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Australia is the world's … largest country, after Russia, Canada, China, the USA, and Brazil

Some judicial jurisdictions still use historic … boundaries rather than current administrative boundaries

Ten territories are considered to be unorganized, meaning they have not had an … Act enacted by Congress; the four other territories are organized, meaning they have had an … Act that has been enacted by Congress

In Australia seasons go…

Like elsewhere in the world

The other way round

One season forward shifted

One season back shifted

The English Association was established…

In 1906

In 1907

In 1905

In 1908

In Australia the … district was chosen as the site of the new national capital in 1908.

The concentric circles of English theory contains … circles.

Five

Three

One

Two

Before the Norman Conquest (1066), the chief unit of local government in England was the …, which had originated in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of the early Middle Ages.

The … class embraces a range of people from senior professionals, for example, judges, senior medical specialists and senior civil servants, through to clerical workers – in other words, almost all people who earn their living in a non-manual way.

The … monarch is the head of state of canada.

The … stars represent the current number of states in the.

The … was abolished by the Emancipation Proclamation speech in 1863

In November 1620, the first group of Puritans, thirty-five members of the English Separatist Church, arrived on the … ship in the company of sixty-seven other settlers.

Native Americans came from…

From Greenland through Queen Elizabeth Islands

From the southern part of Australia, they were autochthonous people, who have always been there

From Siberia across Bering Strait and Alaska

From South America across The Isthmus of Panama

… of languages were spoken in Australia earlier.

More than one hundred and fifty

More than two hundred

More than fifty

More than a hundred

The "norm-dependent" circle means that …

The speakers of this circle adopt but also challenge the norms created by the Inner Circle

The speakers of this circle create the rules of the language which the other speakers depend on

The speakers of this circle continue to evolve the language's rules and usage

The speakers of this circle rely upon the other circles to determine the proper usage of the language

The Australian Aboriginal people came from…

America

India

Asia

Africa

The coldest place in the USA is…

Miami

New Mexico

Alaska

The coldest region of Australia is…

Boston

Tasmania

Kangaroo Island

Cocos Islands

The National Parks family includes … parks.

Ten

Twenty

Thirteen

Fifteen

The president of the USA lives in the … in the capital city of Washington, D. C.

The smallest state of Australia is … .

The first English-language contact with Canada was as early as 1497, when … is thought to have reached newfoundland.

The symbol of the Republican party is the…

The US national … — stars and stripes — is red, white and blue.

The Inner circle of the concentric circles theory includes countries such as …

Russia, Egypt, India

Russia, Japan, Germany

The USA, the UK, Canada

India, Ghana, Singapore

The largest state of the country is … australia.

The largest territory is the Australian …Territory.

The largest tribe in Australia is…

Koori

Murri

Tiwi

Maori

You are going to interview Bishop Paul Smith (LCAZ). While preparing, you decided to ask some questions about the ancestors of this church. With what significant event would those questions connect?

The questions would be connected with “holy experiment” of Protestants from England, who tried to prove that God’s plan for their churches could be successfully realized. The LCAZ has direct connection to that event.

The questions would be connected with Colonia Dignidad, which was established by Germans.

The Germans, who immigrated to Australia to enjoy religious freedom, established the LCAZ.

The Colonia Dignidad was the porotype of the LCAZ.

The questions would be connected with Kavel-Fritzsche synod. Pastors August Kavel and Gotthard Fritzsche arrived from Germany to enjoy religious freedom and established religious community, which later became the LCAZ.

Theodor is an American citizen, who is politically conscious. He wants to support his candidate in elections. He comes to debates with a portrait of the candidate and the poster of Donkey. Which party does Theodor support?

Christian Social Party, for the donkey is their symbol.

Democratic Party, for the donkey is their symbol.

Republican Party, for the donkey is their symbol.

The symbol of Democratic party is the …

The USA is a … union, and the President is the head of the government, which deals with international problems and national matters.

In 2000, however, the … county of Greater London regained some of its administrative powers.

