【Questions to Think About】

1.How important was foreign trade in the development of British economy?

2.The Victorian Age was known for the development of middle class values.What do you think are the most important enduring values developed during the period?

3.What were the characteristics of the Second British Empire?How was it different from the first one?

4.What are the policy differences between the Conservative Party and the Labor Party?

5.What are the basic characteristics of British foreign policy after World WarⅡ?

6.In what way，was Thatcher’s government different from the previous government?

7.What was Tony Blair’s“Third Way”?What do you think of it?