WorksheetsMigration, Empires and the People
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 52mins
When did the Vikings invade?
793
723
567
834
Why was England useful to the Vikings?
(a)
Who was the first King of England?
King Cnut
Queen Elizabeth II
Alfred the Great
William the Conqueror
Aethelred
Who created the North Sea Empire?
(a)
When did Henry II become King of England?
1150
1152
1154
1156
Name one of the French regions that was part of the Angevin Empire
(a)
When did the Angevin Empire end?
1193
1205
1221
1216
What did King John sign in 1215?
(a)
Name one of the Kings during the Hundred Years war
(a)
What killed people during the Hundred Years war?
dysentery
pestilence
the Black Death
smallpox
What year did Christopher Columbus "find" the West Indies?
(a)
What did Elizabeth I call her legal pirates?
plunderers
pirates
friends
privateers
Who was the first person to take slaves from Africa to America (known as the father of the slave trade)?
Sir Leopold Fitz
Sir John Hawkins
Sir Edward Robinson
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Francis Drake
What percent profit could be made from slave trade?
(a)
Which of these was not a product of the slave trade?
medicine
tobacco
cotton
sugar cane
What year did King Charles I buy Barbados, and who from?
1623
Germans
1624
1625
Spanish
When was the slave trade banned?
(a)
What year was slavery abolished?
1845
1807
1849
1833
Name a city that benefitted from the slave trade
(a)
Which colony was founded in 1607?
Roanoke, Virginia
New Plymouth, Massachusetts
Jamestown, Virginia
Washington, New York
Which of these was not a reason for fleeing to America?
better water
overcrowding in Britain
religious persecution
wealth
What disease killed 50% of native Americans in 1620?
(a)
What year was the Navigation Acts?
(a)
What did the Stamp Act of 1765 tax?
all goods leaving the country
official paper
stamps
letters
When was the first congress held?
1781
1769
1776
1774
Who was the leader of the American colonies?
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Lord Cornwallis
Lord Kitchener
Hercules Mulligan
What year was the American Declaration of Independence?
(a)
Where was the Battle that ended the American War of Independence in 1781?
Washington
Yorktown
New York
Georgia
How much money did the British lose in the American War of Independence?
80 billion
70 million
80 million
70 billion
What is the name given the French Protestants escaping persecution in France in 1500's?
Hugonaughts
Hugenuts
Huguenots
Protestants
What name is given to the killing of 3000 French Protestants in August 1572?
St Bartholomew's day massacre
St Valentine's day massacre
St Bernadette's day killing
St Georges day murder
What year was the Edict of Nantes?
1601
1592
1582
1598
Who destroyed the Edict of Nantes in 1685?
Edward XII
Philip XI
Louis XIV
Henri IV
Which part of Ireland was made British by James I?
(a)
Which of these was not a name given to the people living the Scottish Highlands?
clans
jacobites
catholics
highlanders
Who won the Battle of Plassey in 1757?
Philip Bruff
Cecil Rhodes
Robert Clive
Bertie Pelham
Anthony Eden
What year was the Government of India act?
(a)
What does EIC stand for?
East Indian Communication
East Indian Cattle
East India Climate
East India Company
What date was the Indian Rebellion?
24/7/1863
10/5/1857
9/6/1875
5/3/1859
Name a group of Indians who stayed loyal to the British during the Indian rebellion
(a)
What was one positive impact that the British had on India?
(a)
What was one negative impact that the British had on India?
(a)
What was the name of the meeting where European countries decided who would take which part of Africa in the Scramble for Africa?
the Roman deal
the Berlin conference
the Munich agreement
the African conference
What year was the Suez Canal built?
1867
1868
1869
1870
Which British Prime Minister bought the Suez Canal off the Egyptians?
Robert Peel
Benjamin Disraeli
John Russel
William Gladstone
Clement Attlee
What was the name of Cecil Rhodes company?
De Gold
De Diamonds
De Brokers
De Beers
What year did the first Boer war
END?
(a)
What years was the second Boer war?
1889-1901
1899-1902
1889-1902
1899-1901
What tactics did the Boers use during the second Boer war?
(a)
Who used the scorched earth policies in the Boer war?
Colonel Kitner
Major Kransinski
Lieutenant Karoll
Officer Krupke
General Kitchener
How many Boer civilians died in the concentration camps?
23000
38000
28000
35000
What year were free school meals introduced?
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
Where were British convicts sent in the 100-1800's?
Africa
Australia
India
Brazil
Did Australia become a dominion?
yes
no
What year was the Potato famine?
(a)
What nickname was given to Irish workers in England?
(a)
What 1905 act limited Jewish migration to Britain?
aliens act
jewish migration act
religious migration act
migration of workers act
Which of these supermarkets was set up by Jewish migrants?
Asda
Booths
Sainsburys
Tesco
How many years did a former slave have to work before they could move (the indenture system)?
2
4
5
10
How many people moved using the indenture system between 1841 and 1910?
(a)
What date did the Empire Windrush ship arrive in Britain?
3/1/1948
23/8/1948
17/5/1948
22/6/1948
Who organised the first Notting Hill Carnival?
(a)
What year was the Race Relations Act?
1963
1964
1965
1966
Which act was ended by the Commonwealth Immigration Act in 1962?
Immigration Act
Migration of the Empire Act
British Nationality Act
Race Relations Act
How many Ugandan Asians and Kenyan
Asians moved to Britain when African colonies gained independence?
60,000
70,000
80,000
90,000
When was the Partition?
1947
1938
1950
1953
What was the Gold Coast renamed when it gained independence?
(a)
What was the name of the Egyptian President during the Suez Crisis?
Isaih Kenen
Anthony Eden
Abdelfattah Elsisi
Charles de Gaulle
Gamal Nasser
What year was the Suez Crisis
1947
1956
1934
1973
How large was the exclusion zone during the Falklands War?
300km
280km
320km
210km
What was the name of the ship sunk outside of the exclusion zone?
(a)
What was the name of the Argentinian Dictator?
President Sousa
General Galtieri
General Belgrano
President Mendoza
General Leonas
When did Britain join the EU?
1951
1957
1969
1973
What does ECSC stand for?
Europe Climate Saving Committee
European Coal and Steel Community
European Cattle Stock and Coal
What country joined the EU in 2013?
(a)
How many migrants moved to Britain at the end of the Cold War?
34,000
600,000
270,000
98,000
Which question do you have to say how useful a source is?
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Which question do you have to explain the significance of something?
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4
Which question do you have to explain two ways in which things were similar?
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Which question do you have to explain what the main reason for migration was?
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