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Year 7 End of Year Fact Test Flashcards

Revise these cards to test your knowledge of a range of topics that you have studied in History this year. If you are unsure of a fact, check your book or with your teacher. Try to memorise these. You will have a test on THESE facts in class.

1
Q

What does ACE stand for?

A

After Common Era

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2
Q

What is chronology?

A

Putting events into date order

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3
Q

What is a primary source?

A

Evidence from a time period

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4
Q

Which king died in January 1066?

A

Edward the Confessor

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5
Q

Who was the Viking claimant to the English throne?

A

Harald Hardraada

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6
Q

State one disadvantage of a Motte and Bailey Castle

A

Wood can burn, wood can rot, not strong, bailey difficult to defend, labour intensive

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7
Q

Which Archbishop of Canterbury was murdered in 1170?

A

Thomas Becket

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8
Q

When was the Peasants’ Revolt?

A

1381

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9
Q

What document was King John forced to sign by the Barons in 1215?

A

Magna Carta

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10
Q

Name the 2 religions battling for power over the people during the 16th and 17th centuries?

A

Catholics and Protestants

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11
Q

Who sent the Spanish Armarda during Queen Elizabeth’s Reign?

A

King Phillip II of Spain

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12
Q

What happened on 30th January 1649?

A

King Charles I was beheaded

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13
Q

Who became Lord Protector after the English Civil War?

A

Oliver Cromwell

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14
Q

What does the term ‘prehistory’ mean?

A

Before people wrote things down

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15
Q

What does the WHO stand for?

A

World Health Organisation

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16
Q

When was the first report of the Black Death in England?

A

1347

17
Q

Which form of plague is more deadly- pneumonic or bubonic plague?

A

Pneumonic

18
Q

What percentage of the population died during the Black Death?

A

50 percent

19
Q

Why was the Black Death a pandemic?

A

It spread across the world

20
Q

What was the term given to the belief ‘bad air’ caused disease?

A

Miasma

21
Q

Which area of England suffered the most during the Great Plague?

A

London

22
Q

What was the significant event which helped end the Great Plague?

A

The Great Fire of London

23
Q

How is cholera spread?

A

Dirty Water and Food

24
Q

Who was the first person to identify penicillin?

A

Joseph Lister

25
Q

Who ‘rediscovered’ penicillin in 1928?

A

Alexander Fleming

26
Q

In which war was penicillin first used?

A

Second World War

27
Q

What year was the NHS set up?

A

1948

28
Q

What centuries did the Industrial Revolution take place?

A

18th-19th Centuries

29
Q

What was the job name given to a person who helped in the excavation of roads, railways or canals during the industrial revolution?

A

A Navvy

30
Q

Who was the founder of Ford Motors?

A

Henry Ford

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