Life in the UK Practice Test Questions from Chapter 2 – Section 1 of the Official Handbook

 

Migration to Britain

Many people living in Britain today have their origins in other countries.

1. 1. True

   2. False

People living in Britain today can trace their roots to regions throughout the world such as

1. 1. Europe

   2. The Middle East

   3. Africa

   4. Asia

   5. Caribbean

   6. China

In the distant past, invaders came to Britain to

seize land and stay

find safety,

 

1. find jobs

   for a better life

Recently, people came to Britain to

seize land

find safety,

find jobs

for a better life

Britain is proud of its tradition of offering

Safety to people who are escaping persecution and hardship.

Better economic conditions

Better educational facilities

A sunny climate

In the 16 th and 18 th centuries, Huguenots (French Protestants) came to Britain to escape

Religious persecution in France

Famine

War

In the mid – 1840s many Irish people migrated to Britain To escape

religious persecution

terrible famine in Ireland

Many Irish men who migrated in 1840s became

Laborers

Academics

Business owners

Pub owners

Many Irish men who migrated in 1840s helped to build

canals and railways across Britain

Castles

Ships

Trading posts overseas

From 1880 to 1910, a large number of Jewish people came to Britain to escape racist attacks (called ‘pogroms’)

True

False

From 1880 to 1910, a large number of Jewish people came to Britain in what was then called the Russian Empire and from the countries now called

Poland,

Ukraine

Belarus.

Kazakhstan

 

Migration since 1945

There were not enough people to rebuild Britain,

After the First World War (1914-18)

After the Second World War (1939-45)

After the French revolution

After the Second World War (1939-45), the British government encouraged workers from

Ireland

other parts of Europe

Asia

Africa

In 1948, people from the West Indies were also invited to come and work in Britain.

True

False

During the 1950s, there was still a shortage of labor in the UK.

True

False

The UK encouraged immigration in the 1950s for economic reasons

and many industries advertised for workers from overseas.

True

False

In the 1950s many industries advertised for workers from overseas

True

False

In the 1950s centers were set up in the West Indies to recruit people to

Drive buses.

Teach children

Drive taxis

work in farms

Textile and engineering firms from which parts of UK recruited overseas ?

North of England

the Midlands

West of England

East of England

Textile and engineering firms sent recruitment agents to

India

Pakistan

Ceylon

Maldives

For about 25 years, people from which countries, traveled to work and settle in Britain.

The West Indies,

India,

Pakistan,

Bangladesh

Ethiopia

In the late 1960s British government passed new laws to restrict immigration to Britain

True

False

In the late 1960s British government passed new laws to restrict immigration to Britain from which countries ?

West Indies

India

Pakistan

Bangladesh

Ireland

In the late 1960s, immigrants from ‘old’ Commonwealth countries such as Australia, New Zealand and Canada faced strict immigration controls.

True

False

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