1) The United Kingdom and Northern Ireland is made of four countries: a) England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland b) England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland c) England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man 2) The Uk is a constitutional monarchy, with two legislative houses. a) True b) False 3) The UK former Chief of State was the soverign Queen Elizabeth II. a) True b) False 4) Its territory and population are primarily situated on... a) Great Britain b) Northern Ireland c) Great Britain and Wales 5) Which are the most important rivers in the UK? a) Thames and Tweed b) Tweed and Severn c) Thames and Severn 6) From the 50's on, population in the UK decreased due to strong migratory policies from the Commonwealth. a) True b) False 7) Which well-known ancient remains are pointed to the Celtic people? a) Avebury b) Stonehenge c) Old Sarum 8) What is a burgh/borough? a) It's a Roman settlement b) It's a Viking walled settlement  c) It's a Saxons walled settlement 9) Who introduced Feudalism? a) The Romans b) King Alfred the Great c) The Normans 10) The beginnings of the Parliament are found in the reign of... a) Henry III b) Henry VIII c) Henry II 11) In which war did the house of Lancaster and the house of York fight for the English throne? a) One Hundred Years War b) War of Tudors c) War of the Roses 12) Which important Tudor, whose reign is known as the Golden Age, restored the unity of the country? a) Elisabeth I b) Elisabeth II c) Henry VIII 13) Which two countries were united in the Act of Union in 1707? a) Scotland and Wales b) Wales and England c) England and Scotland 14) When did the Irish State become the Irish Republic and left the Commonwealth? a) After the First World War b) After the Cold War c) After the Second World War 15) Brexit was a referendum held to decide... a) the permanence of the UK in the NATO b) the permanence of the UK in the EU c) the permanence of the UK in the World Bank 16) From a religious point of view, the UK is mainly... a) Anglican b) Anglosaxon  c) Catholic and Protestant 17) Education, at national level, is responsibility of Local Education Authorities (LEAs) a) True b) False 18) Nursery schools are from 3 to 5 yeas old. a) True b) False 19) In the UK is very easy to find what we call 'semi-private' schools. a) True b) False 20) We could say that curricula in the UK give great importance to. music, creativity, and learning through discovery. a) True b) False 21) Results in SATS are not publicly published. a) True b) False 22) Which universities in the UK are some of the world's most famous? a) Harvard and Stanford b) Stanford and Princeton c) Oxford and Cambridge  23) The nation's role was everything but decisive in the development of computers and the World Wide Web. a) True b) False 24) The United States of America is a federal monarchy formed by 50 states. a) True b) False 25) In the USA, the legislative houses are:  a) The House of Lords and the House of Commons  b) The Senate and the Parliament  c) The Senate and the House of Representatives  26) Tornadoes are more common in the central part of the USA than anywhere else on Earth. a) True b) False 27) Until 1860, most of the population in the USA was... a) WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestants) b) WASP (White Anti-Semite Protestants)   c) WASP (White Anti-Spanish Protestants) 28) As for today, the USA is a pluralistic society formed by people from all nations. a) True b) False 29) The indigenous people in the USA are thought to have migrated from... a) Europe b) South America and South Asia c) Asia 30) Indigenous communities developed... a) Agriculture, grand architecture, and state-level societies  b) Agriculture, the cattle industry, and fishing c) Cattle industry, textile industry, and blacksmithing 31) The Spaniards reached Florida in 1513. a) True b) False 32) When and where did the British establish their first settlement in the USA? a) In Jamestown, in 1609 b) In Kingston Town, in 1067 c) In Jamestown, in 1607 33) When did the 13 colonies in North America declare their independence from the British Empire? a) On July 14th, 1776 b) On July 4th, 1778 c) On July 4th, 1776 34) Which president advocated the prohibition of slavery in 1860? a) President George Washington  b) President Abraham Lincoln  c) President Geroge W. Bush  35) After the reunification of the USA, they decided to design new symbols for the new era.  a) True b) False 36) The Great Depression in 1929 put an end to the II World War. a) True  b) False 37) The USA and the Soviet Union got involved in the Cold War between... a) 1947-1993 b) 1957-1993 c) 1947-1991 38) Which war was launched by former President George W. Bush? a) War of Horror b) War of Terror c) War of Islamism 39) Barack Obama was the first multiracial president. a) True b) False 40) Republican Joe Biden was elected as the 46th president on January 6, 2021. a) True b) False 41) The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees the free exercise of religion and allows Congress from passing laws respecting its establishment.  a) True b) False 42) At the primary and secondary school levels, curricula, funding, teaching, and other policies are set through... a) Federal elected school boards b) Locally elected school boards c) State school boards. 43) Education is not compulsory from the age of 5. a) True b) False 44) Which sport is often called 'the national pastime'? a) Baseball b) Basketball c) Football 45) The USA can be considered the birthplace of which types of music?  a) Jazz, blues, flamenco and country b) Jazz, blues, rock and roll, and country c) Jazz, blues, rock and roll, and electronic music 46) Ernest Hemingway is considered kind of irrelevant in the American writers' history. a) True b) False 47) As the Primary Curriculum says, festivities and holidays celebrated in English speaking countries are interesting. a) True b) False 48) The main aim of culture-based activities is... a) to develop students' curiosity about different cultures b) to increase students' affection for their own culture c) to help students have a negative position towards other cultures 49) Which social aspects can be taught to our students? a) Religion and music. b) Food, drinks, and money.  c) Rivers and climate. 50) Social, cultural as well as geographical aspects can be worked on in the classroom. a) True b) False 51) A good example of how to introduce foreign cultures to our students could be the organisation of a cultural week. a) True b) False 52) Parents are not allowed to collaborate and participate in activities dealing with fostering positive attitudes towards other cultures. a) True b) False 53) In a workshop about food, which activities can be carried out? a) Reading fairy tales, designing myths and legends posters b) Prepare wall charts with pictures of typical British and American dishes and label them c) Watching videos about London and New York 54) Native speakers are also important in tasks related to fostering positive attitudes toward other cultures.   a) True b) False 55) A positive consequence of carrying out tasks related to showing positive attitudes towards other cultures could be... a) They may feel attracted to traveling to English-speaking countries b) They may refuse to meet people from other countries c) They may want to eat just junk food

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