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The history of the UK

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  • Who became king in 1485 after seizing the English crown?
    King James I
    King George I
    Henry Tudor
  • Who broke away from the Roman Catholic Church, creating the Church of England?
    Henry VIII
  • Which group ruled the United Kingdom for nearly 400 years and introduced innovations such as roads and baths?
    The Celts
    The Romans
    The Normans
  • The Wars of the Roses (1455–1487) followed — a civil war between two royal houses. What are the houses names?
    Lancaster and York
  • Who were the first so-called Britons?
    The Romans
    The Celts
    The Angles
    The Picts
  • King George I came from which dynasty?
    Hanoverian
    Stuart
    Windsor
    Tudor
  • King Charles III is the current ruling monarch from the Windsor dynasty. True or false?
    True. King Charles III is the current monarch of the Windsor dynasty.
  • What was the name of the wall built by the Romans to defend their territory in Britain?
    Hadrian’s Wall
  • What is Stonehenge?
  • The Angles, Jutes, and Saxons appeared in Britain in the fourth century A.D. True or false?
    False. They appeared in the sixth century A.D.