Life in the UK test practice question · History
Which TWO groups settled in England in the second half of the 1600s? Select TWO answers.
Answer options
- Jewish people, who were allowed to return from the 1650sCorrect
- Passengers from the ship Empire Windrush
- French Protestants, called HuguenotsCorrect
- Viking settlers from Denmark
Answer: Jewish people, who were allowed to return from the 1650s and French Protestants, called Huguenots
Jewish people resettled under Oliver Cromwell in the 1650s. Many Huguenots escaped religious persecution in France after 1685. Windrush arrived in 1948, and the Vikings came centuries earlier.
Checked 8 November 2026