 1588
were bad weather conditions at sea.
p) The Stuart Dynasty succeeded the Tudors on the English throne because they invaded England and won a decisive battle at Naseby in 1645.
q) The Stuarts Dynasty was restored after the republican years in English history in
1660 and Charles II was invited by Parliament.
r) In the Act of Settlement in 1701 Parliament made sure that only a protestant could inherit the throne.
s) John Wilkes wanted more political participation for common citizens and his sentence opened the era of public opinion.
t) “Chartists” demanded rights that are now accepted by anyone: the vote for all adults, the right for a man without property of his own to be an MP, voting in secret, and election every year.
u) The reason for the Falkands war (1982) was that Britain decided to capture strategic islands in the Atlantic ocean taking advantage of the fact that Argentina already had some problems with its neighbors.
v) Margaret Thatcher called for earlier elections in 1983 being sure that the success at the Falklands would result in the victory of her party (Conservative Party).

2.Deliver the missing information:
History of Britain is the history invasion. It was penetrated and settled by the following peoples:
About 3000 BC by ___________
About 700 BC by ___________
About the first century AD by __________
About the fifth century AD by __________
In 1066 by ___________
In 1066 there were three candidates to the throne of England: William, Duke of Normandy, Harold, King of Norway and __________
The ceremony in feudal regime when vassals had to pledge obedience to their lords and were invested with lands was called __________.
In 1153 Stephen and Matilda signed a treaty concluding a long period of civil war in England. The next year Stephen died and was followed by Matilda’s son, _________.
British Parliament consists of two Chambers: The House of Lords, which was created by Simon de Monford, and the House of Commons established by king ________.
The official reason for the Hundred Years War presented to France by Edward III was _____________________________________.
The War of the Roses was concluded with a Battle of Bosworth. A representative of a new dynasty (______) took over the English throne.
Henry VIII had left behind three legitimate candidates to the English throne: Edward, ________, the daughter of Catherine of Aragon and Elizabeth.
Charles I waged war with the English ________ over who should control the army and be the dominant power in the country.
Charles’ proponents (supporters) in the above mentioned civil war were called royalists or _____________.
Great Revolution finished a long struggle for power in England. In 1688 Parliament decided to depose the legitimate ruler James II and invited _____________, the husband of James’s daughter Mary, who was protestant.
Union between England and Scotland resulted in the fact that countries no longer had separate ______, but Scotland kept its separate legal and judicial system and its own church.
In the result of the war with France (1756-63) Britain won a trade empire. The international exchange of the British is referred to by a geometrical diagram and is called a _________.
Industrialization brought about unemployment. People who believed that machines substituted human labour and directed their anger against them were called _________.
Napoleon was finally conquered by united English and Prussian forces led by general Wellington at ________ in Belgium in June 1815.
The period of nationalization and social care promoted by labour government in England after World War II are called _______ state.

3. Give the year of the most important events in English History.

England was officially christened in _______ by St. Augustine.
Battle of Hastings took place in _____.
King John was forced to sign Magna Carta in _____.
The year of the Hundred Years War were 1337 -______.
The Act of Supremacy to separate the English Church from Papacy was passed by Parliament in______.
England was a republic for a short period of time from ______ to 1660.
England and Scotland were united in _______.
Britain left India in ________.

4.Match the ruler and the dynasty he/she represents.

Norman, Plantagent, Lancester, York, Tudor, Stuart, Hanoverian, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Windsor.

Elizabeth I ____________
Henry VIII ____________
Victoria ____________
William I ____________
Elizabeth II ____________
Henry II ____________
Edward VII ____________
Edward IV ____________
Henry VI ____________
Anne ____________

Exam on American History

Are the following statements true/false.

The Pueblo were farmers.
Tepees are associated with the Haida.
Columbus sailed to America in the company of three small ships: Santa Maria, Pinta and Nina.
Columbus was sponsored by Elizabeth I, the Queen of England.
“Pilgrim Fathers” were the founders of the Virginia Colony in 1620.
The Houses of Burgesses consisted of elected representatives in a particular colony.
John Winthrop is the author of the following saying: “We shall be like a city on the hill”.
Roger Williams claimed that religious and secular affairs should be separated.
Pennsylvania was a private, chartered colony.
The French and Indian War was waged between France and Amerindians inhabiting present day territory of Canada.
The Stamp Act of 1765 made Americans buy special stamps to attach them to newspapers, licenses and legal papers such as mortgages and wills.
The author of The Declaration of Independence was John Hannock of Massachusetts.
The Declaration of Independence consists of three parts. The so called natural rights of “life, liberty and part of happiness” are mentioned in the last part of the document.
Saratoga and Yorktown are two famous battles from the times of the Civil War in America.
ON the basis of Treaty of Paris in 1783, Britain officially recognized the British colonies as an independent nation.
The American Constitution went into effect in March 1789.
The Bill of Rights consists of 11 amendments to the Constitution.
Florida was within the boundaries of the USA in 1783.
Louisiana was purchased from Napoleon III who desperately needed money for the war activities in Europe 1833.
The most important reason for the secession of eleven southern states was the choice of Abraham Lincoln as the president of the USA.
First Civil War activities took place in Virginia.
At the very beginning of the Civil War Confederates had more experienced generals.
The 14th Amendment gave Blacks full rights of citizenship.
The reconstruction governments were imposed on southerners by the federal government.
At Little Big Horn in June 1876 Sioux and Cheyenne were slaughtered by an American general George Armstrong Custer
The US joined the League on Nations in March 1920.
Prohibition was introduced in 1919.
In 1950 America declared war on Northern Korea
The world was on the verge of nuclear destruction in October 1961.
President Richard Nixon was successfully impeached because of the Watergate Affair.

