PART 1
THE UNITED KINGDOM
CHAPTER 1 THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE
1.1 Name and Location of the UK
1.2 Physiographic Features
1.3 Climate and Weather
1.4 People
1.5 Major Cities
CHAPTER 2 THE BEGINNING OF THE UK AND FEUDALISM IN THE UK
2.1 Early Settlements
2.2 Invasions
2.3 The Establishment of Feudalism
2. 4 The Development of Feudalism
2.5 The Decline of Feudalism
2.6 Middle Age Literature
CHAPTER 3 THE HOUSE OF TUDORS AND THE TWO REVOLUTIONS
3.1 The Tudor Monarchy 1485 - 1603
3.2 The House of Stuarts and the Bourgeois Revolution
3.3 The House of Hanover and the Industrial Revolution
3.4 The Chartist Movement 1836- 1848
3.5 Literature during Renaissance and the Revolution
CHAPTER 4 THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
4. 1 The Victorian Era 1837- 1901
4.2 Colonial Expansion
4.3 Britain during the Two World Wars
4.4 Postwar Britain
4.5 Literature Flourishing
CHAPTER 5 THE UK POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT SYSTEM
5.1 The British Constitution
5.2 The Legislative Body
5.3 The Executive Branch
5.4 The Judicial Body
5.5 British MajorPARTies
5.6 General Election
CHAPTER 6 THE UK ECONOMY
6.1 Overview of the British Economy
6.2 British Industry
6.3 British Agriculture ,
6.4 British Trade and Finance
6.5 Economic Problems and Economic Policies
CHAPTER 7 THE UK EDUCATION
7.1 Educational System
7.2 State School
7.3 Independent School
7.4 Higher Education
CHAPTER 8 THE SOCIAL LIFE OF THE UK
8.1 Media
8.2 Holidays
8.3 Religion
8.4 Sports
PART 2
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CHAPTER 1 THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE
1.1 Name and Location of the Country
1.2 Physiographic Features
1.3 Climate and Weather
1.4 People
1.5 Major Cities
CHAPTER 2 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE US
2.1 The Discovery of America
2.2 Immigration and Early Settlement
2.3 American War of Independence
2.4 Colonial Literature
CHAPTER 3 AMERICAN TERRITORIAL EXPANSION AND CIVIL WAR
3.1 Monroe Doctrine
3.2 Westward Expansion
3.3 American Civil War
3.4 Formation oI US Imperialism
3.5 American Romanticism and Realism
CHAPTER 4 AMERICA DURING THE TWO WORLD WARS
4.1 America in World War I
4. 2 Prosperity and the Great Depression
4. 3 America in World War lI
4. 4 Postwar America
4.5 Modern American Literature
CHAPTER 5 THE US POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT SYSTEM
5.1 The Constitution
5.2 Federalism
5.3 Three Branches of US Government
5.4 Two-party System
5.5 The General Election
CHAPTER 6 THE US ECONOMY
6.1 Overview of the US Economy
6.2 The US Industry
6.3 The US Agriculture
6.4 The US Trade and Finance
6.5 Economic Problems and Economic Policies
CHAPTER 7 THE US EDUCATION
7.1 Educational System
7.2 Elementary Education
7.3 Secondary Education
7.4 Higher Education
CHAPTER 8 THE SOCIAL LIFE" OF THE US
8.1 Media
8.2 Holidays
8.3 Religion
8.4 Sports
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