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- During the Middle Ages people came to England from abroad to trade and also to work, such as weavers from France, engineers from Germany, glass manufacturers from Italy and canal builders from Holland.
- People facing domestic violence can get help from a solicitor or the Citizens Advice Bureau.
- Margaret Thatcher worked closely with the United States President, Ronald Reagan, and was one of the first Western leaders to recognise and welcome the changes in the leadership of the Soviet Union which eventually led to the end of the Cold War.
- St Augustine led missionaries from Rome, who spread Christianity in the south. St Augustine became the first Archbishop of Canterbury.
- In England, Wales and Northern Ireland a jury has 12 members, and in Scotland a jury has 15 members.
- The Speaker keeps order during political debates to make sure the rules are followed.
- Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding Youth Courts? : They are used for trials of young people aged 10 to 17.
- David Lean directed Brief Encounter (1945) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962).
- The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SEC Centre) is located in Glasgow.
- The British attack of the Somme in July 1916, resulted in about 60,000 British casualties on the first day alone.
- The Welsh dragon on the Welsh flag does not appear on the Union Flag because, when the first Union Flag was created in 1606 from the flags of Scotland and England, the Principality of Wales was already untied with England: True
- Britain and France developed the world’s only supersonic commercial airliner, Concorde.
- The population of the UK in 1801 was 8 million people.
- The UK is located in the north west of Europe.
- The Council of Europe is responsible for the protection and promotion of human rights in its member countries.
- Eminent directors included Sir Alexander Korda and Sir Alfred Hitchcock, who later left for Hollywood and remained an important film director until his death in 1980.
- The Scottish physician and researcher John Macleod was the co-discoverer of insulin, used to treat diabetes.
- Winston Churchill in 2002 was voted the greatest Briton of all time by the public.
- The law of abortion and the law of divorce were liberalised during the ‘Swinging Sixties’.
- Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII had one daughter, Elizabeth I.
- Who was the first wife of Henry VIII? : Catherine of Aragon
- The ‘Concorde’, the world’s only supersonic passenger aircraft, first flew in 1969.
- The Northern Ireland Parliament was first established in 1922.
- After the Norman Conquest, the king and his noblemen had spoken Norman French and the peasants had continued to speak Anglo-Saxon. Gradually these two languages combined to become one English language.
- In the UK, there are several different parts of government. The main ones are: the monarchy, the Parliament (the House of Commons and the House of Lords), the Prime Minister, the cabinet, the judiciary (courts), the police, the civil service and the local government.
- Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany in 1933.
- Who invented the hovercraft? : Sir Christopher Cockerell (1910-99), a British inventor, invented the hovercraft in the 1950s.
- In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, serious criminal offences are tried in front of a judge and a jury in a Crown Court. In Scotland, serious cases are heard in a Sheriff Court with either a sheriff or a sheriff with a jury.
- Forced Marriage Protection Orders were introduced in 2008 for England, Wales and Northern Ireland under the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007. Court orders can be obtained to protect a person from being forced into a marriage, or to protect a person in a forced marriage. Similar Protection Orders were introduced in Scotland in November 2011.
- Famous horse-racing events in the UK include Royal Ascot and the Grand National.
- The Blitz relates to the German bombing of London and other British cities at night time during the World War II
- George Frederick Handel wrote an oratorio, Messiah, which is sung regularly by choirs, often at Easter time.
- Since 1999, hereditary peers have lost the automatic right to attend the House of Lords.
- The position of women in the workplace was improved during the ‘Swinging Sixties’.
- Emmeline Pankhurst was born in Manchester in 1858.
- Pantomimes are based on fairy stories and are light-hearted plays with music and comedy, enjoyed by family audiences.
- The people of the Iron Age made the first coins to be minted in Britain, some inscribed with the names of Iron Age kings.
- Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) was directed by Mike Newell.
- The population of the UK in 1951 was 50 million people.
- Diwali is celebrated by Hindus and Sikhs. It normally falls in October or November and lasts for five days. It is also often called the Festival of Lights.
- In Northern Ireland, a newly qualified driver must display an R plate for one year after passing the test. : TRUE
- Emmeline Pankhurst was born in Manchester in 1858. She set up the women’s Franchise League in 1889, which fought to get the vote in local elections for married women. In 1903 she helped found the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU).
- There are five ski centres in Scotland, as well as Europe’s longest dry ski slope near Edinburgh.
- The public can listen to debates in the Palace of Westminster from public galleries in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
- The Harrier jump jet, an aircraft capable of taking off vertically, is a British invention of the 20th century.
- Churchill was the son of a politician and, before becoming a Conservative MP in 1900, was a soldier and journalist.
- During the 17th century there were two main groups in Parliament, known as the Whigs and the Tories.
- The Eden Project is located in Cornwall, in the south west of England.
- Emmeline Pankhurst was born in Manchester in 1858. She set up the women’s Franchise League in 1889, which fought to get the vote in local elections for married women. In 1903 she helped found the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU).
- The Mousetrap, a murder-mystery play by Dame Agatha Christie, has been running in the west end since 1952 and has had the longest initial run of any show in history.
- In 1801, Ireland became unified with England, Scotland and Wales after the Act of Union of 1800. This created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- In 1969, the voting age was reduced to 18 for men and women.
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