1 The Romans came to England for the first time in August 55 B.C.
2 The original name of the British capital was Londinium. By the year 400, there were 50,000 people in the city.
3 The Romans left Britain soon after 400.
4 William the Conqueror came to England from Normandy in 1066. He built the White Tower in the Tower of London because he was afraid of the people of London.
5 The Great Fire of London started in the bakery in Pudding Lane. The fire lasted five days. One-third of London was destroyed and about 100,000 people were made homeless.
6 It may have been caused by a spark from the baker's oven falling onto a pile of fuel nearby.
7 The official name of Great Britain is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
8 When people say "Great Britain" they mean the United Kingdom.
9 Great Britain consists of Wales (Cardiff), England (London), and Scotland (Edinburgh).
10 The narrowest part of the English Channel is called the Strait of Dover.
11 No, they aren't. The people who were born in Britain are British.
12 The Union Jack consists of three heraldic crosses: the cross of St George, patron saint of England (a red cross on a white ground); the cross of St Andrew, patron saint of Scotland, (a diagonal white cross on a blue ground); the cross of St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, (a diagonal red cross on a white ground). The Union Jack symbolizes unity as well as diversity.
13 The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of countries most of whom were formerly part of the British Empire. The most prominent of these, apart from Britain itself, are Canada, Australia, India, Pakistan and New Zealand, but the Commonwealth also includes a number of African, South-East Asian and Caribbean states. Some countries, like Mozambique, have no connection with the British Empire.
14 The power in the UK belongs to the Queen.
15 In the UK laws are made by the Parliament.
