BLANK FILLING

Choose 10 answers from the box and write the correct letter in the blanks. 

By the end of the eighth century  , the King of Mercia, built the great earthwork along his western borders to keep out the Welsh.

 is usually remembered as the English king who had six wives one after another.

Although the UK is one of Europe's leading fishing countries, the industry has been in  .

In 1908 figure skater  became the first female athlete to win a medal in the Winter Games.

English oppression and the  of 1845-1849 drove 1.5 million Irishmen from their homeland to the Unite States.

In 1867 Russia sold  to the US for 7.2 million dollars.

 is a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for drama and the only American playwright to win the Noble Prize for literature. 

By 1608,  had reached Quebec where he founded France's first permanent Canadian colony.

In 1951 Australia, New Zealand, and the United States signed the .

The  had been the only instrument played, but many other instruments were added later in Ireland.