Страноведческие тесты. Great Britain. History

Great Britain. History

1.        When did the first men and women settle in Britain?

2.        What is the traditional name for the first inhabitants of Britain?

3.        Where was William the Conqueror crowned?

4.        Where is Magna Carta now?

5.        What war lasted from 1337 to 1453?

6.        What was the first record or register of all land-holdings called?

7.        What king was put on trial, found guilty and executed?

8.        What is the 1605 conspiracy to blow up Parliament at the opening session called?

9.        Who made himself Head of State, as Lord Protector?

10.    Where were Napoleon’s imperial dreams crushed by the English under Wellington?

11.    Who made himself the Head of the Church of England?

12.    How long did Queen Victoria reign?

13.    Where was the battle fought in which the Normans won?

14.    What islands did the British recapture from Argentina in 1982?

(The answers to questions)

Great Britain. History

1.        250,000 B.C.

2.        The Iberians.

3.        In Westminster Abbey.

4.        In the British Museum.

5.        The Hundred Years’ War.

6.        The Domesday Book.

7.        Charles I.

8.        The Gunpowder Plot.

9.        Oliver Cromwell.

10.    At Waterloo.

11.    Henry VIII.

12.    Sixty-four years.

13.    Near the town of Hastings.

14.    The Falkland Islands.