Values and principles of the UK

Question 1

What are the fundamental principles of British Life?

Answer 1

Democracy
The rule of law
Individual liberty
Tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs
Participation in community life.

Question 2

What is the pledge for new citizens in the UK?

Answer 2

I will give my loyalty to the United Kingdom and respect its rights and freedoms. I will uphold its democratic values. I will observe its laws faithfully and fulfil my duties and obligations as a British citizen.

Question 3

What are the responsibilities and freedoms share by all citizens?

Answer 3

respect and obey the law

respect the rights of others, including their right to their own opinions

treat others with fairness

look after yourself and your family

look after the area in which you live and the environment.

Question 4

What responsibilities and freedoms does the UK offer?

Answer 4

freedom of belief and religion
freedom of speech
freedom from unfair discrimination
a right to a fair trial
a right to join in the election of a government.

Question 5

What is the official name of the UK?

Answer 5

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

‘Great Britain’ refers only to England, Scotland and Wales, not to Northern Ireland.

Question 6

What are the several islands closely linked with the UK?

Answer 6

The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man

Question 7

What government does the small islands get governed by?

Answer 7

Crown dependencies

Question 8

What are the several British overseas territories?

Answer 8

St Helena and the Falkland Islands

Question 9

How is the UK governed?

Answer 9

Parliament sitting in Westminster. Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland also have parliaments or assemblies of their own, with devolved powers in defined areas.

Question 10

What were the first people in Britain (‘ Stone Age’) like?

Answer 10

• Hunter-gatherers (stone age people)
• People came and went following herds of deer and horses which the hunted
• First farmers arrived 6000 years ago from south-east Europe,
• First Famers built houses, tombs, and monuments on land

Question 11

What was the landscape like in Early Britain (‘during the stone age’)?

Answer 11

• Britain was connected to the continent of Europe by a land bridge
• Britain was separated from the continent by the channel of about 10 000
• Houses, tombs and monuments on land were built about 6000 years ago

Question 12

Give examples of monuments from the ‘Stone Age’ in modern-day Britain.

Answer 12

• Stonehenge (special gathering place for ceremonies)
• Skara Bra
  e on Orkney off the north coast of Scotland

Question 13

When did the Bronze Age happen?

Answer 13

4000 years ago

Question 14

What happened during the Bronze Age?

Answer 14

People lived in roundhouses and buried in tombs called round barrows

People accomplished metalworking making objects out of bronze and gold

Question 15

What was the iron age like?

Answer 15

• People lived in roundhouses that were grouped together into larger settlements
• People defended settlements called hill forts
• Most people were farmers, warriors or craft workers
• Spoke language from the Celtic language family.
• Sophisticated culture and economy -> made first coints to be minted in Britian and inscribed names of Iron Age Kings

Question 16

What was the bronze age like?

Answer 16

• People lived in roundhouses and buried their dead in tombs called round barrows
• Metalworkers who made many beautiful objects in bronze and gold, including tools, ornaments and weapons.

Question 17

Give examples of todays hill forts that can be found in the UK (iron age)?

Answer 17

Maiden Castle, in the English county of Dorset.

Question 18

Give examples of todays hill forts that can be found in the UK (iron age)?

Answer 18

Maiden Castle, in the English county of Dorset.

Question 19

What was the iron age like?

Answer 19

• People learned how to make weapons and tools out of iron.
• Lived in roundhouses, grouped together into larger settlements, and sometimes defended sites called hill forts.
• Most people were farmers, craft workers or warriors
• Spoke part of the Celtic language
• People of the Iron Age had a sophisticated culture and economy.
• They made the first coins to be minted in Britain, some inscribed with the names of Iron Age kings.

Question 20

How long did the Romans occupy Britain?

What did the Romans achieve during their rule in Britain?

Answer 20

• Romans remained in Britain for 400 years.

- Built roads and public buildings, created a structure of law, and introduced new plants and animals.

Question 21

When did the first Christian communities appear in Britain?

Answer 21

• 3rd and 4th centuries AD that the first Christian communities began to appear in Britain.

Question 22

What is the history of the Romans’ invasion in the UK?

Answer 22

• Julius Caesar led a Roman invasion of Britain in 55 BC that was unsuccessful
• In AD 43 the Emperor Claudius led the Roman army in a new invasion. This time, there was resistance from some of the British tribes but the Romans were successful

Question 23

Who was the British Tribal leader that fought against the Romans during the invasion?

Answer 23

Boudicca, the queen of the Iceni in what is now eastern England

Question 24

Where do you find the statue of Bouddic?

Answer 24

• On Westminster Bridge in London, near the Houses of Parliament.

Question 25

Was Scotland ever conquered by the Romans?

Answer 25

False

Question 26

What remains do we have in Scotland after the Roman Invasion?

Answer 26

The Emperor Hadrian - built a wall in the north of England to keep out the Picts (ancestors of the Scottish people) and a number of forts

Parts of Hadrian’s Wall, including the forts of Housesteads and Vindolanda,

Question 27

When did the Romans leave Britain and why?

Answer 27

• left Britain in AD 410

- to defend other parts of the Roman Empire.