II. Blank Filling:
Introduction:
1. The full name of the United Kingdom is ___ and _____.
2. The island of Great Britain is made up of _____, ____ and ____.
3. The United Kingdom has been a member of ____ since 1973.
4. Britain is now a _____ society which produces a population of which 1 in 20 are of ____ ethnicity.
5. London plays a significant role in ____ economic and cultural life. It’s not only the financial ____ of the nation, but also one of ____ major international financial centers in ____.
Chapter 1
1. Britain consists of ________ nations, including England, ________, _________ and _________.
2. Britain is a country with a history of invasions. In 43 AD Britain was invaded by ________, in the late 18th century they experienced _______ raids from Scandinavia and in the 11the century they suffered invasions from ______.
3. The Anglo-Saxons began to settle in Britain in ___ century.
4. The capital of Britain is ______, which has great influence on the UK in all fields including ____, ____ and ___.
5. Charles the First, king of Britain, was executed, because he attempted to ________ in the English Revolution.
6. Name two Scottish cities which have ancient and internationally respected universities: _____ and _____.
7. The battle of Bannockburn led by Robert the Bruce succeeded in winning the full independence of _______.
8. Both the Scottish and Welsh people elect their members of parliaments to the London Parliament and each holds ___ and ___ seats respectively.
9. The capital of Scotland is ____, which is well-known for its natural ____.
10. Although Wales is the smallest of the three nations on the ___ mainland, it’s good at getting ___ from abroad, particularly Japan and ____.
Chapter 2
1. The Home Rule Bill was finally passed in ____, but the process was overtaken by ___ and was suspended for the duration of the war.
2. To pursue Irish independence, the most spectacular event in the Irish history was ___ of 1916, in which the rebels occupied Dublin’s ___ and forced the British to take it back by ____.
3. As Protestants were the majority of the province, they controlled the local ___, and used that power to support their economic and social ____ in the area. Therefore Catholics in Northern Ireland began ___ movement in the 1960s, campaigning for ___.
4. The ___ IRA believed that they had made enough progress so that they could concentrate on ____, and run candidates for ____.
5. The ___ IRA separated from the officials, because they felt that ___ was the only way to get the British out.
6. Threatened by the IRA in the early 1970s, the Protestants formed their own illegal ___ groups and took revenge on ___.
7. In 1971 the Northern Irish government took the action to imprison terrorist suspects from both sides without ___, a policy known as ___.
8. In the 1980s convicted IRA prisoners started a campaign for the status of being ___ by starving themselves. The British government didn’t __ to this demand for political status a
nd ___ prisoners starved to death.
9. 1972 was the worst year of the troubles which included 13 Catholics who had been taking part in a peaceful ___. They were shot dead by ___. This day has now been mythologised as ___.
10. A series of big bombs in London in the late 1980s and early 1990 increased ___ on the British government to come up with ___.
11. Sinn Fein, the legal ___ Party, supports the IRA’s right to fight. Its leaders spoke of a twin campaign for union with ___, both political and military, which is known as the policy of __.
12. In August 1994, the IRA declared ____ with the efforts made by John Hume, the leader of ____, and Gerry Adams, the leader of ___.
13. It’s hard to make talks successful between the British and Irish governments without the participation of ___ and ____. peer
14. R.U.C. stands for _________________.
Chapter 3
1. _______, the ancestor of the present Queen, Elizabeth II, united England under his rule in 829.
2. The doctrine of the “divine right of kings” held that _____, ____.
3. During the civil war in the 17 century, those who represented the interests of Parliament are called ___, and those who supported the King were called ____.
4. In 1215, some feudal barons and the Church forced King ____ to sign the ___ to place some limits on the King’s power.
5. In medieval times, kings would summon a group of wealthy barons and representatives of counties, towns and cities --- called ___ to raise money.

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