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BRITISH HISTORY

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

THE ROMAN CONQUEST WAS LED BY...

a)

CLAUDIUS

b)

JULIUS CAESAR

c)

THE CELTS

d)

THE SOLDIERS

2.

WHO DESTROYED THE ROMAN CIVILIZATION?

a)

THE CELTS

b)

THE IBERIANS

c)

THE MONARCHS

d)

THE ANGLO-SAXONS

3.

The name ENGLAND comes from the LATIN word “Angle-Land”

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

WHO WAS THE FIRST KING IN BRITAIN(ONE OF THE SEVEN ANGLO-SAXONS KINGDOMS)?

a)

CLAUDIUS

b)

CANUTE

c)

EDWARD

d)

ALFRED THE GREAT

5.

TICK ALL THE ONES THAT APPLY:

a)

During the Anglo-Saxon period: England was invaded by the Danish Vikings.

b)

The Danish Vikings conquered a large part of north-eastern England and created a confederation of Scandinavian communities called Danelaw.

c)

Alfred the Great reconquered Danelaw.

d)

During the Danish conquest: Canute, the king of Denmark and Norway, became the first king of England.

6.

_________ prepared the way for the Norman conquest.

a)

Edward the Confessor

b)

Alfred the Great

c)

Harold

d)

Julius Caesar

7.

THE NORMAN CONQUEST IMPLEMENTED ...

a)

THE USE OF FRENCH AS THE MAIN LANGUAGE.

b)

SLAVERY.

c)

THE FEUDAL SYSTEM.

d)

THE CATHOLISISM.

8.

The Magna Carta, granted by John, limited the royal power and laid the foundations for the later ...

a)

elections.

b)

feudal system.

c)

parliamentary monarchy.

d)

establishment of religion.

9.

Tick all that apply...

a)

Edward I stablished the Model Parliament (1295), which contained representatives of the three estates of Barons, Clergy and Commons.

b)

The 14th and 15th century was characterized for the transition from the feudalism to pre-industrial era.

c)

After a long period of wars, England developed a sense of national identity and ENGLISH became the OFFICIAL LANGUAGE of the country.

d)

In the mid-14th, an epidemic of bubonic plague called “Covid-19” swept across Europe.

10.

The Wars of the Roses caused the emergence of the Tudor absolutism.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

HE ESTABLISHED A REPUBLICAN REGIME.

a)

CHARLES I

b)

CHARLES II

c)

OLIVER CROMWELL

d)

JAMES II

12.

PROTECTORATE IS SYNONYM OF...

a)

DEMOCRACY

b)

AUTHORITARISM

c)

MILITARY DICTATORSHIP

d)

MONARCHY

13.

THE RESTORATION OF THE MONARCHY STARTS WITH...

a)

OLIVER CROMWELL

b)

CHARLES II

c)

JAMES II

d)

CHARLES I

14.

THE MODERN SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT LEFT BEHIND "SOVEREIGN", AND THE PRIME MINISTER AND HIS (a)   WERE NOW THE HEAD OF THE EXECUTIVE.

15.

IT IS NOT A CONSEQUENCE OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION:

a)

NEW WAYS OF FARMING

b)

JAMES WATT'S CONTRIBUTION: STEAM ENGINE.

c)

TEXTILE, COAL MINING, IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY REPLACED THE HUMAN LABOR FORCE.

d)

EMERGENCE OF NOTABLE SOCIAL CLASSES: FACTORY WORKERS AND INDUSTRIALISTS.