culture gé Flashcards
The cabinet is made up of … :
—The Foreign Secretary
—The Home Secretary
—The Lord Chancellor
—The Lord of the Exchequer = ministère des finance
metonymy The Lord of the Exchequer ?
11 Downing Street
UNITED KINGDOM Popu ?
64 million
metonymy for royalty, the Royal family ?
the Buckingham Palace
Prime Minister Theresa may lives in…
10 Downing street
Queen Elizabeth lives in…
the Buckingham Palace
Capital of Scotland :
Wales :
Northern Ireland (Ulster) :
≠the Republic of Ireland (Eire - Erin) :
Edinburgh
Cardiff
Belfast
Dublin
The British Parliament = Westminster :
- The Upper House : the House of Lords (Lords are appointed)
- The Lower House : the House of Commons (MPs are elected) => more power
Nickname for the British Government
Whitehall
The Commonwealth of nation (53) :
no Ireland
- -recognizes Queen Elizabeth 2 as the head of state
- -used to be part of the British Empire (former British Colonies)
- -english speaking
- -have developed close economical, educational, and diplomatic links
Main political parties in the UK
- The Labor Party : left-wing party. Jeremy Corbyn
- The Conservative party : right-wing party. Theresa May
Nickname : the tories, the tory party - UKIP : right-wing party. Nigel Farage (he resigned) → Steve Crowther
Nickname : the Leave Vote, populist, conservative, nationalists, eurosceptics
Nickname for London ?
The Big Smoke
Metonymy for the British press ?
Fleet street
Metonymy for the British world of finance ?
The City / Lombard Street
Metonymy for the parliament of Northern Ireland ; devolved government (gouvernement décentralisé) ?
Stormont
Religion in GB ?
Anglicanism (the church of England); a compromise b/ protestantism and catholicism
3 Musées USA
The Guggenheim Museum (NY),
The MOMA (NY),
The Art Institute (several american cities)
The Vietnam war
1964-1973
The Korean War
1950-1954
The Civil War
La guerre de secession 1861-1865
Segregation was banned in the usa in…
1964 (the Civil Rights Act)
The Congress (both elected) is made up of : (USA)
The Senate
the House of representatives => legislative part
The metonymy for the US movie industry ?
Hollywood
The metonymy for the US theatre industry/ entertainment industry ?
Broadway
