Part 0ne

    The United States of America

Chapter 1    Geographical Features and Natural Resources

1．Location and Geographical Divisions

2．Climate

3．Natural Resources

Chapter 2    American Population

1．Composition of the US Population

2．Population Distribution

3．Internal Migration

Chapter 3    Discovery and Colonization of the New World

1．American Indians and Great Discoveries

2．Colonization of the New World

3．Governmental and Social Structures 0f the 13 Cnlonies

Chapter 4    American Revolution

1．Britain’S Policy to American Colonies

2．The Road to the Revolution

3．The Outbreak of War and the Second Continental Congress

4．Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War

Chapter 5    The Confederation and the Constitution

1．Articles of Confederation

2．Constitutional Convention

3．Opinions on the Ratification Issue

4．The New Government and the Louisiana Purchase

5．The War of 1812

Chapter 6    American Expansion and the Civil War

1．Monroe Doctrine

2．Westward Movement

3．Economic Antagonism Between North and South

4．The Way to the Civil War

5．Civil War

Chapter 7    Reconst ruction and the Bi rth of US Imperiali sm

1．Reconstruction in the South

2．Becoming a Great Industrial Power

3．Becoming an Imperial Power

Chapter 8   World WarIand the Depression

1．World WarI

2．America’S Entrance into the war

3．Peace Conference of 1919

4．Era of Prosperity and the Coming of Great Depression

5．Franklin Roosevelt and His New Deal

Chapter 9  America During and After World War 11

1．From Isolation to Intervention

2．Important Conferences During World War 1I

3．The Cold War and Civil Rights Movement

4．From Eisenhower to Clinton

5．George Walker Bush and Barack Obama

Chapter 10    The Federa l System and Cong ress

1．The Three Basic Principles of US Political System

2．The Membership and Powers of Congress

3．Leadership and Committees in Congress

4．How a Bill Becomes a Law

Chapter 11   The President and the Judicia ry

1．The President and His Powers

2．The Organization of Exeeutive Branch

3．The Federal Court System

4．The State Court System

Chapter 12    Political Parties and Elections

1．The Development of Political Parties

2．The Structure and Function of Political Parties

3．Differences Between Democrats and Republicans

4．Voting and Elections

5．Electing President

Chapter 13   American Educat ion

  1．  Introduction

  2．Elementary and Secondary Education

  3．Higher Education

Chapter 14   The Mass Media

  1．Evolution of Newspapers and Magazines

  2．Radio and Television

  3．The Information Highway

Chapter 15   American Fami ly and Character

  1．American Family

  2．American Character and Customs

Chapter 16    Rel igion in the United States

  1．Christianity

  2．Christian Religion in America

  3．Non-Christian Religions in America

    Part TWO

    The United Kingdom of

    Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Chapter 1  Geographical Features and Natural Resources

  1. Geographical Features

  2．Climate

  3．Rivers and Lakes

  4．Natural Resources

Chapter 2   Population of the United Kingdom

  1．The English

  2．The Welsh

  3．The Scots

  4．The Irish

5．Immigrants

Chapter 3     The Origins of a Nation

  1．Early Settlement

  2．Roman Britain

  3．Anglo Saxon Times

  4．The Danish Invasion  

  5．The Normans

Chapter 4   Feudal England

  1．Consolidation of Monarchy

  2．The Great Charter and the Beginning of Parliament

  3．The Hundred Years’War

  4．The Black Death and Peasant Uprising

  5．The Wars of the Roses

Chapter 5   Eng land Under the Tudors

  1．The Consolidation of New Monarchy

  2．Reformation  

  3．Elizabeth工

  4．The English Renaissance

Chapter 6  The Bourgeois Revolution

  1．The Absolute Rule of the Stuarts

  2．The Civil Wars，

  3．The Commonweahh

  4．The Restoration and the“Glorious Revolution”

Chapter 7   Hanoverian England and Industrial Revolution

  1．The Georges

  2．Indu