Which of the following statements about the Commonwealth of Nations is NOT true?

A. It has no special powers.

B. It has 50 member countries in 1991.

C. Its member nations are joined together for military purpose.

D. It is a free association of independent countries that were once colonies of Britain.

Which of the following tribes came to Britain first?

A. The Jutes. 

B. The Gaels.

C. The Angles. 

D. The Saxons.

King Alfred made a treaty with Danes allowing them to keep the northern and eastern parts of England, which later became known as ______.

A. Wessex 

B. Sussex

C. Normandy 

D. the Danelaw

______, king of England initiated the long, drawn-out struggle with France called the Hundred Years’ War.

A. Edward I 

B. Edward II

C. Edward III 

D. Henry III

 William replaced ______, the council of the Anglo-Saxon kings, with ______.

A. the Witan, Parliament 

B. the Grand Council, the Witan

C. the Witan, the Grand Council 

D. the Grand Council, Parliament