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8.The majority of the people in Britain are descendants of the Anglo--Saxons.(T)

9.The Celtic people are the earliest known inhabitants of Britain.(T)

10.English changed into what is described as Modern English from the late 16th century.(F)

Chapter 2

1.The British history before 55BC is basically undocumented.(T)

2.The Celts became the dominant group in Britain between the 8th and 5th centuries BC.(T)

3.The name of Britain came from a Celtic tribe--- the Britons.(T)

4.The Anglo--Saxons came to Britain in the mid--5th century.(T)

5.The chief or king of the Anglo--Saxon tribes exercised power at their own will.(F)

6.The Vikings began to attack the English coast in the 8th century.(T)

7.Henry II built up a large empire which included England and most of France.(T)

8.The Magna Carta was designed to protect the rights of both the privileged class and the townspeople.(F)

9.The Hundred Years' War was a series of wars fought between England and Normans foe trade and territory.(F)

10.In an effort to make a compromise between different religious factions,Queen Elizabeth I actually defended the fruit of the Religious Reformation.(T)

Chapter 3

1.Conventions are regarded less important than common law in the working of the British government.(F)

2.The British monarchy has never been interrupted throughout the history.(F)

3.In reality,the British King or Queen is the source of all government powers.(F)

4.British Parliament is the law--making body of the Commonwealth of Nations.(F)

5.Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal are all members in the British Upper House.(T)

6.The members in the House of Commons are appointed rather than elected.(F)

7.The British Prime Minister is the leader of the majority party in Parliament.(T)

8.Cabinet members are chosen by the Prime Minister from various political parties in Parliament.(F)

9.British law consists of two parts,the civil law and the criminal law.(T)

10.The legal systems in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are much similar in terms of law, organization and practice.(F)

Chapter 4

1.Britain was the first industrialized nation in the world.(T)

2.The British economy experienced a relative decline during the postwar period.(T)

3.Limited resources and high unemployment rate were persistent problems that prevented rapid economic development in Britain.(F)

4.Thatcher's revolution turned out to be a great success in dealing with all the British econimic and social problems.(F)

5.The economic approach adopted by Tony Blair is different from that of the Labor party and the