My summary consists of:
notes from all lectures (UK & US)
+ summary of mandatory chapters British civilization: an introduction
+ summary of mandatory chapters American civilization: an introduction
+ summary required reading Slavery and the Civil War (Peter Parish)
Jeremy Hunt = Chancellor of the Exchequer (financial minister)
James Cleverly = home secretary
David Cameron = Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Quality papers: The Times, The Financial Times, The Guadrian, The Observer, Time, The New York
Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA News
Broadcast media: BBC One, NBC News, abc News, CBS News
Quality check: name of broadcaster + media bias chart
Introduction to the UK
Overview
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Great Britain: England + Scotland + Wales
- Northern Ireland
,England: St. George’s Cross
+
Scotland: St. Andrew’s Cross
→ Flag of Great Britain
+
Ireland: St. Patrick’s Cross
= Union Flag
Capitals
UK = London
England = London
Scotland = Edinburgh
Wales = Cardiff
Northern Ireland = Belfast
Population
UK = 67 million
England = 56.5 million
- London Metropolitan area = 14.5 million
Scotland = 5.5 million
Wales = 3 million
Northern Ireland = 2 million
,British Isles = United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland + Republic of Ireland
Crown Dependencies
- Channel Islands
o Guernsey
o Jersey
- Isle of Man
The Crown Dependencies are not part of the UK but are self-governing dependencies of the Crown:
they have their own directly elected legislative assemblies, administrative, fiscal and legal systems.
Monarchy
, House (Mountbatten-)Windsor
After WWI, the name Mountbatten from Prince Philip was unwanted due to German relation, but
Windsor was Elizabeth’s surname (woman).
The royal family is regarded largely favourably by the population.
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