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33 Cards in this Set
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English speaking countries |
*The USA (including Hawaii Alaska) *The UK =Great Britain (=England Scottland Wales) +Nothern Irland *the (républic of) Irland *Australia *India *New Zealand *Kenya + Nigeria + Zimbabwe + SouthAfrica ) *Canada (except Quebec) *Jamaica*Malta /the Bahamas / Fiji /Mauritius/ the Seychelles *Malta /the Bahamas / Fiji /Mauritius/ the Seychelles
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Why do so many people speak English? |
-they discovered new territories which became colonies -British Empire huge fleet of ships-they discovered new territories which became colonies-British imposéd their language and they forbade to use their own language
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What did the British also impose to the natives? |
They also imposed their : - culture/tradition -religion (Anglican church=protestant) -money /currency -laws (monarchy taxes justice) |
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Sont elles encore des colonies? |
Today the countries are No longer colonies but some of them have kept links with the UK ! They belong to the Common Wealth |
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Why do they drive on the left ? |
In the Middle Ages men rode horses . These knights climbed onto the horse by the left not to hurt the horse with their swords. In the same way they rode on the left not to injure another knight. We did the same in Europe until Napoléon decide We would do the opposite/countrary . |
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Australian emblematic animals |
*dolphins *tasmanian devil *emy *Wallabies *shark *koala * crocodiles *jellyfish *snakes *Platypus |
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It is the _____ island In the world |
Biggest (14times as big as France) |
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The climate |
Vary a lot (north ≠ south ) |
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How many season |
2 season (wet and dry) |
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Temperature |
40°C |
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Population |
25 000 000 people |
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Nickname of Australia |
The land down under |
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Capital |
Canberra |
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Biggest city |
Sydney |
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Politique |
Parlimentary monarchy Belongs to the Commonwealth |
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Currency |
AUD |
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Discovered (1st) |
By the Dutch In 1606 |
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1606 |
Australia discovered by the Dutch |
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1770 |
Captain James Cook made a mal of eastern Australia and claimed It as a British territory |
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Who was the First settlers? |
Prisoner or jailers It Das a pénal colony (1788) |
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1788 |
The First settler arrived In Australia |
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Who are the Aboriginals |
They're the real Australian people :the natives |
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When and By who the name Aborigines was coined |
By the British In 1788 |
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Aboriginals activities |
They were hunter (with boomerang or and spears) and gatheres + very respectful of nature |
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Problem with the settlers |
Their land was taken by the settlers →many were killed +many died of smallpox |
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Smallpox |
Variole |
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What did the settlers to integrate the Aborigines In the white society |
1871 - 1969 (by law) the white stole aboriginal children =The Stolen Generation |
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The stolen Generation |
Aboriginal and mixed race children were removed (taken away ) from their families from 1871 to 1969 |
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1871 1969 |
The Stolen Generation |
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Dreamtime |
Aboriginal culture based on this orally transmitted religious belief which explains the création of the world . |
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What the dreamtime consists In ? |
It consits In the belief of mythological (half-humans crated the world (landscapes , animals, plants ....) and each mythical creature (the most famous the Rainbow Serpent) is associated to a landscape or element of the world. |
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Art |
*the didgeridoo (instrument) *dot paintings /cave rock paintings = petroglyphs In sacred places = Uluru =Ayers Rock |
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Didgeridoo |
Instrument |
