Podpora rozvoje cizích jazyků pro Evropu 21. stol. INVESTICE DO ROZVOJE VZDĚLÁVÁNÍ Tento projekt je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním rozpočtem České republiky.

West Indies

History and Geography Territories in and around the Carribean Colonized by the United Kingdom Currently known as Anglophone Carribean 1958 – 1062 organized into the West Indies Federation Current British territories are: Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands

History 1674 Sir William Stapleton established the first federation in the British West Indies – British Leeward Islands, he acted as a first General Assembly By 18 th century each island kept its own Assembly and laws 1833 Dominica was added to Leeward Islands until British government passed the Leeward Islands Act through which all islands were under one Governor and one set of laws 1833 – British Windward Islands were consisted a colony which broke up in 1958

West Indies Federation Short lived federation Existed from 1958 to 1962 Consisted of several Caribbean colonies of the United Kingdom Its intention was to create political unit that would become independent (similarly to Australia) but before that could happen, the federation collapsed

Sport Main sport in West Indies is cricket Most of the countries and territories take part in combined cricket team called the West Indies cricket team or Windies

British Caribbean Community Residents of the United Kingdom who are of West Indian origin Most West Indian writers found necessary to settle in the UK, the USA or Canada in order to make a living from their work Therefore V.S. Naipaul (Nobel Prize in 2002) is considered British writer rather than Trinidadian writer Other well know authors – George Lamming, Jamaica Kincaid

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Canada

Canada - Geography The name comes from ancient iroquois word “kanata”, which means “village” Second- largest country in the world 33 million people Toronto (5.5 mil), Montréal (4 mil), Vancouver (2.5 mil) Capital Ottawa (app 1 mil) Population very ethnically diverse The Inuits (Eskimos) inhabit norther territories

History of Settlement First settlements from Europe – French and English fur traders (beaver) - 15 th C – Quebec 1776 Declaration of Independence – many British settlers loyal to UK fled the new United States to north 1 July 1867 establishment of a confederation of Canadian provinces – Canada gained independence from Britain

Political System Similarly to Britain, the parliamentary system consists of two chambers: House of Commons and Senate Official head is still British monarch who ratifies government The monarch is represented by Governor General who is appointed by the elected prime minister of Canada 1982 – Pierre Elliot Trudeau (PM) drafted and passed first Canadian Constitution – meant full independence from Britain

Canadian Administration 10 provinces + 3 territories (bilingual) The Maritimes (four provinces on the Atlantic) Quebec – the only French-speaking province The Old Upper Canada (Ontario is the original English province) The Prairies (three provinces west of Ontario) The Pacific Canada (BC, Vancouver) The Far North (three territories)

Culture Historically influenced by British, French and Aboriginals National symbols are – maple leaf, beaver, Canada Goose, totem pole and Inukshuk National sports – hockey, lacrosse, curling and football Known actors, born in Canada – Jim Carrey, Carrie-Anne Moss, Leslie Nielsen, Donald Sutherland

INVESTICE DO ROZVOJE VZDĚLÁVÁNÍ Tento projekt je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním rozpočtem České republiky. Tato výuková prezentace byla pořízena z finančních prostředků hrazených Evropským sociálním fondem a rozpočtem České republiky.