Chapter 3 Test 1

Julius Caesar led a Roman invasion of Britain in 55 BC.

During the Bronze Age people lived in roundhouses and buried their dead in tombs called round barrows.

The Bill of Rights, 1689, confirmed the rights of Parliament and the limits of the king’s power. Parliament took control of who could be monarch and declared that the king or queen must be a Protestant.

They made the first coins to be minted in Britain, some inscribed with the names of Iron Age kings.

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).

The ancestors of these first farmers probably came from south-east Europe. These people built houses, tombs and monuments on the land. One of these monuments,Stonehenge, still stands in what is now the English county of Wiltshire.

Burns’ best-known work is probably the song Auld Lang Syne, which is sung by people in the UK and other countries when they are celebrating the New Year (or Hogmanay as it is called in Scotland).

The cross of St David, patron saint of Wales does not form part of the Union Flag because, when the first Union Flag was created in 1606 from the flags of Scotland and England, the Principality of Wales was already untied with England.

The Laurence Olivier Awards take place annually at different venues in London. There are a variety of categories, including best director, best actor and best actress. The awards are named after the British actor Sir Laurence Olivier, late Lord Olivier, who was best known for his roles in various Shakespeare plays.

The Industrial Revolution was the rapid development of industry in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel was responsible for constructing the Great Western Railway, which was the first major railway built in Britain.

Parts of Hadrian’s Wall include the forts of Housesteads and Vindolanda.

Elizabeth suspected Mary of wanting to take over the English throne, and kept her prisoner for 20 years.

In 1996, two British scientists, Sir Ian Wilmot (1944-) and Keith Campbell (1954-2012), led a team which was the first to succeed in cloning a mammal, Dolly the sheep.

During the First World War millions of people were killed or wounded, with more than 2 million British casualties.