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42 Cards in this Set
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What time do Public Houses open at?
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11am
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NATO stands for what?
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North Atlantic Treaty Org
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Britain recognized the colonies’ (American) independence in ____
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1783
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The National Trust is now run by ____ volunteers
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61000
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Isaac Newton was born in ____
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England
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Which TWO changes did the Chartists campaign for?
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Elections every year
Secret ballots |
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What house won the War of the Roses?
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The House of Lancaster
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Admiral Nelson’s ship , HMS Victory, can be visited in ____
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Portsmouth
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Who had the title “Lord Protector”?
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Oliver Cromwell
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Who chairs the debates in the House of Commons?
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The Speaker
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The most serious criminal cases in Scotland are heard at ____
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high court
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When were films first shown publicly in the UK?
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1896
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The Industrial Revolution took place in which century?
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18th and 19th
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The Union Flag is made up of what?
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3 crosses
cross of st george (england) cross of st andrew (scotland) cross of st patrick (ireland) |
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Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn had a child called ____
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elizabeth
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Elections for the European parliament are held every __ years
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5
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The UK has a constitutional monarchy T/F
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T
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For which TWO subjects are secretaries of state responsible?
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Education
Defence |
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Which TWO materials did the UK produce more than half of the world? (3)
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Cotton Cloth
iron coal |
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The Domesday book was requested by ____
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William the Conqueror
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Names of places, such as Grimsby and Scunthorpe come from the ____ language
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viking
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Who took the title “King of Ireland”?
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Henry VIII
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Stonehenge still stands in what now the county of ____
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wiltshire
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People who supported the king ( in 1642) were known as the ____
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Cavaliers
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The Corn Laws were repelled in _____. This had prevented the import of cheap grain
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1846
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In which year was the first Union Flag created?
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1606
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Florence Nightingale is a famous ____
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nurse
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The first Jews to come to Britain since the middle ages settled in London in ____
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1656
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The Jutes came from ____
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northern europe
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When did William of Orange invade England?
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1688
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Mary Stuart , “Mary, Queen of Scots” fled to England, she was suspected in trying to take over the throne and was kept a prisoner for __ years
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20
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Clans lost a lot of their power and influence after which event?
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The Battle of Culloden
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Which ship was one of the first to circumnavigate the world?
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Golden Hind
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What Patron Saint’s day is on the 17th of March?
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St Patrick
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For how many year did Charles I raise money without Parliament’s approval?
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11
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King Edward I introduced the statue of Rhuddlan , which annexed Wales to the Crown of England. T
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t
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What country is Swansea in?
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wales
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Which TWO kings believed in the “Divine Right of Kings”
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James I
Charles I |
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Wales accounts for about __ % of the UK population
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5
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which TWO of these aircrafts were used by Britain in WW2?
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Hurricane
Spitfire |
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With voting.. some consitituencies were controlled by a single wealthy family.. this was called what?
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Pocket Boroughs
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With voting.. some consituencies had hardly any voters and were called what?
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rotten boroughs
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