Тест по теме “History of the United Kingdom of Great Britain”

Тест по теме “History of the United Kingdom of Great Britain”

Test

1.     The original inhabitants of the British Isles are known as the...

a)     Gauls

b)    Brythons

c)     Belgae

d)    Gaels

2.     The first contact between Rome and Britain was by...

a)     Julius Caesar

b)    Augustas Caesar

c)     Mark Antony

d)    Cladius

3. Which of the following words also indicates England?

a) Great Britain

b) The United Kingdom

c) Britain

d) Albion

4. Who gave the name “Britannia” to these islands?

a) The Angles

b) The Romans

c) The Britons

d) The English

e) The Celts

5. The first king to be known as the King of the English was

a) Aethelstan

b) Alfred

c) Canute

d) William the Conqueror

6. Who was Elizabeth I's mother?

a) Katharine of Aragon

b) Anne Boleyn

c) Jane Seymour

d) Katharine Parr

7. Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard were descended from which English king?

a) Henry III

b) Henry IV

c) Edward I

d) Edward II

8. What is the difference between the English State and the English Nation?

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9. England first became a naval power with an Empire under

a) Elizabeth the First

b) Victoria

c) Edward the Seventh

d) Henry the Second

10. The key religious factor in the rise of English nationalism was

a) Protestantism

b) Guy Fawkes

c) The Oxford Book of Hymns

d) Sir Francis Drake