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Dark Ages Final Test

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did the Romans arrive in Britain?

a)

Around 200 AD

b)

Around 43AD

c)

Around 550AD

d)

Around 100BC

2.

Who was Boudica?

a)

A Celtic Queen who rebelled against the Roman Invasion

b)

A Roman Queen who led armies of men into Britain

c)

A viking goddess

d)

A Greek warrior

3.

Where is King Arthur meant to have lived?

a)

Leeds Castle

b)

Hampton Court

c)

Windsor Castle

d)

Tintagel Castle

4.

When did the Saxons arrive in Britain?

a)

The 4th Century

b)

The 5th Century

c)

The 6th Century

d)

The 7th Century

5.

What was the life expectancy during Saxon Times?

a)

30 years

b)

40 years

c)

50 years

d)

60 years

6.

Who did Beowulf battle with?

a)

Merlin

b)

Thor

c)

Grendel

d)

Beast of Bodmin

7.

Where did the Vikings invade first, after arriving in Britain?

a)

The Shetland Islands

b)

Lindisfarne

c)

A Norfolk Monastry

d)

Wessex

8.
Who was the head Viking god?
a)
Odin
b)
Thor
c)
Frost Giants
d)
Loki
9.
What is a berskerker?
a)
A really good cook
b)
A crazy fighter
c)
A big boat
d)
A dog
10.
What was on the front of Viking longships ad why was it there?
a)
Serpents and dragons and they were put there to scare people
b)
mermaids were put there to make people happy
c)
compass to guide the Vikings
11.

The Crusades began soon after the Seljuk Turks threatened which of the following Christian nations?

a)

the Kingdom of France

b)

the Kingdom of England

c)

the Byzantine Empire

d)

the Holy Roman Empire

12.

The First Crusade had the intended goal of capturing which city?

a)

Rome

b)

Jerusalem

c)

Mecca

d)

Cairo

13.

Which of the following people called on all Christian warriors to fight against the Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land?

a)

Pope Urban II

b)

Charlemagne

c)

Richard the Lionheart

d)

Saladin

14.

The Magna Carta

a)

gave all power to the king

b)

limited the king's power

c)

allowed a new royal family to rule

d)

made England and France one country

15.

Magna Carta was signed by

a)

King John of England

b)

King Richard Lionheart

c)

Charlemagne

d)

King William the Conqueror

16.
Where did the Black Death originate?
a)
Asia
b)
Europe
c)
America
d)
Constantinople
17.
When did the Black Death arrive in Europe?
a)
1200
b)
1532
c)
1347
d)
1776
18.
What may be the culprit for bringing the plague to Europe?
a)
fleas/bears
b)
fleas/black rats
c)
ticks/black rats
d)
ticks/brown bears
19.
An estimated ____ of Europe's population died due to the plague.
a)
1/4
b)
2/3
c)
1/3
d)
80%
20.
Which is NOT a main symptom of the plague?
a)
lose teeth
b)
large boils
c)
spasms (shaking)
d)
vomitting
21.
Which lyric is associated with the "bad air" and stench of death during the plague outbreaks?
a)
"Ring around the rosy"
b)
"Pocket full of posies"
c)
"Ashes, ashes"
d)
"We all fall down"
22.
The British Royal Family's surname is....
a)
Middleton
b)
Mountbatten-Windsor
c)
Buckingham
d)
Kensington
23.
Who is the third in line to the throne?
a)
Prince Harry
b)
Prince Charles
c)
Prince William
d)
Prince George
24.

How many wives did King Henry Execute ?

a)

6

b)

3

c)

2

d)

9

25.

How long was Henry's reign in England

a)

36 years

b)

57 years

c)

59 years

d)

30 years

26.
What year was Queen Victoria born?
a)
2017
b)
2010
c)
1416
d)
1819
27.
How many children did Queen Victoria have?
a)
15
b)
12
c)
9
d)
2
28.
During Queen Victoria's reign....
a)
Britain became the most powerful and richest country in the world
b)
Mr Davies was born
c)
The first Iphone was released
d)
World War 2 broke out
29.
How many attempts were made on Queen Victoria’s life?
a)
4
b)
9
c)
7
d)
3
30.

