WorksheetsA History of Britain
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Tick ALL the countries that belong to the UK.
England
Ireland
Northern Ireland
France
Wales
When was Britain part of the Roman Empire?
After 55 BC with the arrival of Julius Caesar
After 60 AD with the arrival of Boudica
In 1066 with King Harold
After the invasion of the Normans
When did Britain lose its empire?
After the Second World War.
After the Roman Empire arrived in Britain.
When Oliver Cromwell ruled.
When William the Conqueror became king.
Today, several minority languages still survive in the British Isles, the most successful is ............. Spoken by half a million people.
Welsh
Scottish Gaelic
Irish Gaelic
Cornish
Most of the conflicts taking place in Ireland and Northern Ireland were the result of the clash between two religious groups of...(Choose two)
Protestants
Catholics
Muslims
Jews
What was the IRA?
A catholic liberationist group.
A protestant liberationist group.
A Muslim terrorist organisation
An organisation linked to Al-Qaeda
During the reign of Normans, the official language of literature and government was not English, what was the language spoken by the élites for more than two hundred years?
French
German
Welsh
Latin
Who was Henry VIII?
A popular monarch who founded a church and married six times.
An unpopular monarch who beheaded all his wives.
A popular monarch who ruled with an iron fist and pursued protestants.
An unpopular catholic monarch who lived a pious life.
Henry VIII and his second wife (Ann Boleyn) had a child who became a monarch, too. Her name was?
Queen Elizabeth (I)
Queen (Bloody) Mary I
Queen Katharine of Aragon
Queen Victoria
Britain used to be a state divided by faith, today it is a country of many different
religions
kings
populations
universities
Match the two halves to make a correct sentence: "Oliver Cromwell...
was killed because of his disagreements with Parliament.
ruled Britain as Lord Protector.
gave the control of Britain to Parliament.
agreed to a list of rules for good government.
The current monarch of Britain is a descendant of this ancient king. He is Britain's head of state, but has no real power.
George I
King Cnut
Oliver Cromwell
Queen Mary
In the 1930's Britain had so much power that it controlled this percentage of the world's population
about 25 %
about 50%
about 20%
about 10%
This ruler was so influential that a historical period was name after her?
Queen Victoria
Queen Elizabeth II
King George I
King Henry VIII
Prime minister of Britain during the Second World War
Winston Churchill
Margareth Thatcher
Boris Johnson
John Major
