British Citizenship Test 6

If you wish to be a permanent resident or citizen of the UK, you should: respect and obey the law, look after yourself and your family, respect the rights of others, including their right to their own opinions, treat others with fairness and look after the area in which you live and the environment.

The people of the Iron Age made the first coins to be minted in Britain, some inscribed with the names of Iron Age kings. This marks the beginnings of British history.

William the Conqueror.

National Parks are areas of protected countryside that everyone can visit, and where people live, work and look after the landscape.

False. There is no established Church in Wales or Northern Ireland.

‘Great Britain’ refers only to England, Scotland and Wales, not to Northern Ireland.

Prime Minister’s Questions takes place every week while Parliament is sitting.

The correct answer is Charles I.

Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson and Ellie Simmonds are the correct answers.

In Elizabeth I’s time, English settlers first began to colonise the eastern coast of America.

False. Northern Ireland uses a system called ‘individual registration’ and all those entitled to vote must complete their own registration form.

Christmas Day, 25th of December, celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ.

‘The Battle of Britain’ was a crucial aerial battle fought between Germany and Britain in the summer of 1940.

Swansea it is located in Wales.

In May 2010 the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties formed a coalition and the leader of the Conservative Party, David Cameron, became Prime Minister.

The correct answer is Henry VIII.

In 1348, a disease, probably a form of plague, came to Britain. This was known as the Black Death. One third of the population of England died and a similar proportion in Scotland and Wales.

Haggis is a traditional food from Scotland.

In Scotland, minor criminal offences go to a Justice of the Peace Court.

The Domesday Book and the Bayeux Tapestry.

The outbreak of the First World War led the British government to postpone any changes in Ireland.

Elizabeth I was a Protestant and she succeeded in finding a balance between the views of the Catholics and the more extreme Protestants.

To apply for a National Insurance number you need documents that prove your identity and that you have permission to work in the UK.