TOPIC 62

Question 1

How many regions has got the Commonwealth?

Answer 1

5

Question 2

How many people has the Commonwealth?

Answer 2

It’s home of 2,4 billion citizens

Question 3

How many countries?

Answer 3

54 working together for prosperity, democracy and peace

Question 4

When was the modern Commonwealth born?

Answer 4

On the 26 th April 1949

Question 5

Which was the root of this association?

Answer 5

It was rooted in the British Empire

Question 6

What was the name of the countries that gained semi-independence?

Answer 6

Dominions

Question 7

They owed allegiance to…

Answer 7

British Queen, however the British Empire did not rule over them

Question 8

What happened in London in 1949?

Answer 8

Prime Ministers declared that republics and other countries could be part of the Commonwealth

Question 9

In 1965…

Answer 9

the Secretariat of the Commonwealth was established to organize activities

Question 10

Ireland…

Answer 10

dropped the association in 1949

Question 11

They celebrate every two years…

Answer 11

the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting with emisaries

Question 12

in 1971

Answer 12

they declared that they work cooperatively to promote international peace, fighting racism, opposing colonial domination, reducing inequities in wealth.

Question 13

The UK formally governs

Answer 13

independent members of the Commonwealth and dependent territories which used to be colonies such as Anguilla, Bermuda or Gibraltar

Question 14

These governments are composed of…

Answer 14

legislative, executive council and independent judiciary. The governor is the greatest authority

Question 15

The Commonwealth has a plethora of…

Answer 15

experiences managing cultural diversity

Question 16

Four essential facts to manage a culturally diverse society

Answer 16

1. social inclusion
2. cultural respect
3. social equity
4. productive diversity

Question 17

Democracy, development, respect for diversity

Answer 17

are the 3 ds

Question 18

What is linguistic variation?

Answer 18

A term that refers to differences amongst regions, societies and contexts which use a particular language (differences between Castilian and South American Spanish)

Question 19

Interspeaker variation is…

Answer 19

variation between languages, dialects and speakers

Question 20

Intraspeaker variation is…

Answer 20

the variation within the language of one person

Question 21

Linguistic variation is…

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the variability of language of one speaker. A single speaker will use different linguistic forms indistinctively.

Question 22

What is a dialect? Types

Answer 22

It is variation in grammar and vocabulary. Occupational dialects
Slang
Regional dialects

Question 23

Lexical variation is

Answer 23

variants of words such as soda or pop

Question 24

In the 1950s

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migration flows to UK altered English in many ways. Mixture of Asian and Caribbean slang with English/London Jamaican

Question 25

British English is totally different to the one spoken in the colonies

Answer 25

For example American Eng. varies from Br. Eng

Question 26

American got independent of Britain in the year

Answer 26

1776 (blurriness of the correct rules) | Noah Webster wrote in 1786 The American Spelling Book

Question 27

in 1828

Answer 27

the American Dictionary of the English Language talked about the diverse spellings such as color or center

Question 28

The English Language was established as the first language in... In India English is ...

Answer 28

Australia or New Zealand | an official language

Question 29

Intercultural influences such as the Commonwealth Games are common The Commonwealth of Learning...

Answer 29

is an intergovernmental agency of the Commonwealth (Vancouver, 1887) meant to promote the use of open and distance learning and aid to the undeveloped countries

Question 30

The Harare Declaration in 1991 was...

Answer 30

a statement of Commonwealth Principles (democracy and good government)

Question 31

The main areas reinforced within the Commonwealth are...

Answer 31

democracy, economic matters, education, gender, governance, human rights, law, sports, sustainability and youth

Question 32

The Commonwealth literature was the

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literary output of most of the countries of the British Colonies. Linked to British Colonialism, the use of English and the influence of British Literary tradition.

Question 33

This literature

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is a complex combination of political ideology, historical ties, geographical reasons and literary trends

Question 34

E.M. Forster wrote

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``` Howards End (1910) A Passage to India (1924) ```

Question 35

D. Lessing

Answer 35

was given the Nobel Prize (literature) in 2007

Question 36

Lessing wrote novels such as

Answer 36

Children of Violence (1959-69) | The Golden Notebook (1962)

Question 37

N. Gordimer

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was given the Nobel Literature Prize in 1991

Question 38

Gordimer's short stories were

Answer 38

Face to Face (1949)

Question 39

Gordimer's novels were

Answer 39

``` A world of Strangers (1958) The Conservationist (1974) ```