The Labour Party gave

a) the agricultural labourers the right to vote;

b) the proletariat a greater voice in Parliament;

c) the aristocracy the right to be the members of trade unions.

In the UK women received the right to vote

a) after World War II;

d) before World War I;

e) after World War I.

The legislative branch of national government in the USA consists

a) of the House of Representatives and the Senate;

b) of the House of Representatives, the President and the Senate;

c) of the House of Representatives, the Cabinet and the Senate.

19. The period of “affluent society” was the period of

a) massive growth in agricultural sector;

b) massive growth in the private sector;

c) wide overseas expansion.

Oil production in the North Sea began

a) in 1980s;

b) in 1960s;

c) in 1970s.

21. “The Golden State” is

a) Colorado;

b) Florida;

c) California.

British colonization of Ireland began under

a) Henry I;

b) Henry II;

c) Henry VIII.

Bloody Sunday is the day

a) when James I sent anti-Catholic Protestants from Scotland to settle in Ulster;

b) in 1916 when a group of Irish Republicans staged Easter Rising in Dublin;

c) in 1972 when British troops fired on a civil rights demonstration in Derry.

24. Answer the question: Which US state was the last to become a state?

a) Arizona;

b) Alaska;

c) Hawaii.

King Edward III was called

a) “Black Prince”;

b) “Confessor”;

c) “Martyr”.

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