Geography and Great Events
These four countries make up the British Isles:
England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland (Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland)
Sir Francis Drake, who was the first Englishman to sail around the world, was sent by this monarch:
Queen Elizabeth
Name the building where machines operate to produce goods more efficiently
Factory
This country was called the Jewel of the Empire. Due to the amount of money that it made for England.
India
What is the official name of the UK's air force?
Royal Air Force
True or false: The Republic of Ireland is included in the United Kingdom.
False
(Northern Ireland is in the UK)
In 1588, Queen Elizabeth's fleets of ships defeated this country's fleet:
Spain (Spanish Armada)
Who were these men? (What did they do?)
Sir Isaac Newton
Francis Bacon
William Gilbert
William Harvey
Robert Boyle
Edmund Halley
Robert Hooke
Scientists
About what percentage of the world was under British control during its height in 1922.
A.)25% B.)15% C.)50% D.)40%
A)25%
In 1805, Admiral Nelson defeated the French and Spanish fleet at the Battle of ...
(Hint: a famous square in London)
Trafalgar
UK citizens elect representatives who work in this body of government:
Parliament
The the type of revolution that introduced the "mechanization of production".
Industrial Revolution
What was one of the biggest reasons of why the British were able to make such a great Empire?
political stability, technological change (industrialisation), money
This dish is considered by many and also voted to be the United Kingdoms top dish.
A.)Chicken Tikka B.)Fish & Chips C.)Bangers & Mash D.)Shepard's Pie E.)Sunday Roast
Chicken Tikka
Name three of the most populous cities of the UK:
London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Southhampton, Newcastle, Glasgow, Belfast, Edinburgh
This famous writer wrote many plays during the Elizabethian Age.
William Shakespeare
Miners discovered a cheaper way to change iron into this material
steel
In this century was the first time the British Empire was formed.
A.)Twenty-First B.)Eighteenth C.)Seventeenth D.) Sixteenth
The Sixteenth century
Supermarine Spitfire
This document was signed in 1215 and defined the rights that each Englishman possessed
Magna Carta (the Charter of Freedoms) - laws that the king and everyone else had to follow for the first time (limit on taxes, protect from illegal imprisonment)
Britain was the first nation to industrialize around the 1750's.
Name one of the two powers that eventually overtook British industrial production by 1900.
United States and German Empire
This engineering marvel allowed the UK to connect its Empire's shipping lanes more efficiently.
Suez Canal
In which World War II battle did Montgomery defeat "the Desert Fox" Rommel, turning the tide of the North African campaign.
Al-Alamein