BRITAIN 1945–2007 Answering Questions at AS Level When you are preparing for the AS examination‚ remember that you will be asked to engage in extended writing. For AQA and Edexcel‚ you will be expected to produce an answer that evaluate sources and also produce answers that incorporate your own knowledge. For OCR A‚ you will be expected to produce an essay-style answer based on your own knowledge. The differences and similarities between GCSE and AS History are explained on pages 4 and 5
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Battle of Britain At the end of June 1940 The Second World War defense of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force began against an onslaught by the German Air Force Luftwaffe. Also known as “The Battle of Britain”‚ The Battle of Britain has been described as the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces. The Battle of Britain also has an unusual distinction in that it gained its name prior to being fought. The name is derived from a famous speech delivered by Prime Minister Winston
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Early inhabitants of Britain: The Celts: A series of invasions began about the year 1000 B.C. And continued until the opening of the Christian era. The Celts invaded Britain and dominated the native peoples‚ merging with then but firmly establishing their own language and civilization. They brought to Britain a renewed interest in agriculture together with the age of iron. The last Celtic invaders were the tribes of the Belgae‚ who settled in south-eastern Britain. Their advanced agriculture‚
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------------------------------------------------- EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN 6/7. Great Britain does not have a written constitution‚ so there are no constitutional provisions for education. The system of education is determined by the National Education Acts. Schools in England are supported from public funds paid to the local education authorities. These local education authorities are responsible for organizing the schools in their areas
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article is ‘Who intermarries in Britain? Explaining ethnic diversity in intermarriage patterns’ by two authors‚ Raya Muttarak and Anthony Heath. The purpose of this article was to publish Muttarak and Heath’s research findings‚ which aimed to answer the question in the article title of‚ ‘who intermarries in Britain?’‚ (Muttarak and heath‚ 2010) through exploring patterns and trends in inter ethnic relationships‚ in particular marriages‚ how each ethnic group in Britain compares to each other in terms
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1. The professor explains how the Electoral College works and how it is important for deciding the outcome of a presidential election. See Exercises L9-L12. 2. According to the professor‚ an elector is a member of a political party who is pledged to that party’s candidate for office. See Exercises L13-L17. 3. The professor wants the students to realize that although the number of electors is equal to the number of senators and representatives‚ the actual people filling these roles are different
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Conservative Party in Britain After analyzing some of the major policies of the parties of the UK‚ the one that I‚ as a college student‚ can identify with the most are those of the Conservative Party. I have always believed that education is the key to a successful nation‚ and lack of education results in numerous problems for a nation. Therefore‚ a party that enforces education and aims for the success of hardworking people is indeed‚ the one that represents my ideals (Roskin). At the same time
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The first train was invented by a man called George Stephenson. This was important to the industrial revolution. Steam locomotives were first developed in Britain and dominated railway transportation until the middle of the 20th century. One impact of the railway was the speed of travel which was greatly improved by railways. For example until the advent of the railways‚ no one had travelled faster than a horse can manage at full gallop and within a few short years of the first major line opening
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people‚ which may seem unusual. Salaries are high‚ but all prices in Britain are relatively high too. An ordinary working man of young age after graduation and without much experience simply can’t keep money for building a family. So‚ a person is busy with building of a career all twenties‚ and a marriage may be delayed. Though‚ there is higher level of public services like cleaning‚ transport system or medical services in Britain‚ and people everywhere are much more polite. As for Russia‚ among
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innondé * Pours : deverser * Taps : robinet * Whopping : énorme * Howls : hurler * Rests : réside * Tickling : chatouiller * Tast bud : papilles * Demands : exigences Which factors contributed to the flop of Dasani in Britain ? First of all‚ let us introduce Dasani. Dasani is a brand bottled water which was launched by The Coca Cola in the UK but got drenched in British criticism . Why ? Its because of the fact that Dasani ‘s pure still water is a filtered version
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