The worst known flood in the USA is…

The Mississippi River flood

Great Dayton flood

New England flood

Johnstown flood

Britain invited many people from East to work in the second half of the twentieth century, …

Because of a shortage of human resources in the east-west international affairs

Because of the collapse of the British Empire

Because of a shortage of labor (unskilled, poorly-paid jobs)

Because of a special multicultural policy

A language gains a status as a global language…

When it becomes an official language in more than 50 countries

When its native speakers amount to more than a half of the planet population

When it is the most widely used language in communication in most places in the world

When it is used in the space communication

Arrange the accession of the state to the USA in chronological order.

There are … general ethnic groups in the USA.

Ten

Seventeen

Seven

A hundred

There are… major groups of dialects in the UK.

Forty

Six

Three

Ten

Yang Zhenwu, Secretary-General of the National People’s Congress (China) has working trip to New dehli. He is going to have an official meeting with the Secretary-General of the National Indian Congress. Having learned that all the highest politician positions in India are held by the members of one family, guess, who can be this person.

Anasuya Gandhi, daughter of Varun Gandhi and Yamini Gandhi, who belongs to the seventh generation of that family

Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, who belongs to the sixth generation of that family

Arun Nehru, great grandson of Nandlal Nehru, who belongs to the fifth generation of that family

The main dialect of the UK is so called … english.

Negotiations are going to be held between the USA, Honduras and Nicaragua about the status of an uninhabited territory, which has been a disputed territory for a long time. Each of the countries claimed that territory to be theirs centuries ago, but there are still some arguments about it. Name this territory and the year of claiming that territory by the USA.

Bajo Nuevo Bank (Petrel Island) was claimed and administrated by the USA in 1869 and there are arguments about its status between the USA, Honduras and nicaragua.

Bajo Nuevo Bank (Petrel Island) was claimed and administrated by the USA in 1880 and there are arguments about its status between the USA, Honduras and nicaragua.

Serranilla Bank was claimed and administrated by the USA in 1880 and there are arguments about its status between the USA, Honduras and nicaragua.

Read the description of a person: “He must never complain. Complaining is very un-national in his country. The stiff-upper lip is very his way. Whatever happens, remember the new national slogan: ‘It’s one of those things’. When his brand-new toasting machine goes up in flames and toasts him instead of his bread, he nods: ‘It’s one of those things’ and the matter is closed. He has no soul, only understanding. Drinking tea - specifically the more oxidised black tea - is seen as a key part of his culture”Try to find out where is he came from.

Australia

Scotland

England

… English dialects are associated with many of the historic counties, including the Cumbrian dialect, Lancashire dialect, Northumbrian dialect and Yorkshire dialect.

… is a rough area of Hiberno-English dialects spreading.

Wales

Scotland

England

Ireland

… is a special peculiarity of the British mentality concerning the habitation areas.

Love for living blocks of flats in city centers

Love of countryside and privacy

Love for living together in co-livings and communities

Love of industrial way of life

… is called GLOCAL.

An international language spoken with local accent, local style and local meaning

Linguistic process of inverse globalization

Linguistic process of inverse localization

Global system of monitoring global language changes

… circle of the concentric circles comprises countries with small communities of native English speakers and widespread use of English as a second language.

The Outer Circle

The Inner Circle

The Middle Circle

The second circle

… dialect is mostly rhotic, which means that [r] is typically pronounced.

Received pronunciation

Southern English

Scottish English

Welsh

You are preparing the article for the Australian Institute of Family Studies “Engaging with Indigenous Australia”. You are going to explore the conditions for effective relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. What ethnic community would you choose to describe some examples of work with Aboriginal Australians?

Yolngu people, inhabiting north-eastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.

Inuit people, who live in the territory of Nunavut, Nunavik in the northern third of Quebec, Nunatsiavut and nunatukavut in Labrador, and in various parts of the Northwest Territories.

The Aleuts, who are the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands, the Shumagin Islands, Commander Islands.

A rough population of the USA is…

Over four hundred forty million

Over three hundred thirty million

Over billion

Over five hundred million

Administratively level Australia is divided into … and territories.

