Název projektuModerní škola Registrační číslo projektuCZ.1.07/1.5.00/ Název aktivity III/2 Inovace a zkvalitnění výuky prostřednictvím ICT Název vzdělávacího materiáluReálie Číslo vzdělávacího materiálu VY_32_INOVACE_05_6 – English Speaking Countries Quiz Jméno autoraJaroslava Čejková Tegerová Název školy Střední škola živnostenská Sokolov, příspěvková organizace „EU peníze středním školám“

QUIZ English Speaking Countries

1. Original inhabitants of New Zealand are called A) Maori B) Kiwis C) Aborigines A) Maori (Kiwis are the white population, Aborigines come from Australia)

2. The Australian Ayers Rock is known as A) Umati B) Kata Tjua C) Uluru C) Uluru (Kata Tjua is another Australian rock formation, also in UNESCO, Umati means „family in a Swahili language)

3. The first man on Mount Everest, Edmud Hillary, came from A) New Zealand B) the USA C) Australia A) New Zealand

4. A document called ….. is deposited in the Salisbury Cathedral. A) Magna Charta B) Munich Pact C) Declaration of independence A) Magna Carta – (1215) the document limits King‘s power by law and protects his subjects privileges

5. This Opera house is in A) Sydney B) Melbourne C) Perth A) Sydney

6. In 1642, New Zealand was discovered by … A) James Cook B) Christopher Columbus C) Abel Tasman C) Abel Tasman

7. What famous bridge can you see? A) Verrazano Bridge B) Millennium Bridge C) Golden Gate Bridge C) Golden Gate Bridge - San Francisco, the USA (Verrazano Bridge also know as Brooklyn Bridge is in New York, Millennium Bridge is in London)

8. What makes a natural border between Canada and the USA? A) Victoria Falls B) Niagara Falls C) Yosemite Falls B) Niagara Falls – ( Victoria Falls is in Africa, Yosemite Falls is in the USA – Yosemite national Park)

9. The largest tree of the planet grows in ……… National Park in the USA A Yosemite B) Sequoia C) Yellowstone B) Sequoia National Park (California) – the tree, that is 83 m tall, is called General Sherman

10 Ben Nevis is a highest mountain of A) England B) Wales C) Scotland C) Scotland – it is also the highest mountain of the UK

11. National Australian animal is… B) a coala bear A) a platypus B) a coala bear C) a kangaroo

12. Which is a New Zealand Flag? A is correct (B is Australian, C is the UK) A) B) C)

13. The Thanksgiving Day in the USA is celebrated on… A) first Tuesday in October B) second Thursday in November C) fourth Thursday in November C) fourth Thursday in November

14. The home city of The Beatles is …. A) Birmingham B) Liverpool C) London B) Liverpool

15. The Great Lakes between the USA an Canada comprises of five big lakes : Superior, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and …. A) Erie B) Great Bear C) Great Slave A) Erie