BE10

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In your presentation talk about:

1. Life and family background (poor/rich, educated etc.)
2. Field of business
3. Key to success (or their secret)
   
4. Interesting facts about their life and beliefs - examples if possible
   (illustrate your presentation with a clip about them if possible)

Time limit 2 minutes for each speaker + video clip (if exists)

GREATEST BUSINESS LEADERS

• Bill Gates – Katrin, Marta
• Rockefellers (John D. Rockefeller) – Siim, Karlis
• Steve Jobs – Franz
• Scott McNealy – Reena, Gerda
• Randolph Hearst – Indrek, Mauno
• Masayoshi Son – Kaur, Martin
• Rupert Murdoch - Sander
• Aristotle Onassis – Ksenija, Cärolin
• Paul Getty –Steve, Taavet
• Donald Trump –Kadri, Kristiine
• Henry Ford – Karl, Ants
• Richard Branson - Kaarel, Kristen
• Andrew Carnegie (steel magnate and philanthropist) -
• Jesse Boot (founder of Boots and generous contributor to local causes)
• Charles Rolls and Henry Royce – Ken, Mihkel
• Simon Marks (who together with his brother-in-law created Marks and Spencer)
• Arnold Weinstock (the man who turned GEC into a world leader)
• Siegmund Warburg ( who transformed London's City)

BE 11

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In your presentation talk about:

1. Life and family background (poor/rich, educated etc.)
2. Field of business
3. Key to success (or their secret)
   
4. Interesting facts about their life and beliefs - examples if possible
   (illustrate your presentation with a clip about them if possible)

Time limit 2 minutes for each speaker + video clip (if exists)

GREATEST BUSINESS LEADERS

• Bill Gates (software tycoon)
  
• Rockefellers /John D. Rockefeller/ (oil magnate)
• Steve Jobs (software tycoon) - Marko, Karl
• Scott McNealy (software tycoon) - Kai, Inna
• Randolph Hearst (press magnate) - Kairit, Hanna
• Masayoshi Son (software tycoon) - Anželika
• Rupert Murdoch (media mogul) -
• Aristotle Onassis (shipping magnate) – Loona, Liis
• Paul Getty (oil magnate) -
• Donald Trump (property tycoon) – Keili, Karoli
• Henry Ford – Katre, Hanna-Liisa
• Andrew Carnegie (steel magnate and philanthropist) -
• Jesse Boot (founder of Boots and generous contributor to local causes)
• Charles Rolls and Henry Royce – Kaisa, Sigrid
• Simon Marks (who together with his brother-in-law created Marks and Spencer)
• Arnold Weinstock (the man who turned GEC into a world leader)
• Siegmund Warburg ( who transformed London's City)
  

Literature revision questions

HERE is the list of revision questions for the test 1.12.08

Revision Questions

Anglo-Saxon period

1. What is known about the Celts?

2. Romans in Birtain.

3. Who were the next invaders and where did they come from?

4. What was their lifestyle like?

5. How did Britain become Christian?

6. What is the importance of the Venerable Bede?

7. Who broke the power of the Anglo-Saxons?

8. By what means did the Normans subdue England?

9. Wich tradition did Anglo-Saxon poetry belong to? The importance of scops.

10. „Beowulf” – background

Medieval period

What was the Norman rule like for the Anglo-Saxons?

1. Why was the Hundred Years war held and what was its outcome?
2. Describe the social order in England.
3. Describe the system of goverment.
4. What was Domesday book and why was it important?
5. Magna Carta and it´s importance.
6. How was the king´s absolute power lost?
7. Anglo-Saxons poetic forms in the medival period? Examples.
8. What is a chivalric romance? Describe the plot.
9. What is courtly love?
10. Name the cdategories into wich the romancers written in Britain were divided.
11. Which other forms of French literature influenced the development of English literature?
12. What is the lyric?
13. Describe the different types of ballads.
14. The development of drama: the Mystery, Morality and Miracele plays