NewsTracker Answers for week of June 13, 2016

Q: Voters in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will decide next week whether to remain part of the European Union (EU), an economic and political partnership of 28 European countries. Where is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as Britain?

Circle the area on this map


Q: The European Union began after World War II to foster economic co-operation, with the idea that countries which trade together are more likely to avoid going to war with each other. Which nation was NOT among the founders of this common market?

A. Britain

B. France

C. Germany

D. Italy


A. In 1973, Britain, Denmark and Ireland became the first nations to join the six – Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany – which founded the organization in 1958. The EU is a "single market" allowing goods and people to move around as if the member states were one country.


Q: Voters appear about evenly split on the United Kingdom leaving the EU. Why do many want to leave the union?

A. Immigration

B. Business rules

C. Membership fees

D. All of the above


D. They say the EU imposes too many rules on business and charges billions each year in membership fees for little in return. They also want Britain to take back full control of its borders and reduce the number of people coming from other EU nations to live and/or work in the United Kingdom.


Q: Nearly two year ago voters in which part of the United Kingdom rejected a plan to break away from the rest of the nation?

A. England

B. Northern Ireland

C. Scotland

D. Wales


C. Scotland’s voters rejected independence from a union formed when the parliaments of England and Scotland created the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. But, some politicians recently warned that the independence movement could be revived if Britain leaves the EU.


Q: One of the leaders of the campaign to leave the EU is Boris Johnson, the former mayor of London. London is capital of the United Kingdom and the largest city in Europe. Who founded London?

A. Saxons

B. Romans

C. Normans

D. Celts


B. People lived in small settlements in the area near the Thames River thousands of years before Romans established the city of Londinium after they invaded Britain in 43 AD. Many business leaders fear that leaving the EU could hurt the nation’s economy and London’s role as a global financial center.