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WorksheetsYear 9 End of Year Quiz
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
The Battle of Hastings took place in the year (a) .
(a) won the Battle of Hastings.
The major survey of England carried out by the Normans in 1085 is usually called the (a) .
The word used for the ‘wars of religion’ when Christians tried to get control of the Holy Land is (a) .
(a) was the Archbishop of Canterbury who was murdered in his cathedral in 1170.
The year 1170 was in the (a) century.
(a) was forced to seal the Magna Carta.
Roughly what proportion of the English population died during the Black Death?
Three quarters
One fifth
60%
Who led the Peasants' Revolt in 1381?
(a)
(a) was the first Tudor monarch of England.
King Henry VIII’s first wife was (a) .
One of the main ways in which Henry VIII changed (reformed) the English Church was...
Opened up more monasteries
Made sure all churches were decorated
Created a 'middle way' for Catholics and Protestants
What type of Christian would Queen Elizabeth I have described herself as?
(a)
The name given to the Spanish invasion fleet that tried to attack England in 1588 is the (a) .
(a) was King of England at the time of the Gunpowder Plot.
(a) was the English King executed in 1649.
(a) ruled England as Lord Protector in the 1650s.
(a) became King in the Restoration of 1660.
The event when William and Mary replaced James II on the British throne is known as the (a) .
William and Mary signed the (a) that shared power between monarchy and parliament.
The Industrial Revolution began in the (a) century.
(a) were an important new form of transport developed in the 1820s.
The Suffragettes wanted...
Women to have equal rights with men
Women to have more rights than men
Men to have more rights than women
Fewer people to be able to vote
The significant change to the voting system in Britain that happened in 1928 was _____.
Women over the age of 21 could now vote
Men over the age of 30 could now vote
Women over the age of 30 could now vote
Men over the age of 21 could now vote
Which two countries were in the Triple Entente with Great Britain?
France & Russia
Germany & Italy
Germany & Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary and France
In WW1, the Western Front and the fighting happened in which two countries?
France & Belgium
Belgium & Holland
France and Germany
Britain and France
The British Army suffered particularly heavy casualties in the major battle of 1916 known as...
the Battle of Cambrai
First Battle of Ypres
Battle of Passchendaele
What was the term used to describe the area between opposing trenches during World War I?
(a)
Which country joined the war on Britain’s side in 1917?
Russia
Italy
Belgium
What was a new technology or weapon that was used for the first time in WW1?
(a)
What was the name of the Treaty that imposed harsh peace terms on Germany?
(a)
In which year were there two revolutions in Russia?
1915
1916
1917
1918
(a) was the last Tsar of Russia before the Revolution.
What name did the Russian Communists used the name for their party?
(a)
Who was the leader of the Russian Communist Party when they seized power?
(a)
What was the main cause of the Russian Revolution in 1917?
Economic hardship and food shortages
Military defeat in World War I
Political repression by the Tsar
All of the above
What did USSR stand for?
United Socialist Special Republics
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United Soviet Socialist Regimes
Union of Socialist Soviet Rulers
Who was the dictator who ruled the USSR in the 1930s and through the Second World War?
(a)
The name of the global economic disaster that helped the Nazi Party to become more popular in Germany was the... (After the Wall Street Crash)
(a)
In which year did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?
1822
1829
1914
1933
The name of the feared secret police in Nazi Germany was the (a)
The correct word for hatred or prejudice towards Jewish people is (a) .
The name given to the British/French policy of trying to avoid war by giving Hitler what he wanted is (a) .
Who was the British Prime Minister who tried to prevent a war with Germany?
Winston Churchill
John Major
David Lloyd-George
Which event marked the beginning of World War II?
The invasion of Poland
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
In May/June 1940, Allied troops were successfully evacuated from which place in France?
(a)
Who was the British Prime Minister through most of WW2?
(a)
What was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II?
(a)
Which event brought the USA into the war in 1941?
The attack on Pearl Harbour
Blitzkrieg attack on France
Germany losing the Battle of Britain
Germany sinking American passenger ships travelling to Britain
_____ and _____ were destroyed by atom bombs in August 1945.
(a)
