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The People Flashcards

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Princess of Wales

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Diana, messy divorce, killed in ‘97

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Homosexuality

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not illegal to be gay only illegal to participate in homosexual acts, lesbianism was never recognized by the law (Queen V. never acknowledged it)

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nuclear family

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two adults + 1,8 children, is only around 36% of British families today

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Sexism: Church of England:

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did not permit women deacons until 1987

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Sexism: institutional:

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Politics, legal system, Church of England, there are very few females in Parliament

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Equal Pay Act 1970 and

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Sex Discrimination Act 1975, women still earn less than men

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ladettes

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young women who love binge drinking, exceed males in noise, violence, abuse

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Case of Wells and Chapman

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Two young girls murdered in 2002 by Ian Huntley

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Bulger case in 1993

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two year old boy murdered by eleven year old schoolboys

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Newcastle accent

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Geordie

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Liverpool dialect

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Scouse

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Birmingham accent

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Brummie

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Cockney accent in London

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Estuary English

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Nomads

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members of tribes that move from place to place

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neolithic

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new stone age, build Stonehenge, beginnings of agriculture, 4000 BC

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Density

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number of inhabitants per unit area

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Merseyside

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a metropolitan county in W-England

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Racism

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belief that one’s race is superior, right to rule based on race, English treated Celts as colonial subjects

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Census

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official enumeration of population with details of sex, age, occupation, etc., 1801 census gave figures

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bypass

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road to drive around something, avoid heavy traffic

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East End

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section of East London, poorer part of the city, Jews and Poles in early 20th c.

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Celtic

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lived in Ireland+Scotland when England was under Roman rule

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Domesday Books

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11th c. attempt to evaluate England’s wealth and population, made by William the Conqueror

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multiculturalism

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representing several different cultures, strongly debated issue

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Green Belt

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no buildings permitted

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naturalization

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to adapt to foreign language, place, customs, etc.

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industrialization

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18th and 19th c., from agriculture to manufacturing country

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National Front

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white nationalist party against immigration

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Huguenots

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French protestant in 16th and 17th c. Calvinists driven to England by warfare (political&religious)

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Iberian

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Spanish/Portuguese areas, arrived by sea in Cornwall, Ireland etc. (wayyy b.c.)

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Anglo-Saxons

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habitants of England pre-1055 (pre-Norman conquest)

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Little Englanders

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want little/nothing to do with the EU

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M. Collins

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negotiated peace in 1921, free state of Ireland

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Nanny state

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dependency culture

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McJobs

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low pay, dead end jobs, flipping burgers

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binge drinking

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drunk for many days, Brits drink more than any other European country

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Lager louts

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boys who drink a lot

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ladettes

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girls that party hard, drink a lot, violent

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etiquette

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appropriate social behavior within a social class/group

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Received Pronunciation (RP)

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Standard English accent

41
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ageism

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people get discriminated when they reach their forties

42
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'’paedophobia’’

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fear of young people

43
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Emmeline Pankhurst

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decided that women do have rights, was leader of the British suffragette movement

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suffragettes

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women who fought for their right to vote

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youth culture

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young people with money

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