TEST 21

Captain James Cook mapped the coast of Australia and a few colonies were established there.

In England, Wales and Northern Ireland a jury has 12 members, and in Scotland a jury has 15 members.

People over 75 can apply for a free TV licence and blind people can get a 50% discount.

There is a famous celebration of Diwali in Leicester.

Recent British actors to have won Oscars include Colin Firth, Sir Antony Hopkins, Dame Judi Dench, Kate Winslet and Tilda Swinton. Emily Watson has not won an oscar.

Horse racing has a long association with royalty.

Hanukkah is in November or December and is celebrated for eight days. It is to remember the Jews’ struggle for religious freedom.

There are two ways to arrange a visit to the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont. You can either contact the Education Service (details are on the Northern Ireland Assembly website at http://www.niassembly.gov.uk) or contact an MLA.

Members of the Commonwealth aged 18 or over can stand for public office. There are some exceptions, including: members of the armed forces, civil servants and people found guilty of certain criminal offences.

During the Iron Age most people were farmers, craft workers or warriors.

This statement is TRUE.

The electoral register is updated every year in September or October.

The official Church of the state is the Church of England (called the Anglican Church in other countries and the Episcopal Church in Scotland and the United States).

In Scotland the elected members, called MSPs, meet in the Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood in Edinburgh.

Elizabeth I became one of the most popular monarchs in English history, particularly after 1588, when the English defeated the Spanish Armada (a large fleet of ships), which had been sent by Spain to conquer England and restore Catholicism.

The population of the UK in 1700 was 5 million people.

The ‘Concorde’ was retired from service in 2003.

Following victory on the beaches of Normandy, the allied forces pressed on through France and eventually into Germany. The Allies comprehensively defeated Germany in May 1945.

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park covers 720 square miles (1,865 square kilometres) in the west of Scotland.

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson (1969-) is an athlete who uses a wheelchair and won 16 Paralympic medals, including 11 gold medals, in races over five Paralympic Games. She won the London Marathon six times and broke a total of 30 world records.

New Year’s Eve is celebrated on the 31st of December.

The capital city of Scotland is Edinburgh.

Sir Ian Botham (1955-) captained the English cricket team and holds a number of English Test cricket records, both for batting and for bowling.

During the Middle Ages, people came to England from abroad to trade and also to work. Many had special skills, such as weavers from France, engineers from Germany, glass manufacturers from Italy and canal builders from Holland.