PART 1 - British culture and civilization

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1. Great Britain consist of
a) England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland
b) England, Scotland and Wales

c) England and Ireland

d) England, Scotland and Wales

2. The UK consist of
a) England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland
c) England, Scotland and Wales

b) England and Ireland

d) England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

3. The Auld alliance was the alliance between the kingdoms of

a) England and Wales b) Scotland and Wales c) Scotland and France d) England and France
4. The Hundred Years War was waged from 1337 to 1453 between which two kingdoms?
a) England and France b) France and Prussia c) Wales and England d) England and Scotland
5. Which English monarch defeated the powerful Spanish Armada?
a) Henry VIII
b) Elizabeth I
c) James I
c) Oliver Cromwell
6. The first of the Stuart monarch to combine crowns of England and Scotland was
a) George I
b) Marry Queen of Scots
c) James I
d) James II
7. During the Stuart rule, Puritans in England wanted
a) A more democratic church
b) a less democratic church
c) to abolish the church
d) to renew Catholicism
8. Whig, a name applied to a political party in the parliament of England, Scotland, Great
Britain and the United Kingdom is:
a) a name used to describe an English judge b) hairpiece covering the head
c) a rude name meaning a cattle driver
d) an invented word
9) Scotland and England united with an act of Parliament in 1707 thus creating:
a) The United Kingdom
b) Great Britain
c) The Kingdom of England and Scotland
d) The British Isles
10. The name of British statesman regarded as the first Prime Minister of Great Britain is:
a) William Pit
b) John Wilkes
c) Oliver Cromwell
d) Robert Walpole
11. British Parliament of the 18th century can be described with the following words:
a) no secret voting, bribery, corruption
b) secret voting, democracy, liberty
c) advocating greater womens right
d) representing the majority of the population
12. Ireland united with Great Britain in:
a) 1707
b) 1861

c) 1066

d) 1937

13. Queen Victorias Our life in the Highlands with its description of private royal affairs
a) shocked the public
b) promised blood, toil, tears and sweat
c) delighted the public
d) described Britains international affairs

14. The symbol of Britains industrial power and development in the 18 th century is:
a) railway
b) Parliament
c) booby
d) royal family
15. Britain developed closer relation with Europe
a) while it was still an imperial power
b) when it was no longer an imperial power
c) in the late 19th century
d) before it became an imperial power
II Please provide brief answers to the following questions:
1. If compared to the Tudors were the Stuarts more or less successful as the rulers?
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2. Name at least one British scientist and name his/her contribution to the science/word
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3. How would you describe Britains international position in the 18 th and 19th centuries?
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4. Who are bobbies or peelers?
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5. What cause the Great famine in Ireland (in 1845, 1846, 1847)?
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6. What are the reasons for the decline of the British Empire? Name at least two
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7. Why was the youth culture in 1960s considered to be rebellious?
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8. What is bloody Sunday? (What happened?)
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9.What are the closed ties between the UK and US based on?

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10. Why is the UK seen as an unenthusiastic member of the EU?
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