2) Provide the year of the event:

______ Discovery of America
______ The Mayflower Compact
______ The end of the Seven Years War
______ Boston Massacre
______ Boston Tea Party
______ Declaration of Independence
______ Appomattox
______ terrifying Tuesday
______ air lift to Berlin
______ Russian invasion in Afghanistan
3) Deliver the name:

Archeological evidence supports the idea that the first Europeans to see America were …………….
Pennsylvania was peopled with a religious group of ……………
The two famous northern generals from the Civil War are ………….. and …………..
The largest and most fierce terrorist group during reconstruction was …………….
A secret telegram of 1917 from Germany to Mexico was send by …………..
The author of ”witch hunt” in America was …………..
Eisenhower’s doctrine not to let fall Vietnam in the hands of Communists is called …………..
The invasion of anti-Castro Cubans took place at …………..
The plan of president Richard Nixon to withdraw American troops from Vietnam was called …………..
The most important US Secretary of State who brought about “detente” between the US and USSR was …………..

Oleńka

Tu zamieszczam wyklas na postawie notatek moich, Doroty, podrecznika i internetu. Niestety niektorych rzeczy znalezc nie moglam, wiec zostawilam tak jak jest. Z gory przepraszam za wszystkie bledy. I Lankiewicz kazal zwrocic szczegolna uwage na konstytucje. Pozdrawiam serdecznie

American revolution = War of Independence
Second Continental Congress (May 10, 1775, to March 1, 1781)
- created american army
- they sent petition to king George III about reconciliation, but king refused to read it
- it had to function as temporary goverment
John Hancock - president of Second Continental Congress
Committee of Five
John Adams of Massachusetts
Roger Sherman of Connecticut
Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania
Robert R. Livingston of New York
Thomas Jefferson of Virginia
They were to prepare a declaration
Declaration was written by Thomas Jefferson
2 July 1776 - declaration was presented to the Continental Congress
4 July 1776 - ratification of eclaration of Independence
declaration was copied and distributed

Declaration of Independence (pełny tekst z podziałem: [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] )
1. Introduction
2. Preambule
All men are equal and have natural right to "Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"
people have right to abolish the goverment, because they chose them
3. Indictment of George III
George III - tyrant
grievances (urazy) to the British Crown, e.g.
- ee has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good
- he imposed the taxes
- swarms of Officers
4. Denunciation of the British people
two separate countries, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends
5. The conclusion
they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may right do
break all ties with British Crown

British had better chances
the moral of American army was very low
British captured Philadelphia, Boston and New York
1777 - battle at Saratoga, George Washington's army won
Benjamin Franklin, american ambassador in France persuaded France to sent its troops
1881 - the final victory - battle at Yorktown - British were surrounded by American and British troops
1783 - Treaty of Paris - Britain recognized her former colonies as an independent nation

Borders of US:
- north: Canada
- east: Atlantic Ocean
- south: Mexican Bay and Florida (Florida wasn't part of US!)
- west: Mississipi river

1 March 1781 - the Second Continental Congress changed into Federal Goverment
There was problem with taxation through the colonies
The Philadelphia Convention (25 May 1787 - 17 September 1787)
James Madison and Alexander Hamilton - authors of the Costitution of the United States
The Contitution was ratified by the ninth state (Massachusetts)
The American Constitution went into effect in March 1789
trójpodział władzy (czy ktoś wie jak to jest po angielsku?)
-executive
legistative
judicial
the system of checks and balances
the same constitution since 1789 only with some ammendments
1781 - 10 ammendments - Bill of Rights
- freedom of religion
- free press
- free speach
- the right to carry arms
- the right to a fair trial by jury
- protecion against "Cruel and unusual punishment"

Patrycja

Wielkie dzieki Ola! Ja sie jeszcze zastanawiam nad podejsciem do egzaminu, bo niespodziewanie wiele rzeczy 'wyskoczylo' mi w tym tygodniu. Jednakze bardzo bym chciala...
Milej nauki zycze! Smile

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