Mid Years

Question 1

Who were the first Earliest migrants to Britain (5)

Answer 1

Celts
Romans
Anglo Saxons
Vikings
Normans

Question 2

When did the Romans arrive in Britain

Answer 2

43AD - They stayed for 400 years

Question 3

When did the Anglo-Saxons arrive in Britain

Answer 3

450AD - After Roman occupation

Question 4

When did the Normans arrive in Britain

Answer 4

1066

Question 5

Who were the Huegenots (when did they migrate?)

Answer 5

They were French Protestants that came to Britain - They came in-between the 1560s and 1590s

Question 6

Why did the Hugenots Migrate to Britain

Answer 6

They were being persecuted for their relgion by Catholic leaders and followers. Many were killed

Question 7

What did the Huegenots Bring to Britain

Answer 7

They were highly skilled craftsmen and took up jobs like weavers, merchants and joiners. And they joined indrustries that were responible for watch-making, gun-making and bookbinding

Question 8

Why did many South Asian Migrants turn to Britain after WW2

Answer 8

Job opportunities, better lifestyles, to come over and work for the NHS

Question 9

Where did the South Asian migrants mainly live after migrating to Britain

Answer 9

North of England, and The Midlands

Question 10

When Did the leader of Uganda - Idi Amin expell South Asians

Answer 10

1972

Question 11

What were some negative things that South Asians faced in Britain

Answer 11

-They faced Discrimination
-A lot of South Asians lost thier jobs between 1970’s to 1980’s
-Laws were also passed to limit the amount of South Asian migration
-A young man named Altab Ali was murdered by British youths in a racially motivated killing

Question 12

What percentage of South Asians were self-employed by 1991?

Answer 12

26% of South Asians were self-employed by 1991.

Question 13

What percentage of sweet shops, grocers, and newsagents in Britain were owned by South Asians by the early 1990s?

Answer 13

70% of sweet shops, grocers, and newsagents in Britain were owned by South Asians by the early 1990s.

Question 14

What types of groups developed to fight discrimination?

Answer 14

Anti-racist groups, such as the Asian Youth Movements, started to develop to fight discrimination.

Question 15

What was a common social trend between British and South Asian peoples?

Answer 15

There were many marriages between British and South Asian peoples.

Question 16

What was the orginization that Pushed Racial hatred towards South Asians

Answer 16

The National Front

Question 17

What is content when we desribe a source

Answer 17

It is how well the source gives an accurate repesentation and its contents are usefull

Question 18

What is Provenance when we describe a Source

Answer 18

Who - who created it and does this make it more or less useful?
What – what type of source is it and does it make it more or less useful?
When – when was it produced? Does it make it more or less useful?
Why – why was it produced? What purpose did they have/what did they want to
achieve?
Where – where was it produced and does this make it more or less useful?

Question 19

Here are some Examples (this is not a flashcard, its just to help you)

Answer 19

Is its content (message of the source) useful? Does it describe a positive or negative
experience for South Asian migrants?
Is its provenance (who wrote it and when it was written) useful? It was written by
Muhammed Huque who is a South Asian, why does this make it useful? It was also
written in 1978, why does this make it useful?

Question 20

When did Hitler come to power

Answer 20

30 Jan 1933

Question 21

What and when was the Nazis’ first discriminative action against the jews in power

Answer 21

The boycott of Jewish shops
1 April 1933

Question 22

When was the legal persecution against jews

Answer 22

April 1933

Question 23

What did the legal persecution of Jews involve

Answer 23

Jews working for the government were dismissed
Jewish lawyers cannot have non-jewish clients
There was a MASSIVE decrease of places for non jews in schools
Jewish newspapers were shut down

Question 24

What did the legal persecution of Jews involve

Answer 24

Jews working for the government were dismissed
Jewish lawyers cannot have non-jewish clients
There was a MASSIVE decrease of places for non jews in schools
Jewish newspapers were shut down

Question 25

When was the nuremberg laws

Answer 25

1935

Question 26

When did Migration from Eastern Europe start

Answer 26

1500’s. This also happened a lot in the 1600’s and 1700’s and 1900’s

Question 27

What were the types of Jewish resistance

Answer 27

Ringelblum archive
Jewish children studying
Celebrating Hanukkah
Smuggling in food
Partisan activity
Armed resistance

Question 28

When was Kristallnacht

Answer 28

9-10 Nov. 1938

Question 29

Why was the Persectution of Jews quieter in 1936

Answer 29

Because Germany hid it away during the 1936 Berlin Olimpic Games

Question 30

Who was Altab Ali

Answer 30

An immigrant who was murdered by white youths

Question 31

What was Kristallnacht?

Answer 31

“Night of Broken Glass”
Series of Anti-Jew attacks, discreetly encouraged by police
91 Jews murdered
20,000 sent to camps
Synagogues burnt
Jews forced to pay 1 billion Reichsmarks (Nazi currency) in damages

Question 32

When is a source useful

Answer 32

If it has sufficient and accurate information to make an inference

Question 33

What was the EVW scheme

Answer 33

When 90000 Eastern European people were invited to take up jobs in Britain

Question 34

What were some places that Jewish citizens were kept by the Nazis

Answer 34

• Makeshift Ghettos
  -Labour Camps
  -Death Camps

Question 35

Why was the EVW scheme introduced

Answer 35

Because Britain was short of workers after the war

Question 36

What was the British nationality act

Answer 36

It clarified the right of people living throughout contries in the British Empire to live and work permenantly in Britain

Question 37

What were some ways that Jewish people resisted Nazi forces

Answer 37

-They smuggled food into the ghettos
-They smuggled weapons into some ghettos and started rebellions
-Stole Nazi resources in Labour camps and used them to aid thier escape
-The Partisans ( saved thousands of Jewish lives and help to take down some Nazis )