British Citizenship Test11

London’s West End, also known as ‘Theatreland’, is particularly well known for its theatres.

The currency in the UK is the pound sterling (symbol £).

Diwali is often called the Festival of Lights.

The Enlightenment was a period during the 18th century when new ideas about politics, philosophy and science were developed.

Friends of the Earth is an environmental charity.

The correct answer is the Battle of Britain.

Margaret Thatcher was the first woman Prime Minister of the UK.

The Edinburgh Festival takes place in Edinburgh, Scotland, every summer. It is a series of different arts and cultural festivals, with the biggest and most well-known being the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (‘the Fringe’).

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.

This statement is true.

In 1588 the English defeated the Spanish Armada (a large fleet of ships), which had been sent by Spain to conquer England and restore Catholicism.

The Cenotaph is a war memorial located in Whitehall.

False. The Northern Ireland Assembly has been suspended on a few occasions.

In 1560, the predominantly Protestant Scottish Parliament abolished the authority of the Pope in Scotland and Roman Catholic religious services became illegal. A Protestant Church of Scotland with an elected leadership was established but, unlike in England, this was not a state Church.

William the conqueror sent people all over England to draw up lists of all the towns and villages. The people who lived there, who owned the land and what animals they owned were also listed. This was called the Domesday Book, which gives a picture of society in England just after the Norman Conquest.

The Northern Ireland Assembly can make decisions on issues such as: education, agriculture, the environment health and social services, but it cannot make decisions on immigration or defence issues.

Anyone can make a complaint about the police by going to a police station and writing to the Chief Constable of the police force involved. Complaints can also be made to an independent body: the Independent Police Complaints Commission in England and Wales, the Police Complaints Commissioner for Scotland or the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.

William Wordsworth wrote ‘The Daffodils’.

St Andrew’s day, patron of Scotland, is celebrated on the 30th of November.

In 1666, a great fire destroyed much of the city, including many churches and St Paul’s Cathedral. London was rebuilt with a new St Paul\\\\\\\'s, which was designed by a famous architect, Sir Christopher Wren.

The people of the Iron Age made the first coins to be minted in Britain.

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). This was the first group whose members were called ‘suffragettes’.

From 1853 to 1856, Britain fought with Turkey and France against Russia in the Crimean War.