Civilization of Great Britain

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English L1 - Civi GB

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Question 1

What is essential for a democracy?

Universal beverage, secret wallet, freedom of streaming, freedom of divorcing

Universal suffering, secret faggot, freedom of tease, freedom of misconsception

Universal suffrage, secret ballot, freedom of speech, freedom of informations

Question 2

What happened in 1066 ?

The first Mc Donald was created in England by William Shakespeare

England was invaded by The Normans led by William the Conqueror

Nordmann pines were sold by William the Conquistador

Question 3

When did the War of Roses (1455) end?

1485 : Tudors ascended the throne (Henry Tudor defeated Richard III and married Edward IV's daughter Elizabeth of York)

1707 The Act of Union

1558 Death of Bloody Mary

Question 4

1534 The Act of Supremacy, What is that?

Is this what gives Hascoet full power over her students?

The monarch controls the fourth power

Deals with the Separation from the Pope + King of England = Head of the Church

Question 5

Who were the most important wives of Henry the VIII?

Catherine of Aragon (Spanish princess, nice of the emperor of Germany. Bored him Mary.), Anne Boleyn (mistress + bored him Elizabeth. Executed), Jane Seymour (bored him his only son Edward VI)

Lady Chiltern, Mrs Cheveley (helped her to build a canal in Argentina)

The Princess of Cleves, Mary Stuart, Elizabeth I

Question 6

Why the Monarchy was interrupted between 1649 - 1660?

Charles the First had a new hair cut

Charles the First was a woman

Charles the First was beheaded

Question 7

What was the Restoration (1660)?

Natinal festival when the price are low in restaurants

Charles II became the new king (Stuart return to the throne)

Building and monuments were fixed after the Thirty Years' War

Question 8

What was the Glorious Revolution?

1688: Overthrow of James II. 1st monarch choosen by Parliamant

1688: The Devolution of power

XVIIIth century: The Earl Sandwich invented Sandwiches.

Question 9

Who was the last Suart monarch? And which House ascended the throne?

Queen Anne. Succeeded by The House of Hanover (George I)

Charles the First (beheaded) succeeded by the House of Windsor

James II

Question 10

Who was the last Hanover monarch?

George I (1714 - 1720)

Queen Victoria (1838 - 1901)

George V (1936 -1936)

Richard Coeur de Lion

Question 11

Which is the current House ?

House of Coburg and Gotha

House of Tudor

House of Burgesses

House of Stuart

House of Commons

House of Hanover

House of Windsor

Question 12

What are the nicknames of Elizabeth II?

The Fountain of Honour, The Source of Justice

The Fountain of Youth, The Source of Horror

The Fountain of Justice, The Source of Honour

The Fountain of Gold, The Source of money

Question 13

What are the Royal Prerogatives?

Levying taxes, arbitrary executions, imposed treaties

Declares War, Proclaimes Peace, Signs Treaties (royal assent)

Being the Head of the Church and of the Commonwealth

Question 14

What was the Annus Horribilis? (1992)

2Pacalypse Now by 2Pac

Death of Michel Berger

A series of scandals related to the Queen's family

Question 15

What was the Jacobite Rebellion?

Jacob bite an onion?

Jacobus = James II who tried to recaptured Scotland

Jacobus = King James II ivented the bus station before the invention of the bus itself

Question 16

The English Constitution is based on Conventions and 4 documents. What are those documents?

1832 The First Reform Act

1628 The Petition of Rights

1689 The Bill of Rights

1997-1998 Devolution of Power

1215 Magna Carta

1679 The Habeas Corpus

Question 17

What is the Act of Settlement (1701)?

The Monarch must be a member of the Church of England.

Protestants could create a settlement in Ireland

England settled America

Question 18

What is the Reform Act?

Does it give the right to vote to men?

It is an act passed to give the right to vote to a part of the population

Does it give the right to vote to women?

Question 19

The Representative of People Act, gives the right to vote to...

...animals

... women

...children

Comments

massilia84382Oct 19th, 2015Thanks, that was fun....even though i have only 56 :-) but that's not so bad considering i didn't learn my lesson yet.
Hope you finally had that first year ;-)
LLCEAnglaisQuizz4580March 8th, 2012Yes I am! I'm doing my first year again ;) And yes I've created this quiz to anchored the course in my mind! It works but I got to create the others for Civilisation américaine and the new lessons in Civilisation Britannique! I hope I'll succeed this year! Thank you for your wishes ! ^^
karlimer4257March 8th, 2012Argh! Thought I'd got a 100 but I got tricked by 3 questions!!!
My first year was so long ago...I completely forgot what was the act of settlement!!!
Your test was really fun (brough back memories)...
Are you a first year? Are you cramming for the examens? If so, good luck!
ZOO3546March 5th, 2012GREAT

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