A long and illustrious history Flashcards
Is the statement below TRUE or FALSE? During the Victorian period the British empire became the biggest empire the world has ever seen.
(A) TRUE
(B) FALSE
(A) TRUE
Is the statement below TRUE or FALSE? Wales united with England during the reign of Henry VIII.
(A) TRUE
(B) FALSE
(A) TRUE
Which TWO are plays by William Shakespeare?
(A) A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Oliver Twist
(B) Romeo and Juliet and Oliver Twist
(C) A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Romeo and Juliet
(D) Pride and Prejudice, and Romeo and Juliet
(C) A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Romeo and Juliet
Which collection of poems was written by Geoffrey Chaucer?
(A) The Westbury Tales
(B) TBC
(C) The London Tales
(D) TBC
To Be Confirmed
Which were the TWO important aspects of the Reform Act of 1832?
(A) It abolished rotten boroughs and gave women the vote.
(B) It decreased the power of the monarch
(C) It greatly increased the number of people who could vote and abolished rotten boroughs.
(D) (B) It decreased the power of the monarch
(C) It greatly increased the number of people who could vote and abolished rotten boroughs.
Which TWO points on slavery are correct.
(A) William Wilberforce was a leading abolitionist and the Royal Navy refused to stop ships carrying slaves.
(B) Quakers set up the first anti-slavery groups and the Royal Navy refused to stop ships carrying slaves.
(C) Slavery survived in British Empire until 20th century and the Royal Navy refused to stop ships carrying salves.
(D) William Wilberforce was a leading abolitionist and Quakers set up the first anti-slavery groups.
(D) William Wilberforce was a leading abolitionist and Quakers set up the first anti-slavery groups.
Which TWO of the following were introduced in the early 20th century?
(A) Child Benefit payments and free school meals.
(B) The National Health Service and child benefit payment.
(C) The National Health Service (NHS) and old age pension.
(D) Old age pension and free school meals.
(D) Old age pension and free school meals.
Which TWO were 20th-century British discoveries or inventors?
(A) Radium and the printing press
(B) The hovercraft and radium
(C) Penicillin and the printing press
(D) The hovercraft and penicillin
(D) The hovercraft and penicillin
Which TWO of the following were English Civil War battles?
(A) Marston Moor and Hastings
(B) Waterloo and Marston Moor
(C) Hastings and Naseby
(D) Marston Moor and Naseby
(D) Marston Moor and Naseby
Which TWO fought in wars against Napoleon ?
(A) Winston Churchill and Duke of Wellington
(B) Margaret Thatcher and the Duke of Wellington
(C) Margaret Thatcher and Admiral Nelson
(D) Admiral Nelson and the Duke of Wellington
(D) Admiral Nelson and the Duke of Wellington
Which term “D-Day” refers to which event in British History?
(A) The Battle of Trafalgar
(B) Landing of allied troops in Normandy
(C) Dropping of the atom bomb on Japan
(D) End of the war in Europe in 1945
(B) Landing of allied troops in Normandy
Which of the following statements is correct?
(A) Hadrian’s Wall was built by the Roman Emperor Hadrian
(B) Hadrian’s Wall was built by the Picts (ancestors of the Scottish people) to keep out the Romans
(A) Hadrian’s Wall was built by the Roman Emperor Hadrian
Is the statement below TRUE or FALSE ? Sir Isaac Newton was a famous musician from the 18th century
(A) TRUE
(B) FALSE
(B) FALSE
Is the statement below TRUE or FALSE? In 1805, at the Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Nelson defeated the German fleet.
(A) TRUE
(B) FALSE
(B) FALSE
Is the statement below TRUE or FALSE? In 1833 the Emancipation Act abolished slavery throughout the British Empire
(A) TRUE
(B) FALSE
(A) TRUE
What was the name given to supporters of King Charles I during the Civil War?
(A) Luddites
(B) Roundheads
(C) Cavaliers
(D) Leveilers
(C) Cavaliers
Which cross on the Union Flag represents the patron saint of England?
(A) The diagonal white cross
(B) The diagonal red cross
(C) The upright red cross
(D) None of these
(C) The upright red cross
Which TWO were 20th-century British discoveries or inventors?
(A) Mobile phones and walkmans
(B) Cashpoints (ATMs) and walkmans
(C) Cloning a mammal and cashpoints (ATMs)
(D) Cloning a mammal and mobile phones
(D) Cloning a mammal and mobile phones
Dunkirk is associated with which TWO events?
(A) The fall of Singapore and small boats coming to the rescue
(B) The D-Day landings and the fall of Singapore
(C) The rescue of 300,000 men and small boats coming the rescue
(D) The fall of Singapore and the rescue of 300.000 men
(C) The rescue of 300,000 men and small boats coming the rescue
Which TWO of these figures were great Scottish thinkers of the Enlightenment?
(A) Robert Louis Stevenson and David Hume
(B) Adam Smith and David Hume
(C) Robert Burns and Robert Louis Stevenson
(D) Robert Burns and David Hume
To Be Confirmed
Which TWO of the following wars were English Kings involved in during he Middle Ages?
(A) The Crusades and the First World War
(B) The Crimean War and The Crusades
(C) The Crimean War and the Hundred Years War
(D) The Crusades and the Hundred Years War
(D) The Crusades and the Hundred Years War
Is the statement below TRUE or FALSE? The “Swinging Sixties” is a reference to the 1860s
(A) TRUE
(B) FALSE
(A) TRUE
