Hist i Kult UK

28.    Where might one expect to find Cockney spoken?

In East London area.

29.    What is cricket?

English sport.

30.    What is a cuppa, a fag, a broiły and a person’s local?

a cuppa—a cup of tea, a fag— a cigarette, a broiły - umbrella, a person’s local - local pub.

31.    There are morę dian 1000 mosąues and Moslems prayer houses in Britain. T/F True.

32.    Rastafarians are members of which ethnic group?

West Indies.

33.    London’s chilaren sapek morę than 120 languages. T/F True.

34.    Ethnic minority groups account for 7% of the population of Britain. T/F False, It is over 8 %.

35.    Which religious group did Salman Rushdie offend by publishing the novel Stanic Yerses?

Moslems.

36.    Britain’s Jewish community numbers about 350,000. T/F

. True.    |J0RKS|4£'

37.    \Vhat is the approximate population of Wales?

About 2.8 million.

38.    What is the Capital of Wales?

Cardiff.

39.    What percentage of Welsh population are native spakers of Welsh?

About 20%.

40.    Which monarch conquered Wales in 1280s?

Edward I.

41.    Who was the iirst Prince of Wales?

Edward II, the oldest son of Edward I.

42.    What might be said to be lasting achievement of Owain Glyndwr?

In 1400 he led a rebellion against english King Henry IV. He created a sense of Welsh national identiry.

43.    When were the Acts of Union by which Wales was incorporated into England?

In 1536 and 1543.

44.    Following the Acts of Union What became the ofricial language of Wales?

it was English, but anyone that used Welsh language should not be discriminated.

45.    What was the significance of publication of a Welsh language Bibie¹.

It comributed to the survival of Welsh. In 1563 Elizabeth I authorised a book into Bibie of the Welsh.

46.    What was the purpose of the Welsh Language Bill, which was passed in 1992?

language in Wales.

It guaranteed ecuality of English and Welsh

47.    Who converted Ireland to Christianity?

St. Patrick.

48.    Which Irish King defeated the Vikings in 1014?

King Brian Boni.

49.    When did the Anglo-Normans arrive to Ireland?

In 1167.

50.    What is meant by me term „plantation”

It means that English settlers cultivated Irish land.

51.    Who crushed the Irish revolt of the 1640s?

Oliver Cromwell in 1649.

52.    Witał was the i—mediate conseąuence of the rewolt of 1689-1691?

Roman Caboiks held down Penal Rights. English punished the faith of Irish majoraty.

53.    Whs was the coosequence of the rising of the 1798?

Ireiaać was tbcceć to sign the Acts of Unibn and was brought dunder British Crown.

54.    Wha was the Fasar Rising? fe was a rr.:h against English reign in April of 1916.

55.    In whz: -tar ćić ±s Irish Free State and Northern Ireland come into existance? ta 1921.

56.    --hm 3 ńse ragnh of Northern Ireland?