National Parks
How do you say 'un territoire national' in English?
A public land
What was the nationality of those who arrived by boat to London in 1948?
Jamaican
What were Woodstock's festivalgoers fighting for or against?
How is the test that teenagers have to undergo called?
The Rumspringa
What does 'a physician' mean?
médecin
What is the main controversy regarding National Parks in the US?
They used to belong to Native Americans / They used to be the lands of Indian tribes and they have been chased from them.
What was Lord Kitchener's perfect place for him?
London (is the place for me)
When did the first festival of Woodstock take place?
1969
How do you know if an Amish man is married or not?
By looking at his beard.
Who was the first person to introduce the idea of time travel?
Albert Einstein
What does 'jeopardise' mean?
Mettre en danger
Give two positive aspects and two negative aspects of Jamaican's immigration into London.
Positive aspects : good housing, jobs, kids are assimilated
Negative aspects : a lot of small houses for 9, hard jobs, not welcomed by the British
Give 3 famous American or British music festivals.
Woodstock, White Riot, Boomtown, Shambala, Secret Garden Party, Latitude, Greenbelt, Glastonbury, Left Field, Live Aid, Coachella, Lollapalooza, etc.
Amish dolls have a cute face with blue eyes.
True or false (+ give the reason(s))
False : they don't have any face.
What does Al want to do in Stephen King's novel?
What is threatening National Parks today?
Threatened by a rash of proposed oil and gas development in nearby lands : they build pipelines.
How many passengers were transported during the Windrush generation (first boat)?
482
In which decade music festivals became a really (even the most) important mean of protest for young people?
The 90s
How many children stay in the church when they become adults?
80-90%
What is Brian Greene's opinion regarding time travel?
We may have the possibility to travel into the future but travelling into the past is (for the moment) impossible.
Who is Deb Haaland?
One of the first Native American women ever elected to the US House of Representatives.
(Joe Biden nominated her as the 54th United States Secretary of the Interior <3)
What is the Windrush scandal?
In 2018, Jamaicans who immigrated during the Windrush Generation were wrongly denied legal rights and threatened with deportation by the UK home office because, apparently, they were not British and did not have papers to stay on the land.
What movement started to spread thanks to White Riot festival? What were they protesting against?
Punk and rock movement
They mainly fought against racism and nazism.
Why is Barbie's situation harder than other Amish teenagers?
She is the daughter of the preacher of her Amish community.
Give a definition to 'the butterfly effect'
The phenomenon whereby a minute localized change can have large effects elsewhere.