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Migration to Britain - Romans to the Huguenots

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify 2 reasons for the Romans invading Britain

a)

To demonstrate prowess as a powerful leader

b)

To find the ends of the known earth

c)

To collect trinkets for a new market

d)

To access a selection of natural resources such as tin

2.

What is the definition of 'colonial'?

a)

Where a government makes a series of laws for a place to follow

b)

Where a government or country establishes control by forming a settlement which uses the laws and values of the home country

c)

An area that is taken over by an imperial power

d)

A place that is put aside by the local population for a group of people to settle in

3.

Which group of people directly followed the Romans in the invasion of Britain?

a)

Picts

b)

Normans

c)

Vikings

d)

Anglo-Saxons

4.

Which word matches this definition? This is where something is becoming less developed

a)

Regression

b)

Progression

c)

Refer

d)

Slipping

5.

Complete the sentence: The area of Britain controlled by the Vikings was called the .....

a)

Danegeld

b)

Danelaw

c)

Vikingland

d)

Denmark

6.

What impression do we get of the Vikings from the above picture?

a)

Colonists who were creating an Imperial Britain

b)

Travellers who were selling goods

c)

Invaders who were looking to steal crops

d)

Farmers and settlers who were looking for land

7.

True or False: there were over 200 black people living in Britain in the 16th Century

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The picture above shows John Blanke - which of the following facts are true about this man?

a)

He was a paid trumpeter as part of Henry VIII's court

b)

He was treated with disdain by the King

c)

He asked Henry VIII for a pay rise and got it!

d)

All black men in skilled professions were slaves

9.

The word 'refugee' was brought to the British Isles by the Huguenots who took refuge here from persecution by Louis XIV

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What happened on St Bartholomew's Day 1572?

a)

The guillotine was invented

b)

Tens of thousands of French Protestants were killed

c)

There was mass emigration to Britain

d)

Civil war began in France

11.

Spitalfields and Soho were the two main areas that the French Huguenots settled in London. Which trade were these groups experts in?

a)

Textiles and Weaving

b)

Steel work

c)

Acting

d)

Clock and Watch manufacture

12.

True or False: Despite being protestant, the Huguenots were not welcome in London

a)

True

b)

False

13.

By the end of the Potato Famine 1845-1849, how many people had emigrated from Ireland to other countries across the globe?

a)

3 million

b)

2.5 million

c)

2 million

d)

1.5 million

14.

Which of the people below migrated to Britain to escape the hardships of Ireland?

a)

Dr Thomas Barnardo

b)

Bram Stoker

c)

Oscar Wilde

d)

George Bernard Shaw