WorksheetsEnd of Unit Test- 1901- 1920
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Which country was the first in the world to have an industrial revolution?
USA
Britain
Germany
Japan
Which monarch died in 1901?
King Edward VII
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Victoria
King Edward VIII
Which class or group of people made up the majority of the population in Britain in 1901?
The very rich (upper class)
The relatively wealthy (middle class)
The poor (working class)
In 1901, which country had the largest empire?
Britain
France
Germany
Portugal
Which of these car designers used mass production to make cheaper cars on an assembly line?
Benz
Daimler
Ford
Which of these household items was NOT in widespread use by 1920?
Cassette player
Telephone
Wristwatch
Camera
Which of these cartoon characters was NOT known in the early 1900s?
Donald Duck
Minnie Mouse
Homer Simpson
Pluto
In 1901, how much shorter on average was a poor child than a rich child of the same age?
2cm
6cm
9cm
12cm
Which of these men did NOT become prime minister?
Rowntree
Lloyd George
Churchill
When was the School Meals Act passed?
1906
1910
1933
What is the term given for government laws, ideas and measures designed to help some of the most vulnerable in society?
Conservative Reforms
Loony Reforms
Liberal Reforms
Which of these changes did children experience due to the Children's Charter of 1908?
Children under 14 to be kept out of pubs
Cigarettes not to be sold to children under 16
Parents to be prosecuted for child neglect or cruelty
All of the above
What happened to life expectancy in Britain in the first half of the twentieth century?
It increased
It decreased
It stayed the same
What happened to infant mortality (rates of babies dying) in Britain in the first half of the twentieth century?
It increased
It decreased
It stayed the same
What does 'suffrage' mean?
Pain
Female
Vote
Determination
Which of these tactics was used by suffragettes at the beginning of the 20th century?
Chaining themselves to railings in Downing Street
Pelting politicians with eggs
Smashing Parliament's windows
All of the above
In which year were women over 30 given the right to vote in Britain, providing they owned property?
1908
1918
1920
1928
When was the First World War fought?
1914- 1916
1912- 1914
1914- 1918
1913- 1919
Which of the following groups of countries was allied at the outbreak of the First World War?
Britain, France and Germany
Germany, Austria- Hungary and Turkey
France, Italy and Austria- Hungary
Russia, Serbia and Austria- Hungary
The area between the lines of trenches dug by the opposing armies was known by what term?
The wasteland
Nobody's land
No man's land
No-go zone
Which country in the British Commonwealth sent the largest volunteer army the world had yet seen to fight for Britain in WW1?
China
Canada
Australia
India
How many soldiers were sent from the British Empire to fight in WW1?
2.5 million
5 million
1 million
500,000
Which of these continents did not see any battles during WW1?
Africa
Asia
South America
Europe
Which creature was used by doctors in WW1 to clean wounds?
Leeches
Maggots
Eels
Mice
Which of the following medical technologies was NOT invented during WW1?
X-ray
Mobile X-ray
Thomas Splint
Effective blood storage
What colour of remembrance poppy symbolises peace?
Khadi
Black
Purple
White
What colour of remembrance poppy symbolises the contribution of Caribbean soldiers during WW1 to the British war effort?
White
Khadi
Black
Purple
What is the technical term for an inflatable airship of the type used to drop bombs on cities in WW1?
Zeppelin
Zepalin
Zeplin
Zepelin
What is the term for a permanent agreement of peace between nations?
Treaty
Armistice
Ceasefire
Warrant
Which nations were represented by the Big Three at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919?
Britain, France and Germany
Britain, France and Italy
Britain, France and China
Britain, France and America
Whose idea was the League of Nations?
Woodrow Wilson
David Lloyd George
Georges Clemenceau
Benito Mussolini
Which of these was not a clause of the Treaty of Versailles?
War innocence
War guilt
Reparations
Limiting the German army to 100,000 men
What R is the term for money paid by a country that has lost a war, for the damage and injuries it has caused?
Retribution
Reparations
Restitution
Rent
What R is limiting the amount of food each person receives, to avoid running out?
Reasoning
Rationing
Repairing
Retributing
In which year was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
1917
1918
1919
1920
What is the technical term for the civilians still living in a country that has sent an army to fight abroad?
Western Front
Abroad Front
Civil Front
Home Front
Which of these was not donated to Britain by Canada in WW1?
2,000,000 kg of cheese
100,000 large bags of potatoes
100,000 carving pumpkins
1,000,000 tins of salmon
Which of these health problems did not affect men in the trenches during WW1?
Trench foot
Pneumonia
Bronchitis
Covid
Why did Britain declare war on Germany in WW1?
Because Germany had invaded Belgium
Because Germany had invaded Poland
Because Britain blamed Germany for the death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Because the League of Nations failed
Why did Russia declare war on Austria-Hungary in WW1?
Because Russia was allied with Serbia
Because Russia was allied with Austria-Hungary
Because Austria-Hungary had invaded Russia
Because the Russians were afraid of Hitler
Which war was called 'the war to end all wars'?
WW1
WW2
WW3
The Boer War
Who were the King and Queen during WW1?
Albert and Victoria
Philip and Elizabeth II
George VI and Victoria
George V and Mary
Could women vote in Britain during WW1?
Yes
No
Yes but only if they were over 30
Yes but only if they were wealthy
Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914?
His wife, Sophie
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Gavrilo Princip
James Earl Ray
Who replaced Queen Victoria as monarch?
Her son, Leopold
Her daughter, Alice
Her daughter, Victoria
Her son, Edward
What is the collective term for men from Australia and New Zealand who fought in the First and Second World Wars?
Aboriginal
Ally
Anzac
Aryan
What is the technical term for false or misleading information used to spread a certain point of view?
Persecution
Propaganda
Censorship
Stalemate
What is the term that was given at the time for a nervous condition suffered by some soldiers exposed to the noise and chaos of battle in WW1?
Shell shock
Putsch
PTSSD
Skin graft
What were the first job centres called?
Green exchanges
Liberal exchanges
Labour exchanges
Tory exchanges
Which of these technologies was not used to fight in WW1?
Poison gas
Machine guns
Nuclear bombs
Aeroplanes
