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1、英语国家概况名词解释——加拿大澳大利亚加拿大部分treatyofParisin1763thesevenyears?warendec!withthesigningofthetreatyofParisin1763.bythetreatyofParis,newFrancewithits65,OOOsettlerswasceded割让toBritain.Constitutionalactof1791BritaindividedtheoldprovinceofQuebecintotwoparts,1owerCanada(modernCanada)andup
2、perCanada(modernOntario),eachwithitsownlegislature•立法机构。Actofunionin1840联合法案recommendedthatthetwoCanadasbeunitedinoneprovince・FTAandNAFTAitstandsfortheCanada-unitedstatesfreetradeagreementsigncdbythetwocountries,whichcameintoeffectin1989.CanadianShield力口拿大出也盾TheCanadianShield
3、coversalmosthalfofCanada・Itisasemicircular半圆的bandofrockyhighlandsandplateausaroundHudsonBayfromthenorthernshoresofQuebectotheArcticshoresoftheNorthwestTerritories・Itisaregionofhills,lakes,andswamps•沼泽MackenzieRiverMackenzieRiverisoneoftwoprincipalriversystemsinCanada・Itflowsb
4、etweentheCanadianShieldandtheRockyMountainsinwestCanada・ItisthesecondlargestriversystemofNorthAmerican.LoyalistThefirstBritishsettlersinCanada.wereAmericanrefugees,whorefusedtofightagainsttheBritishArmyintheAmericanWarofIndependence,becausetheyfelttheyweremoreEnglishthanAmeri
5、can・TheycalledthemselvesLoyalists・TheirsettlementslaidthebaseofEnglish-speakingCanada・CanadianPrairieCanadianPrairieistheCanadiansectionoftheGreatPlainsofNorthAmerica・Greatstretchesoflevelandfertilegrasslandarefoundhere・Thisregionisthecenterofrichwheatbelt・Wheatfarmingandcatt
6、leandsheepgrazingareimportanthere.BritishNorthAmericaActTheBritishNorthAmericaActisanactpassedbytheBritishparliamentin1867tosetuptheDominionofCanada,unitingCanada,NewBruckandNovaScotiaunderafederalgovernment・MoochLakeAccordIn1987Canada/stoppoliticiansreachedanargument,offerin
7、gQuebecspecialstatuswithinthecountryandprivilegestounilaterallypromoteitsFrenchcultureandlanguage・TheagreementwascalledMeechLakeAccord・ItfailedbecauseofthestrongoppositionfromCanada^sEnglish-speakingmajority,theInuitTheInuit,alsocalledtheEskimo,isthenativepeopleofCanadawhocam
8、efromAsiainprehistorictimes・ThewordInuitmcans“thepeople”intheirownla
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