1: Introduction to Country Study – Great Britain

4. European Unity.
While Britain was breaking up its empire during the postwar years, other nations of West­ern Europe joined together in various organizations to unite economically and politically. Britain was reluctant to join them. Throughout history, Britain had preferred to stay out of European affairs—except to keep the bal­ance of power in Europe. By joining the new organiza­tions, Britain feared it might lose some of its independence and felt it would also be turning its back on the Commonwealth.
In the years after World War II, Britain’s foreign policy was closely allied with that of the United States. Britain joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)—a defense alliance of European and North American nations—and fought in the Korean War (1950-1953).
🔑 Key words: Celtic culture, Roman invasions, forming of Londinium, Germanic Invasions,the English Kingdoms:Essex, Wessex, Angles, Saxons, Kent, Nothumbria, spreading of Christianity, Vikings, Norsemen, Medieval Period, English class system, The Tudor dynasty, The Act of Union, Napoleon Bonaparte a man of endless ambitions, Battle of Waterloo, World War I and II, independent Commonwealth countries, European Unity, Margaret Thatcher is a Conservative Party leader.

Assignments for Self-Control
💡 QUE:

1. 
   Name the periodical division of the British history.
   
2. 
   Who were the first settlers in British Isles?
   
3. 
   Who built the British Kingdoms?
   
4. 
   How the British Empire came into existence?
   
5. 
   What was the role of Britain in the World Wars?
   
6. 
   Who was Margaret Thatcher?
   
7. 
   Speak about the Battle of Waterloo.
   
8. 
   What can u say about Napoleon Bonaparte?
   
9. 
   The Act of Union, European Unity, What are they?
   
10. 
    Who built the Tudor dynasty and speak about it.
    
11. 
    What do you know about the Celts?
    
12. 
    Who brought the first civilization on the British Isles?
    
13. 
    When did the Romans appear on the British Isles?