EARLY BRITAIN (PART 1)

1. Beaker people were the people of... 

a) the Stone Age

b) The Bronze Age

c) the Middle Age

2. In the beginning of the Stone Age the Celts came to the British Isles from... 

a) Spain

b) Germany

c) France

3. The Gaelic form of the Celtic dialect was spread in... 

a) England

b) Wales

c) Ireland and Scotland

4. The Brithonic form of the Celtic dialect was spread in...

a) Ireland

b) England

c) Wales

5. The whole country was called after... 

a) the Gaelic tribe

b) the Brithonic tribe

c) the German tribe

6. The Celtic druids were skillful in... 

a) farming

b) metal work

c) teaching and administration

7. The greatest monuments of the ancient population of the British Isles, Stonehenge, was a Monumental Stone... 

a) Square

b) Oval

c) Circle 

8. The Roman Emperor Julius Caesar carried out two expeditions to the British Isles... 

a) in 55 and54 BC

b) in 55 and 53 AD

c) in 65 and 64 BC

9. Emperor Claudius sent his men to occupy Britain and the occupation had lasted for more than

a) 3 centuries 

b) 4 centuries

c) 2 centuries

10. The Romans saw their mission in British Isles in... 

a) destroying it

b) civilizing it

c) enslaving it

11. The Roman occupation was spread mainly over... 

a) Wales

b) Scotland and Ireland

c) England

12. The name of England's capital is of... origin. 

a) Roman

b) Celtic

c) German

13. The Roman Roads (as straight as a die) were paved by... 

a) the Celts 

b) the Saxons 

c) the Romans

14. Under the Emperor Hadrian in 120 AD a great Hadrian's Wall was built across Britain to protect the Romans against the attacks of.. 

a) the Vikings

b) the Angels 

c) the Celts and Picts

15. Christianity was brought to Britain by... 

a) the Celts

b) the Saxons

c) the Romans 

16. The Romans have been in Britain for over... years. 

a) 250

b) 350

c) 200

17.... separated England from Scotland. 

a) Caesar's wall

b) Neron's wall

c) Hadrian's wall

KEYS:

1. a, 2. c, 3. c, 4. b, c, 5. b, 6. c, 7. c, 8. a, 9. a, 10. b, 11. c, 12. b, 13. c, 14. c, 15. c, 16. b, 17. c.