All the workers supported

The government didn’t support

Not all the workers supported installation of machines in factories.

16. The Revolution in France in 1789 was not followed by a revolution in Britain because

the bourgeois revolution had taken place much earlier in Britain.

the government severely suppressed all revolutionary movement.

Britain was much weaker than France economically.

17. Britain entered the war against Napoleon in 1793.

1805.

1812.

18. Admiral Nelson won a victory over the French navy

at the River Boyne in 1802.

at Trafalgar in 1805.

at Waterloo in 1815.

19. ‘The middle class’ in the 19th century Britain consisted of

aristocrats and bourgeoisie.

merchants, traders and small farmers.

workers and peasants.

20. About a million of the Irish immigrated to the USA in 1847 because of

religious persecution.

the failure in potatoes crop.

the war in Ireland.

21. Britain became ‘the workshop of the world in the 17th

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19th century.

22. In the wars against the Boers Britain fought against the Dutch.

the French.

the Americans.

23. Slavery was abolished in the British Empire in 1808.

1834.

1848.

24. The social effect of the Napoleonic wars was

rapid economic growth.

mass unemployment and impoverishment.

the appearance of the Labour Party.

25. The Chartists demanded vote for all adults.

for the working class.

for women.

26. The Boers were defeated easily.

defeated only with great difficulty.

never defeated.

27. The ‘Victorian Age’ is referred to the 17th

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19th century.

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BRITISH STUDIES

TEST 12

HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN

Choose the correct answer out of the three:

1. Radicals supported

opposed

didn’t interfere into

the official political course of the country.

2. The American War of Independence lasted from 1775 until 1783.

from 1756 till 1763.

from 1736 till 1743.

3. The Treaty of Paris was Britain’s failure.

diplomatic triumph.

loss of territories.

4. In the Seven Years War Britain fought for democracy.

the French crown.

new territories.

5. The members of the Cabinet could

ignore the king’s opinion.

shared the responsibility for its decisions.

were elected by Parliament.

6. Robert Walpole is considered to be

the first British prime minister.

the founder of the British parliament.

the founder of the Bank of Britain.

7. James III didn’t become King of England because

he died.

was a Catholic.

became King of France.

8. James III’s army was defeated in 1715.

James III’s army was victorious in 1715.

James III’s army refused to fight in 1715.

9. Wellington defeated Napoleon at the River Boyne in 1802.

Trafalgar in 1805.

Waterloo in 1815.

10. The Luddites expressed their protest

by breaking machines.

organising demonstrations against colonial wars.

by pacifist demonstrations.

11. "Mass production" means

producing large quantities of simple goods quickly and cheaply.

employing big numbers of workers.

producing low-quality goods.

12. The Industrial Revolution started in the 18th

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19th century.

13. In social terms enclosures were damaging

encouraging

beneficial for the people.

14. The Stuarts made their last attempt to gain the British crown in 1745.

1715.

1815.

15. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was formed in 1707.

1801.

1903.

16. Orange Lodges appeared in the 18th

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19th century.

17. James III didn’t become King of England because

he died.

was a Catholic.

became King of France.

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