Prime Time 7, Coursebook plus Semester Self-checks

0 Jack Straw blames the British for a) having drawn the consequences from the problems in the past. b) having made a lot of mistakes in the past. c) dealing with the problems of the past. d) the number of problems with the past. ✘ 1 Victor Bulmer-Thoma says that a) Britain’s withdrawal from the Empire destroyed a lot of businesses. b) the first step ahead is to see the past as a part of the problem. c) the British withdrawal made it easier to form multi-cultural societies. d) in other parts of the world borders remained unchanged (e. g. Belize–Guatemala; Guyana–Venezuela). 2 Jason Burke thinks that a) states failed to fight terrorism. b) there is no ethnic, cultural, linguistic or even geographic sense in borders. c) some of the problems in states like Afghanistan or Pakistan go back to Britain’s colonial policies. d) that states like Afghanistan and Pakistan could choose their own borders. 3 Jason Burke says that a) the result of the British colonial policies was widespread protest. b) illegitimate regimes led the protest against the British. c) terrorist activities were imposed on post-colonial states. d) Sudan is more stable than Iraq. 4 Andrew Roberts writes that a) Britain is a big player in global politics because of its past. b) the British Empire led to a clever organisation of post-colonial societies. c) Jack Straw just wanted to highlight a problem. d) Jack Straw thinks that the problems of the Empire are one step towards a solution. 5 Andrew Roberts also thinks that a) the Empire caused bloodshed for more than two centuries. b) the Empire allowed two centuries of bloodshed. c) the Empire stopped the bloodshed for two hundred years. d) there will be no further bloodshed in the future. Research task: The Commonwealth of Nations a) Use the internet and other reference tools to find out as much as you can about the Commonwealth of Nations. b) Make a poster on which you arrange the facts you have found in a way that helps other students to understand what the Commonwealth is. Your target group are 14-year-old students of your school. In addition to the facts use pictures and diagrams if available. c) Present your poster to your class. In your presentation, you should: • outline the history of the Commonwealth • explain its purpose • evaluate its importance 3  15 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv