London

Londinium was part of the Roman province called Britannia.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

By 100 CE Londinium had a population of about 65.000 and became the capital of the Roman province of Britannia.

Six important roads started in or passed through Londinium: one of the most famous was Watling Street.

In the Middle Ages, London was the centre of monarchy and religion.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Westminster was the centre of government and religion. It was a small town two miles west of London.

In Elizabethan London, Southwark was the entertainment centre, with theaters and taverns.

• True

• False

It took five years for Shakespeare and the Lord Chamberlain's Men to build the Globe Theatre.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The Globe Theatre was built in 1599 and existed until 1642. A modern version, that you can still see in London, has been rebuilt in 1997.

Sir Francis Drake started the first English colony in the New World.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Francis Drake was the first Englishman to sail around the world, but it was Sir Walter Raleigh that started the first English colony: the actual American state of Virginia.

Samuel Pepys wrote about the plague and the Great Fire of London in the London newspaper.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Samuel Pepys wrote about the plague an the Great Fire of London in his personal diary.

Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren were two great British architects who changed London's appearance.

• True

• False

Dickens' London was a centre of industry and trade and the world's largest city.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Dickens lived in the so called Victorian Age, thanks to queen Victoria who was queen from 1837 to 1901.

Jack the Ripper is just an invented character.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

"Jack the Ripper" was the name given to a real man who murdered many young women in London's East End and was never caught. It was thought to be an upper-class doctor.

The Blitz took place between the two World Wars.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The Blitz was the name for the continued bombing of London and other parts of Britain by Nazi Germany.