Great Britain

Which king was cruel and wasteful   with money?

a) Henry VIII

b) Henry VII

c) Richard I

How many children had Henry VIII ?

a) 1

b) 3

c) 4

Great Britain

ПО ПОСОБИЮ «Великобритания.Страноведение»

Ю.Б.Голицынский,Каро,С-Петербург,2010

Which king was cruel and wasteful with money?

• Henry VIII

b) Henry VII

c) Richard I

How many children had Henry VIII ?

a) 1

b) 3

c) 4

Who brought tobacco from America to England ?

a) one of the best known colonists Sir Walter Raleigh

b) one of the seamen John Hawkins

c) King Edward VI

Why was Scottish nobility not united in the 16 th century ?

a) they fought with each other for money

b) some of them wanted closer friendship with England, others with France

c) they fought, trying to prove their loyalty to the Queen

When did Elizabeth I become the Queen ?

a) 1550

b) 1558

c) 1560

Who inherited the English throne after Elisabeth’s death in 1603 ?

a) the Scottish king James VI

b) Queen Victoria

c) King Edward VI

“ Gentlemen” on Sunday mean:

a) people who had a day off on Sunday

b) people who worked on Sundays

c) people who looked like gentlemen only on Sunday

He tried to make the Irish accept English Church Reformation :

a) Henry VII

b) Henry VIII

c) Philip

Who made the Church “part of the state machine” ?

a) Mary The Queen of Scotland

b) Elizabeth I

c) Henry VII

When did Wales join England

a) between 1400 and 1455

b) between 1536 and 1543

c) between 1539 and 1543

How many years did Elizabeth reign ?

a) 59

b) 55

c) 45

What happened to Queen Anne ?

a) she was executed

b) Died in 1714

c) she ruled rather long

Why was Mary the heir to the English throne ?

a) because she was Elizabeth’s relative

b) because she was the Queen of Scots

c) because she wanted

Parliament wanted Charles I to sign a document known as

a) The Poor Law

b) the Petition of Right

c) the Act of Supremacy

People disagreed with the teachings of the Church of England because

a) Church became too complicated and too rich

b) church was against the power of the king

c) church didn’t like the wife of the king

The Petition of Rights

a) gave Parliament the right to control state money and law

b) gave Charles the opportunity to rule without Parliament

c) decreased amount of taxes