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Women in History

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which international sporting event will remove 'Women's' from its title in 2021?

a)

F1 Grand Prix

b)

The World Cup

c)

The Rugby World Cup

d)

The US Masters

2.

In which Ancient Greek society were women taught to read and write?

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

c)

Crete

d)

Macedonia

3.

Which of these is a primary source?

a)

A history test book

b)

A TV documentary

c)

An artefact from the time being studied

d)

A scientific study of a past event

4.

What was destroying the port of Dunwich in 1086?

a)

An army

b)

An earthquake

c)

The plague

d)

The sea

5.

Which of these is a secondary source about the Medieval era?

a)

The diary of a medieval king

b)

A medieval clock

c)

Skulls of medieval people

d)

A history book on the medieval period

6.

In which year were women over the age of 30 given the vote in Britain?

a)

1908

b)

1918

c)

1919

d)

1928

7.

Which group of women used violence to campaign for the right to vote?

a)

The Suffragettes

b)

The Suffragists

c)

The Spartans

d)

The Athenians

8.

Which word means, 'working for women's rights to achieve equality between the sexes'?

a)

Eurocentric

b)

Suffrage

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Feminism

9.

Which word means, 'the right to vote'?

a)

Suffragette

b)

Suffragist

c)

Suffrage

d)

Equality

10.

Which word means, 'a person who dies for a cause'?

a)

Martyr

b)

Contemporary

c)

Militant

d)

Hunger Strike

11.

Which word means, 'the study of the past based on what people left behind, particularly artefacts'?

a)

Artefact

b)

Source

c)

Archaeology

d)

Earthenware

12.

Which woman led the movement for female suffrage in Britain?

a)

Cilla Black

b)

Queen Victoria

c)

Emily Bronte

d)

Emmeline Pankhurst