African-Americans … in the USA

Were unwillingly brought as slaves

Were invited to work as cheap labor

Came for a better life like all the people

There have always been some groups in the southern areas of America

… is The Expanding Circle in the concentric circles theory.

The strata of people which includes countries in which English is the native language of the majority of the population

The strata of people for whom English is not the primary language or the mother tongue, but it is widely used as a lingua franca language for trade and business, as well as a bridge language between people whose native tongues are different from one another

The strata of people which encompasses countries in which English has no historic or cultural role and is neither a primary nor a bridge language—yet is commonly spoken as a foreign language, typically for business

The strata of people includes countries English has the status of the colonizing nation

… are the basis of the ethnic population in australia.

Europeans

Asians

Africans

Indians

… is the definition for a language, which is used in any international communication which involves people from two or more countries.

International language

Foreign language

Global language

Local language

… is the Dreamtime in Australian mentality.

The sacred ‘time before time’ of the world’s creation

The idyllic, often imaginary past time of peace, prosperity, and happiness

The time during which australians undergo a decline

The future when all the people will live in peace and harmony

… is the founder of the concentric circles of English theory.

Braj Kachru

Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure

Noam Chomsky

William Labov

… is the only country in the world that covers an entire continent.

… nation is the basis of American population.

Native Americans

Chinese

British

African

Arrange the states of Australia in descending order, where the first state is the biggest one

You meet a group of people from the United Kingdom. You need to find out who comes from noble origins and has higher level of education and social class. Give the answer according to pronunciation of the sentences “That’s how I got my filing job here. Look at how good that turned out”.

Mary:[ˌ ðaʔs haʊ e ↗ ɡɒʔ me ˈfe. Lɪn ↘ dʒɒb hɛr./ / ˌ Lʊk əʔ haʊ ↗ ɡʊd ðaʔ↘ turnd aʊʔ] (SE)

William:[ˌ ðæts haʊ aɪ ↗ ɡɒt maɪ ˈfaɪ.lɪŋ ↘ dʒɒb hɪəɹ./ / ˌ Lʊk ət haʊ ↗ ɡʊd ðæt↘ tɜːnd aʊt] (RP)

Thomas:[ˌðats haʊ e ↗ ɡɒt me ˈfe. Lɪn ↘ dʒɒb hɪəɾˠ./ / ˌ Lʊk ət haʊ ↗ ɡʊd ðat↘ turnd aʊt] (HE)

The last Census in the United Kingdom was in…

2020

2021

2022

2019

… is one of the alternative names of australia.

Red Fox Land

Kangaroo Land

Emu Land

Koala Land

… territories are those, which are offshore dependent territories.

Arrange the historical events in the chronological order.

Caribbean … are the languages that developed from a mixture of English and different native languages of the slaves.

Native Americans have … origins.

Asian

Autochthonous

Slavonic

African

… abolished the slavery

James Buchanan

Abraham Lincoln

Barack Obama

George Washington

… are the main administrative unit in most of the UK countries.

States

Oblasts

Provinces

Counties

… are linguistic varieties that may differ in pronunciation, vocabulary, spelling and grammar.

… was founded in Britain.

IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources)

The World Wide Fund for Nature

Greenpeace

UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)

… plant is of first economic importance in australia.

Acacia

Gum tree

Eucalyptus

Pine tree

Arrange top 4 countries that Speak English as a Primary Language or lingua franca (by total population) in ascending order.

Thirteen stripes of the flag represent the original 13 … .

Martin from Quebec has moved to Bamako to become an English teacher in the French kinder garden. He has got an average salary in the region, but he has an opportunity to have additional financial support from the organization which spreads the English language all over the world. Where should he apply for it?

CIDA, because it is Canadian organization that support the English language in developing countries, especially in the Sahel region.

SIDA, because it is responsible for organization of the bulk of Sweden's official development assistance to developing countries.

OSB, because it can support people spreading the English language in every point of the planet.