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Help! Several words were lost while moving excerpts from Wikipedia's article on the United Kingdom to this quiz. Fill in the blanks to restore these sentences.
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The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy.
The Roman departure was followed by Anglo-Saxon settlement.
In 1066, the Normans invaded England from northern France.
The Magna Carta was the first document to state that no government was above the law.
Wales was fully incorporated into the Kingdom of England.
British imperial ambition turned towards Asia, particularly to India.
The Labour Party emerged from an alliance of trade unions and small socialist groups in 1900.
In 1940, the Royal Air Force defeated the German Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain.
The post-war limits of Britain's international role were illustrated by the Suez Crisis of 1956.
In 2016, 51.9 per cent of voters in the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union.
The Royal Greenwich Observatory in London was chosen as the defining point of the Prime Meridian.
Its currency, the pound sterling, is the fourth most-traded currency in the foreign exchange market.
The United Kingdom led the Industrial Revolution from the 18th century.
The red double-decker bus has entered popular culture as an internationally recognised icon of England.
London Heathrow Airport, located 15 miles (24 km) west of the capital, is the world's second busiest airport.
The English playwright and poet William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest dramatist of all time.
Birmingham became known as the birthplace of heavy metal, with the band Black Sabbath starting there.
Roasts are served with either roasted or boiled vegetables, Yorkshire pudding, and gravy.
The first international football match was contested by England and Scotland on 30 November 1872.
The flag of the United Kingdom is the Union Flag.
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