Where was William Wallace born?

a)

in Wales

b)

in Scotland

c)

in England

d)

in Ireland

31.

When was William Wallace born?

a)

in 1170

b)

in 1270

c)

in 1570

d)

in 1670

32.

How did William Wallace die?

a)

he died of an old age

b)

he died of an illness

c)

he was cruelly executed

d)

he died in a battle

33.

Who led Scotland to freedom and became the King of Scotland after Wallace's death?

a)

John Makenze

b)

Robert the Bruce

c)

James Fraser

d)

Alexander Malcolm

34.
 When did the Great Fire  start?
a)
September 2, 1366
b)
September 2, 1666
c)
September 2, 1466
d)
September 2, 1566
35.
On what street did the Great Fire start?
a)
Fleet Street
b)
Pudding Street
c)
Lombard Street
d)
Fetter Lane
36.
How did it start?
a)
Someone let off a firework
b)
There was an attack.
c)
Someone in a bakery forgot to put a fire out in their oven
d)
It remains a mystery to this day
37.
How do we know where the Great Fire started?
a)
Map
b)
The London Gazette Newspaper
c)
Samuel Pepys diaries
d)
Portrait of King Charles II
38.
What contributed to the rapid spreading of the Great Fire?
a)
All of these
b)
The summer had been very hot and dry.
c)
The  wooden houses were tightly-packed.
d)
Strong winds from the east.
39.
What famous landmark was destroyed by the fire?
a)
Whitehall Palace
b)
St. Paul`s  Cathedral
c)
Tower of London
d)
Tower Bridge
40.

Who ordered the Tower of London to be built?

a)

Richard the Lionheart

b)

Henry iii

c)

William the Conquerer

d)

King Edward V

41.

When was the Tower of London built? (more than one answer)

a)

in 1078

b)

in 12th century

c)

in the Middle Ages

d)

in 1424

e)

in 15th century

42.

In the Middle Ages the Tower of London used to be....

a)

a place where traitors were killed

b)

a prison

c)

a church

43.

It is believed that there are ghosts inside the Tower od London, where exactly?

a)

in the Bloody Tower

b)

the White Tower

c)

in the Salt Tower

d)

the Middle Tower

44.

True or false? There was a zoo in the Tower for over 600 years.

a)

true

b)

false

45.

Who is it?

a)

a soldier

b)

Beefeater

c)

Beafether

d)

a normal guard

46.

What does a Beefeater do? (more than one answer)

a)

lives in the Tower of London

b)

protects the Queen

c)

looks after the Crown Jewels

d)

protects the Tower of London

e)

lives at the Buckingham Palace

47.

The Titanic was build in...

a)

Southampton

b)

New York

c)

Belfast

d)

Boston

48.
What year did the Titanic sink?
a)
1912
b)
1812
c)
2012
d)
1982
49.
What did the band do while the ship was sinking?
a)
continued to play
b)
jumped overboard
c)
helped others onto the lifeboats
50.
Which couple laid in bed while it was sinking?
a)
founder of Macy's department store
b)
founder of McDonalds
c)
the president and his wife
51.

How many people died when the Titanic sunk?

a)

1500

b)

1600

c)

1700

d)

1800

52.

How many women did Jack the Ripper kill?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

53.
All the murders happened ...
a)
in the City.
b)
in West End.
c)
in East End. 
d)
at the Buckingham Palace.
54.
The name Jack the Ripper comes from ...
a)
the way he killed his victims.
b)
the diary he had.
c)
the letter he wrote to Scotland Yard.
55.

What was interesting about the murders of Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes?

a)

They were sisters.

b)

They were killed on the same night.

c)

They were both killed in the same place.

d)

They each had a wooden leg.

56.

Because of a recent DNA test, which suspect was the favourite to be Jack the Ripper?

a)

Montague Johnson Druitt

b)

Michael Ostrog

c)

Joseph Barratt

d)

Aaron Kosminski

57.

What was found under the floorboards of James Maybrick's Liverpool estate house?

a)

A severed hand.

b)

An ear.

c)

A diary.

d)

A half eaten biscuit.

58.

The name jack the ripper comes from...

a)

The way he killed his victims.

b)

The diary he had.

c)

The letter he wrote to Scotland yard.

59.

What happened in Ireland to that caused many people to emigrate to America?

a)

Invasion of snakes

b)

Invasion by St Patrick

c)

Invasion by the English

d)

potato famine

60.
  Robin Hood lived in …
a)
  the city of Nottingham;
b)
   the Sherwood Forest;
c)
   London.
61.
Why did people join Robin Hood in the forest?
a)
     to hunt wild animals;
b)
 to be free and help the poor;
c)
 to fight the Crusaders.
62.
When was the earliest appearance of Robin Hood in literature?
a)
1500
b)
1242
c)
1377
d)
1776
63.

Whay year was Ireland seperated into Northern Ireland and the rublic of Ireland?

a)

1900

b)

1902

c)

1910

d)

1916

64.

Why did the Romans leave Britain?

a)

The climate was to cold to grow produce

b)

The vikings had invaded

c)

The Celts drove them out

d)

They had run out of money and their empire was beginning to weaken.

65.
World War One combat ended on Nov. 11, 1918 and later officially with the signing of __.
a)
The Constitution of the US
b)
The League of Nations
c)
The Treaty of Versailles
d)
The Fourteen Point Plan
66.
What country "switched" sides in 1915, leaving the Central Powers and joining the Allied Powers?
a)
France
b)
Russia
c)
Austria-Hungary
d)
Italy
67.
Which is not a cause of WWI?
a)
Militarism
b)
Railroads
c)
Alliances
d)
Nationalism
68.
The death of Franz Ferdinand Started WWI. Where was he from?
a)
Minnesota
b)
Germany
c)
Austria-Hungary
d)
Russia
69.
Rationing is...
a)
A restriction on how much people can eat during a war
b)
A mathematical term where you find the hypotenuses of a circle
c)
Paying back money owed from a war
d)
A major cause of WWI
70.
Which of the following was NOT a new weapon used in WWI?
a)
Machine gun
b)
Tanks
c)
Poison gas
d)
Atomic Bombs
71.

What occured on December 7, 1941?

a)

VE Day

b)

Pearl Harbor was bombed

c)

VJ Day

d)

Germany invaded Poland

72.

What countries made up the Axis Powers?

a)

Japan, China, & Korea

b)

Italy, Germany, & Soviet Union

c)

Germany, Italy, & Japan

d)

Germany, Italy, & China

73.

Where did the D-Day landings take place?

a)

Nagasaki Japan

b)

Hiroshima Japan

c)

Berlin Germany

d)

Normandy France

74.
Which of the following countries had a totalitarian government in World War 2?
a)
Italy
b)
France
c)
Britain
d)
United States
75.
Which of the following describes the "Final Solution"?
a)
dropping atomic bombs on Japan
b)
killing of the Jews
c)
secret plan to invade Poland
d)
the official end of World War 2
76.
Which of the following describes the "Final Solution"?
a)
dropping atomic bombs on Japan
b)
killing of the Jews
c)
secret plan to invade Poland
d)
the official end of World War 2
77.
What event caused World War 2 to occur?
a)
assassination of the archduke
b)

Germany invaded Poland

c)
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
d)
Germany invaded Austria
78.
Who was the leader of Britain during World War 2?
a)
Stalin
b)
FDR
c)
Churchill
d)
Mussolini
79.
Which day marked the end of WW2?
a)
D-Day
b)
VJ Day
c)
VE Day
d)
Pearl Harbor
80.

Why was the Dark Ages called the Dark Ages?

a)

It was always raining

b)

It was a period of time historians know little about

c)

There was so much torture

d)

There was no monarchy

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