Survey Review Spring 2024

What is the supreme judicial authority in the UK?

While the UK does have a monarch, the supreme power lies in Parliament.

What type of poem is Walt Whitman famous for?

The US, the UK and Australia all have Cabinets.

Some of the best universities in America were founded before the country won independence.

Three of Henry VIII's children were English Monarchs, including his daughters Mary and Elizabeth.

The Victorian period saw the Australian Empire spread around the world.

Britain is just another name for the United Kingdom.

Which country doesn't have a supreme court?

What's Isaac Newton most famous for?

The Spanish Armada successfully invaded England in 1588.

Which is NOT one of the four parts of the UK?

The UK, the US and Australia all have three branches of government.

Australia is a Commonwealth Realm, so...

Why is the Magna Carta important?

The name "England" comes from the Anglo-Saxon term "Angle-land".

Welsh is a language that comes from the Celtic invasion and is still spoken in Wales today.

What didn't happen when the Stuart Period began in 1603?

What are the indigenous people of mainland Australia and Tasmania called?

Which country has the oldest written Constitution still in use today?

Oxford University is in London.

How are PMs chosen?

When was the Boston Tea Party?

Who is NOT a member of Hamlet's family?

Yellowstone Park in the western US is the oldest national park in the world.

When was the Declaration of Independence signed?

After the 1st Continental Congress' Declaration of Rights and Grievances was rejected by Parliament, no hope peace.

The Republic of Ireland rules the whole island of Ireland since Irish Independence.

Anzac Day is an American holiday.

Why did the Pilgrims leave England to start Plymouth colony in Massachusetts in 1620?

The Union Jack is a combination of flags representing England, Scotland, and Ireland.

Where was the US involved in WWII?

Great Britain was officially formed in 1706-1707 when the Parliaments of Scotland and England were united.

During the Georgian period Parliament gained even more power.

Elizabeth I only ruled England for a few years, but she tried to make the country Catholic again.

One theme of Pride and Prejudice is reasons for marriage.

The Normans were originally from northern Europe, who moved to France before invading England.

UK monarchs today have no real political power.

Australia became a Federation when it gained independence.

The cause of the Revolutionary War was taxation without...

The ancient Celtic Gaels are the ancestors of the modern Scottish and Irish cultures.

Trench warfare was used during World War I.

South Australia and Western Australia gave women the right to vote after Australian independence.

Which of these was NOT part of Westward Expansion?

Members of the House of Lords aren't elected.

William Shakespeare wrote 8 famous plays: 4 comedies and 4 tragedies.

Paul Revere warned the colonial militia that "The redcoats are coming" to start the Revolutionary War.

Which is NOT an example of checks and balances?

Which of these does NOT describe Australia's political system?

NYC was founded in 1650, more than 100 years before American independence.

The Gold Rushes in the US and Australia led to more immigration.

One goal of the Labor Movement of the 19th century was the 8-hour work day.

When was the Spanish Flu Pandemic?

Federalism is a political system that separates the powers of the three branches of government.

What's the capital of Australia?

Why didn't Elizabeth Bennet say yes to Mr. Darcy's 1st proposal?

General education is the most common major in American universities.

Great Britain and Ireland united under one Parliament in 1801.

US Senators and Representatives are all elected.

The Norman Conquest brought the Swedish language to England to mix with old English.

What year did the Norman Conquest happen?

The Glorious Revolution was the British War of Independence.

The UK's form of government has developed through its history.

The United States has 56 states.

What are the houses of the UK Parliament? (choose 2)

The city of Melbourne was founded while Australia was still colonized by the British.

Which of these is NOT a writer?

Where do US Presidents live?

In Australia, Cabinet members and the PM can't be members of Parliament.

What's the longest river in the United States?

Which is NOT true about Washington, D.C.?

Judges on the US Supreme Court are appointed by the President.

The British began colonizing Australia only after their American colonies won independence.

The Appalachian Mountains are on the Eastern coast of Australia.

The Act of Supremacy led to the creation of the Anglican church.

US women won got the right to vote at the beginning of the Roaring Twenties.

England has ruled Wales since the Conquest of Wales in 1283.

The Parliament of the United Kingdom has a history that goes back more than 800 years, to Medieval times.

Which of these is NOT a tax Parliament made on the American colonies?

Who DOESN'T die in Hamlet?

What are the indigenous people of North America called?

What did the Roman Invasion NOT bring to the UK?

Many people lost their jobs during the Great Depression.

When was the Roaring Twenties?

The United States does not have a Parliament.

The slave trade brought African slaves to the Americas, crossing which body of water?

Who built the Great Ocean Road?

The current Vice President of the US is Kamala Harris, the first woman to hold that position.

What is FDR famous for?

Australia has a Parliament with a Senate and a House of Representatives.

The 1st British colony in America was named Jamestown, for King James I.

MIT and Cornell are American universities founded around the time of the Revolutionary War.

What are the indigenous people of the Torres Strait Islands called?

What was the first full-length feature film about?

Christopher Columbus was the first person to find America.

Compared to Chinese university students, American university students have...

The English were the first Europeans to arrive in Australia.

What was one common theme in Walt Whitman's poems?

The Civil War made the United States and independent nation.

Which of these rights is NOT mentioned in the Declaration of Independence?