Multiple Choice Questions

Choose one or more correct answers.

1) Where were the Celts from?
A. from Central Asia
B. from Central Europe
C. from North Europe

2) Which river did the Roman army cross in 54 BCE?
A. The Humber
B. The Severn
C. The Thames

3) Which of those names is the ancient name of London?
A. Londenium
B. Londinium
C. Londiniam
D. Londunium

4) When did the Romans leave Britain?
A. CE 340
B. CE 520
C. CE 410
D. CE 360

5) Where was another collection of Anglo-Saxon objects found in July 2009?
A. Staffordshire
B. Glascow
C. Sheffild
D. London

6) Which of those words come from the Anglo-Saxon in the English language?
A. flower, cat, tree
B. day, bed, father
C. table, fish, moon
D. mother, house, go

7) Whose wives were beheaded during the Tudor period?
A. Henry VIII
B. Edward III
C. Henry III
D. Edward II
E. Henry VII

8) Who wanted to govern without Parliament?
A. James II
B. Charles I
C. George III
D. Henry IV

9) Whose face was on the first postage stamps in the world?
A. Queen Victoria
B. Charles Dickens
C. Queen Elizabeth
D. Charles Darwin

10) Which contries in the British Empire became independent after the second world war?
A. India, Pakistan, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria
B. Australia, New Zealand, Canada
C. Iran, Egypt, Greece

Keys: 1)B; 2)C; 3)B; 4)C; 5)A; 6)B, D; 7)A; 8)B; 9)A; 10)A