The Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations is ___

• an association of the former British colonies

• a union of sovereign states

• an organization of independent countries

• all three

The international headquarters of the Commonwealth of Nations are located in

• Westminster Palace

• Buckingham Palace

• Marlborough House

• Windsor Castle

Under the reign of which British monarch did Britain become a great sea power and start its colonial policy?

• Elizabeth I

• Edward I

• Henry VIII

• Queen Victoria

Which country was called “the Jewel in the Crown”?

• The USA

• India

• Canada

• Australia

The country which got its independence of the British Crown first was

• the USA.

• Ireland

• Canada

• Australia

The Statute of Westminster recognized the independence of the British colonies in

• 1921

• 1931

• 1939

• 1947

The people of which country speak more than 800 different languages?

• Zimbabwe

• Papua New Guinea

• Trinidad and Tobago

• Pakistan

The head of the Commonwealth of Nations is

• the British Monarch

• the British Prime Minister.

• the American President.

• the Commonwealth’s Governor-General