Unproductive slave labour

The bourgeois revolution

The Greek civilization led to the collapse of the Roman Empire.

33. Wales means the land of friends.

the land of foreigners.

the land of warriors.

34. Witan was created by the Celts.

the Anglo-Saxons.

the Vikings.

KEY

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BRITISH STUDIES

TEST 6

HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN

Choose the correct answer out of the three:

1. A villa meant a big farm.

a big house.

a big village.

2. A sheriff was a big landowner.

an armed warrior.

King’s local administrator.

3. Class system began under the Celts.

the Saxons.

the Romans.

4, England was a part of the Roman Empire.

Danish Empire.

Norman Empire for about 20 years.

5. Claudius’s

The Roman

Hadrian’s wall was built to keep out raider from the north.

6. Julius Caesar first came to Britain in AD 55.

BC 55.

AD 43.

7. Lord means bread-maker.

bread-keeper.

bread-distributor.

8. Privy Council doesn’t exist today.

exists today.

existed under the Celts.

The resistance of the Saxons

The bourgeois revolution

Slave revolts led to the collapse of the Roman Empire.

10. Tax system was introduced by the Saxons.

the Romans.

the Normans.

11. The Iberian people probably came from Belgium.

Spain.

Russia.

The Beaker people

The Iberians

The Celts learnt to enrich the soil with natural waste.

The Celts

The Beaker people

The Iberians came around 700 BC.

The Celts

The Iberians

The Beaker people were technically advanced.

The Iberians

The Vikings

The Celts are the ancestors of many people in the UK.

The Celtic

The Roman

The Iberian priests were called Druids.

The Normans

The Romans

The Angles called the country Britannia.

The Beaker people

The Iberians

The Celts used cattle to pull the plough.

19. The Romans didn’t conquer the whole island.

The Romans conquered the whole island.

The Romans didn’t conquer England.

20 The Romans could not conquer England.

Scotland.

Ireland.

21. The Romans withdrew because they were defeated by the Angles.

the Roman Empire collapsed.

the soils were exhausted.

The Angles

The Romans

The Celts brought reading and writing to Britain.

23. The Romans built houses of bricks.

stone.

cement.

24. The Angles came after AD 43

AD 430.

BC.

25. The Anglo-Saxons couldn’t conquer England.

Scotland.

Wales.

26. The Vikings invaded Britain in 685.

865.

568.

27. The Saxons could not resist the Danes.

The Saxons resisted the Danes successfully.

The Danes were defeated by the Saxons.

28. The Danelaw was the part of England ruled by the Vikings.

the part of Wales ruled by the Danes.

a set of laws and rules of the Danes.

29. Witan means Parliament.

King.

King’s Council.

30. Women were important in Saxon society.

Celtic society.

Roman society.

31. King Alfred was the only one who could resist the Romans.

the Angles

the Danes.

32. King Alfred is considered to be the founder of the Witan.

the English fleet.

the English church.

The Vikings

The Saxons

The Normans came from Norway and Denmark.

34. Under the Celts Britain became an important wool

food

arms producer.

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BRITISH STUDIES

TEST 7

HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN

Choose the correct answer out of the three:

Doomsday Book

Magna Carta

Bill of Rights contained economic information about the people.

2. Edward stopped

won

didn’t win the war against the Scots.

3. Harold fought against William in the battle near Hastings.

York.

Canterbury.

4. Henry II started colonization of Scotland.

Ireland.

Wales.

5. Heresy was a new religious teaching

an antireligious teaching.

a religious teaching deviating from the official one in the Middle Ages.

6. In 1066 the Norman Conquest took place.

Magna Carta was signed.

the House of Commons was introduced.

7. In 1284

1169 Edward united Wales with England.

8. In the Wars of the Roses the French fought against the English.

the Lancastrians fought against the Yorkists.

the Scots fought against the English.

9. King John was very unpopular.

very popular.

very democratic.

10. Magna Carta guaranteed freedom of speech.

fair and legal trial.

the right to choose a king.

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