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TheUnitedKingdom
I.MultipleChoice
1.Thewas“thegreatestprogressiverevolutionthatmankindhadsofarexperienced,atimewhichcalledforgiantsandproducedgiants—giantsinpowerofthought,passion,andcharacter,inuniversalityandlearning”(Engels).
a.Renaissance
b.IndustrialRevolution
c.Reformation
d.BourgeoisRevolution
2.isregardedasthefirstEnglishPrimeMinster.
a.DukeofWillington
b.WilliamGladstone
c.BenjaminDisraeli
d.SirRobertWalpole
3.TheofficialheadofParliamentis.
a.thePrimeMinister
b.theMonarch
c.theSpeaker
d.theChancellor
4.ThepresentsovereignofBritainis.
a.ElizabethI
b.ElizabethII
c.ElizabethIII
d.EdwardII
5.isadaytocommemoratethecrucifixionofJesusChrist.
a.Christmas
b.GoodFriday
c.EasterMonday
d.BoxingDay
6.publishedhisbookOntheOriginofSpecieswhichcausedastirinVictoriantimes.
a.AdamSmith
b.CharlesDarwin
c.ThomasMore
d.FrancisBacon
7.ThelargestsectionofGreatBritainis.
a.Scotland
b.Wales
c.England
d.NorthernIreland
8.TheLakeDistrictiswellknownfor.
a.itswildandbeautifulscenery
b.itsvariedlakes
c.theLakePoets
d.allabove
9.ThehighestpeakinGreatBritainis.
a.BenNevis
b.CrossFell
c.Snowdon
d.CheviotHill
10.ThecapitalcityofWalesis.
a.Edinburgh
b.Belfast
c.Cardiff
d.Londonderry
11.Thepartthatreceivesthelargestamountofannualrainfallis.
a.theeastlowlands
b.thenorthernpartofEngland
c.thenorthwesternpartofScotland
d.Wales
12.ThelongestriverinBritainisthe.
a.ThamesRiver
b.SevernRiver
c.ClydeRiver
d.TyneRiver
13.ThelargestlakeoftheUnitedKingdomisin.
a.England
b.Wales
c.Scotland
d.NorthernIreland
14.ThevastmajorityofthepeopleoftheUKare.
a.RomanCatholics
b.Presbyterians
c.Anglicans
d.Methodists
15.TheEnglisharemainlydescendantsof.
a.Celts
b.Anglo-Saxons
c.Vikings
d.NormanConquerors
16.Acockneyisa.
a.typicalEnglishman
b.typicalLondoner
c.typicalBriton
d.nativeLondondialectspeaker
17.TheWelshcametoBritain.
a.earlierthantheEnglish
b.laterthantheEnglish
c.togetherwiththeEnglish
d.inthe13thcentury
18.WhichwordisnotexacttodescribetheWelsh?
a.Musical.
b.Emotional.
c.Cheerful.
d.Suspicious.
19.MostoftheScotsmennowspeak.
a.English
b.Celtic
c.Gaelic
d.bothEnglishandGaelic
20.AtypicalScotsmanisusuallydepictedinthefollowingwordexcept.
a.brave
b.hard-working
c.economical
d.extravagant
21.MostpeopleinNorthernIrelandare.
a.Catholics
b.Protestants
c.Presbyterians
d.Nonconformists
22.TheearliestknownsettlersontheBritishIsleswere.
a.Celts
b.Iberians
c.Gaels
d.Anglo-Saxons
23.TherealRomanconquestofBritainbeganin.
a.55BC
b.54BC
c.AD43
d.AD96
24.WhichpartofBritainwasradicallytransformedbytheRomans?
a.Scotland.
b.Wales.
c.England.
d.London.
25.ChristianitywasfirstbroughttoEnglandby.
a.Romans
b.Anglo-Saxons
c.Celts
d.Danes
26.WhichofthefollowingtribesfirstcametoBritain?
a.Anglos.
b.Saxons.
c.Jutes.
d.Teutons.
27.KingEthelredwascalledEthelredtheUnreadybecause.
a.hewasalwaysunreadyforfighting
b.helackedmilitarypreparedness
c.hefailedtomakepreparedness
d.hefailedtofollowgoodadvice
28.ThegreatestachievementofWilliamtheConquerorwas.
a.theestablishmentofthelegalsystem
b.theintroductionofthefeudalism
c.thespreadingofNorman-French
d.thecompilingoftheDomesdayBook
29.TheDomesdayBookincludedallthefollowingpointsexcept.
a.alllandandpropertyofthenEngland
b.therightsoflandowners
c.thedutyofeverycourt
d.thepoweroftheking
30.ThelastofthetrueNormanKingswas.
a.WilliamRufus
b.HenryI
c.HenryII
d.Robert
31.ThefounderoftheEnglishlegalsystemandtheCommonLawwas.
a.HenryI
b.HenryII
c.Stephen
d.Matilda
32.TheGreatCharterincludesallthefollowingpointsexceptthat.
a.notaxshouldbemadewithouttheapprovalofthecouncil
b.nofreemenshouldbearrestedexceptbythelawoftheland
c.ifthekingattemptedtofreehimselffromlawthevassalshadtherighttoforcethekingtoobey
d.thevassalshadthesolepowertolevyataxonpeople
33.Thefirst“PrinceofWales”inEnglishhistorywas.
a.HenryIII
b.EdwardI
c.EdwardII
d.EdwardIII
34.TheParliamentofwasknownas“