1) Op Engelse muntstukken staat heden ten dage rond de beeldenaar van koningin Elizabeth II het devies: ELIZABETH II D.G.REG.F.D. Dit is de afgekorte vorm van ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA FIDEI DEFENSOR. Leg de oorsprong en betekenis van de titel “Fidei defensor” uit. In 1994 verklaarde Charles, Prince of Wales, dat hij bij zijn aantreden als koning de titel zou voeren van "Defender of Faith"? Waarin zoekt Charles een nuance te leggen, die erin slaagt een deel van de Britse publieke opinie voor het hoofd te stoten?

2) Doorheen de 19de eeuw werd door feministen gestreefd naar het verlenen van het statuut van feme sole aan de gescheiden vrouw én aan de gehuwde vrouw. a. Waarom was dit statuut zo gegeerd? b. In welke mate werd dit streven, respectievelijk voor gescheiden vrouwen en gehuwde vrouwen, in de 19de eeuw met succes bekroond? c. Dankzij welk alternatief rechtssysteem konden gehuwde vrouwen reeds voor het einde van de 19de eeuw van een betere rechtspositie genieten en waarom?

1) 1. How can you understand Britain and the British from reading a British newspaper? 2. How does religion affect British culture today?

1) 1.Describe the early settlements in that part of North America that later became the USA.

2) 2. Explain the following terms and indicate the historical context in which they came to be used: - Jim Crow laws - Christian Right

1) Answer only two of the following six questions in form of a short essay. - Can we speak of one British nation when there are four different nations? - How does language make the British laugh? - Where can you find proof that there is still a strong class system in Britain? - Is fantasy anything more than a specialized interest? - Religion still has an effect on British culture today. Explain. - Protest songs go back to a [history] of social protest. Explain.

1) De Anglicaanse staatskerk had bij haar oprichting door Henry VIII niet meteen een protestants karakter. Verklaar, en leg ook uit wanneer de kerk dan wel protestants werd. Begrippen: - Oliver Cromwell - Muur van Hadrianus - Common Law - Peasants' Revolt - Chartisme

1) How do the British express their identity as an individual or a group through fashion?

2) How is the British class system reflected in Christianity?

3) How does British literary culture affect media? What role do literary figures play in politics?

1) What is Ellis Island? (2)

2) Map: what minority group is pictured here (Latinos) and what percentage are they of the US population? Explain their distribution. (2)

3) What role did the US play in the Cold War? (4)

4) Explain the Plessy vs. Ferguson and Brown vs. Board of Education cases. Where and in what context did they take place? What was their significance in improving black people's situation? (5,5)

5) Explain the US presidential elections. What is the significance for the elections of a compromise made when the Constitution was created? (6,5)

1) "1066" was een belangrijke datum in de geschiedenis van Engeland. Geef twee voorbeelden van continuïteit en twee van discontinuïteit.

2) MPC: Wat is onjuist? (Antwoord: De Zwarte Dood zorgde voor een verslechtering in de situatie van de horige boeren)

3) MPC: Wie was slechts een koele minnaar van de Reformatie? (Antwoord: William Laud)

4) MPC: Wat hoort niet in het rijtje thuis? A: Eerste Baronnenoorlog, B: Rozenoorlog, C: Honderdjarige oorlog, D: Tweede Baronnenoorlog

5) MPC: Wat stond er niet in het People's Charter? A: Jaarlijkse verkiezingen, B: Stemrecht voor alle volwassen burgers, C:, Bezoldiging van parlementsleden, D: Geheime verkiezingen

6) MPC: Wat had geen invloed op het ontstaan van de industriële revolutie? (Antwoord: Oprichting van technische scholen)

1) What is the middle passage?

2) What is the largest ratial minority group in Britain? a: Black Carribean b: Indian

3) What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

4) Which of these was not a British dominion? a: Newfoundland b: Pakistan c: Australia d: New Zealand

5) Pick the correct order of Tudor Monarchs: Henry VIII – Edward VI – Mary I – Elizabeth I

6) Which statement is untrue about the East India Company? a: It was nationalised in the early 20th century. b: It received its royal charter in 1600 under Elizabeth I. c: It one day accounted for half of the world’s trade.

7) Which statement is untrue about Henry VIII (niet zeker of de antwoordmogelijkheden hier precies zo waren) a: He wanted to annul his first wedding. b: He divorced his first wife Cahtarine of Aragon. c: He established Protestantism.

8) Which statement is untrue about the King James Bible? a: It was the first Bible translated into English. b: It is also known as the “Authorised Version” c: It was heavily used in English Protestant churches.

9) When did the Great Fire of London take place?

10) What is Sellafield? a: The first British nuclear power plant. b: The town in which Stonehenge is located.

11) What is the largest American denomination? a: Baptists b: Methodists c: Anglicans

12) What is the Manifest Destiny?

13) What was not a pull factor in the first wave of American immigration? a: The Homestead Act b: The California Gold Rush

14) When was the great fire of london?

15) What does GCSE stand for?

16) Which one isn't an Ivy League University?

17) Biggest denomination of protestant church in US?

18) Order Henry 8, Edward 6, Mary 1, Elizabeth 1?

19) What is Sellafield?

20) What didn't happen during Henry 8's rule?

21) Doomsday Book was ordered by who?

22) Which fact about Westminster Abbey is right?

23) What is "middle passage"?

24) What is biggest minority group in UK?

25) Which fact about Gerrymandering is wrong?

26) What is the "rust belt"?

27) Which wasn't an export product from US during slavery?

1) Multiple choice (50%):

- Which of these is not an Ivy League university? (Brown, Columbia, Darthmouth, Stanford)
- Manifest destiny is …
- Reaganomics is …
- What does GCSE stand for?
- The Homestead act is …
- Which of these is not one of the dominating religions in the US?

2) Open question Buylaert (20%):

Agrarian capitalism has been developing since the end of the 16th century. How did it develop and how did it influence the Industrial revolution?

3) Open question Buelens (20%):

article about democratic enthusiasm and the midterm elections
- What are the blue states?
- What are midterm election?
- What is meant by ‘reclaiming the house’?
- What is the problem this article is talking about?

4) Maps (10%):

Op het examen worden de kaarten van op Minerva gegeven met dezelfde letters / cijfers, per kaart wordt er achter 5 dingen gevraagd dus bv. ‘What do A, H, 3, 8 and f denote?’