Vocabulary - missing words 1 (Intermediate)

Choose the correct word from the multiple choices for each gap.

Great Britain, the industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its , the British Empire stretched over more than one-fourth of the earth's . The second half of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously after two World Wars. The second half the dismantling of the Empire and the UK rebuilding into a modern and prosperous European nation. It is now the fifth largest trading nation in the world. The UK currently is weighing the of its integration with continental Europe. A member of the EU, it chose to remain of the EMU for the time . Constitutional reform is also a significant issue in the UK. Regional assemblies with degrees of power opened in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland in 1999.