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ed States. Other well known rivers include the Hudson River which meets the Atlantic Ocean at New Yurk and the Potomac boarding the national capital of Washington. The most important lakes in the United States are the Great Lakes. They are Lake Superior， Lake Michigan， Lake Huron， Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. They are all located between Canada and the United States except Lade Michigan.
2. How many constituencies are there in Britain today？
How many members are there in the House of Commons？
To hold general elections， Britain is divided into 651 constituencies， each of which returns one member to the House of Commons. There are 651 members in the House of Commnos.
3. What were the effects of European settlement on the Aborigines？
White settlement in 1788 proved disastrous for the Aborigines. （1） Aboriginal culture and society were totally disrupted because of a total conflict of cultures. （2） The loss o land to white people led to the breakdown of their tribal life because Aboriginal culture was based on the land. （3） After losing their land， Aborigines became dependent on white handouts. They copied the European habit of drinking alcohol， which destroyed large numbers of Aborigines. （4） The whites also brought many diseases which the Aborigines had no resistance to. （5） All these， combined with the violence between Europeans and Aborigines resulted in the drastically reduction in Aboriginal population. The Aborigines have always been in unfavorable position ever since 1788. The Aborigines still face legal， political， economic and social discrimination today.
4. Sinn Fein
Sinn Fein was the Irish guerrilla movement that wrested independence from the British in 1921. It spit in 1921 over the Anglo - Irish Treaty and became two parties， Fianna Fail and Fine Gael， which remains to be the two major political parties in Ireland today.
VI.
1. Tell briefly the history of the two - party system in the United States. What are the characteristics of the two major parties in the United States today？
There nave been four periods in the history of the two - party system in the United States.
（1） During the Ratification period， the first two major parties appeared. They were the Federalists and the Anti - Federalists. After the adoption of the Bill of Rights， the Anti - Federalists began to call themselves Democratic - Republicans. The Federalists gradually disintegrated. （2） After the 1828 election of Andrew Jackson， the Democratic - Republican Party split. The main faction led by Jackson was called the Whig Party which formed in 1834. As the struggle over slavery intensified， the majority of the Whig Party， part of the democrats， and other anti - slavery elements formed the Republican Party in 1854. （3） From 1860s to 1920s， the Republican Party dominated the political scene. （4） From the time of President Franklin Roosevelt to the 1980s， the Democrati 上一页 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] 下一页 | 
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