Life in the UK Prep Test Life in the UK – Storia: domande
Il capitolo più lungo e una grande fonte di domande: da Stonehenge e i Romani ai Tudor, la guerra civile, l'Impero, le due guerre mondiali e la Gran Bretagna moderna.
Le domande di esercitazione sono in inglese, perché il vero test Life in the UK si sostiene in inglese (oppure in gallese o gaelico scozzese in Galles e in Scozia).
Ecco 5 domande gratuite dal capitolo Una storia lunga e illustre di Life in the United Kingdom: A Guide for New Residents. Scegli una risposta, poi tocca la domanda per controllarla. Concentrati su:
- Date chiave come 1066, 1707 e 1928
- I sovrani e gli eventi dei loro regni
- Battaglie, leggi e riforme
- Inventori, scrittori e Primi ministri
1. Where is Stonehenge?
- Cornwall
- Orkney
- Yorkshire
- Wiltshire
Risposta: D, Wiltshire. Stonehenge, built during the Stone Age, still stands in Wiltshire, England.
2. Which Anglo-Saxon king united the kingdoms and defeated the Vikings?
- King Canute
- King Harold
- King Alfred the Great
- King Offa
Risposta: C, King Alfred the Great. The Anglo-Saxon kingdoms united under King Alfred the Great, who defeated the Vikings.
3. Why did Henry VIII break away from the Church of Rome?
- The Pope tried to raise taxes in England
- The Pope refused to let him divorce his first wife
- He wanted to join the Protestant Dutch Republic
- Parliament forced him to
Risposta: B, The Pope refused to let him divorce his first wife. When the Pope refused to grant his divorce from Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII established the Church of England.
4. Who kept a famous diary describing the Great Fire of London?
- Samuel Pepys
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- John Bunyan
- Isaac Newton
Risposta: A, Samuel Pepys. Samuel Pepys wrote about the plague and the Great Fire in his diary, later published.
5. In which year did it become illegal to trade slaves in British ships or from British ports?
- 1707
- 1833
- 1918
- 1807
Risposta: D, 1807. Parliament passed an Act abolishing the slave trade in 1807. Slavery itself was abolished throughout the British Empire in 1833.
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