Practice Test 16

Question 1

Do wales and Northern Ireland have their own established church?

Answer 1

No

Question 2

Thomas Hardy

Answer 2

Author and poet on rural society. Far from the madding crowd, Jude the obscure

Question 3

The reformation

Answer 3

Movement against authority of pope and ideas and practices of Roman Catholic Church

Question 4

Emperor Hadrian

Answer 4

Roman who built wall in north of England

Question 5

Vikings

Answer 5

Raided Britain in ad 789 came from Denmark Norway Sweden, defeated by king Alfred

Question 6

Crown Jewels location

Answer 6

Tower of London

Question 7

Henry VIII is known for

Answer 7

Breaking away from Catholic Church of Rome and marrying 6 times

Question 8

Uk population growth

Answer 8

Faster in recent years due to migration and rising life expectancy

Question 9

When you buy a car, you need to pay…

Answer 9

Annual vehicle tax which cannot be passed on when a vehicle changes hands

Question 10

3 crosses on Union Jack

Answer 10

St George, Andrew, Patrick

Question 11

Charles II

Answer 11

King of Scotland, then defeated in battle in England by Oliver Cromwell, fled to Europe, then came back in 1660 from exile in Netherlands as King Charles II of England

Question 12

County courts deal with

Answer 12

Divorce and family matters and breaches of contract

Question 13

Highest mountain in wales

Answer 13

Snowdon

Question 14

Tudor rose

Answer 14

Red rose with white inside it. House of Lancaster defeated house of york

Question 15

Great Britain refers to

Answer 15

England, Scotland, wales

Question 16

Channel Islands

Answer 16

Closely linked with the uk but not part of it, they are crown dependencies and have their own government