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Year 9 End of Year Quiz

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Battle of Hastings took place in the year (a)   .

2.

(a)   won the Battle of Hastings.

3.

The major survey of England carried out by the Normans in 1085 is usually called the (a)   .

4.

The word used for the ‘wars of religion’ when Christians tried to get control of the Holy Land is (a)   .

5.

(a)   was the Archbishop of Canterbury who was murdered in his cathedral in 1170.

6.

The year 1170 was in the (a)   century.

7.

(a)   was forced to seal the Magna Carta.

8.

Roughly what proportion of the English population died during the Black Death?

a)
One-third to one-half
b)

Three quarters

c)

One fifth

d)

60%

9.

Who led the Peasants' Revolt in 1381?

(a)  

10.

(a)   was the first Tudor monarch of England.

11.

King Henry VIII’s first wife was (a)   .

12.

One of the main ways in which Henry VIII changed (reformed) the English Church was...

a)
establishing the Church of England
b)

Opened up more monasteries

c)

Made sure all churches were decorated

d)

Created a 'middle way' for Catholics and Protestants

13.

What type of Christian would Queen Elizabeth I have described herself as?

(a)  

14.

The name given to the Spanish invasion fleet that tried to attack England in 1588 is the (a)   .

15.

(a)   was King of England at the time of the Gunpowder Plot.

16.

(a)   was the English King executed in 1649.

17.

(a)   ruled England as Lord Protector in the 1650s.

18.

(a)   became King in the Restoration of 1660.

19.

The event when William and Mary replaced James II on the British throne is known as the (a)   .

20.

William and Mary signed the (a)   that shared power between monarchy and parliament.

21.

The Industrial Revolution began in the (a)   century.

22.

(a)   were an important new form of transport developed in the 1820s.

23.

The Suffragettes wanted...

a)

Women to have equal rights with men

b)

Women to have more rights than men

c)

Men to have more rights than women

d)

Fewer people to be able to vote

24.

The significant change to the voting system in Britain that happened in 1928 was _____.

a)

Women over the age of 21 could now vote

b)

Men over the age of 30 could now vote

c)

Women over the age of 30 could now vote

d)

Men over the age of 21 could now vote

25.

Which two countries were in the Triple Entente with Great Britain?

a)

France & Russia

b)

Germany & Italy

c)

Germany & Austria-Hungary

d)

Austria-Hungary and France

26.

In WW1, the Western Front and the fighting happened in which two countries?

a)

France & Belgium

b)

Belgium & Holland

c)

France and Germany

d)

Britain and France

27.

The British Army suffered particularly heavy casualties in the major battle of 1916 known as...

a)
the Battle of the Somme
b)

the Battle of Cambrai

c)

First Battle of Ypres

d)

Battle of Passchendaele

28.


What was the term used to describe the area between opposing trenches during World War I?

(a)  

29.

Which country joined the war on Britain’s side in 1917?

a)
The United States
b)

Russia

c)

Italy

d)

Belgium

30.

What was a new technology or weapon that was used for the first time in WW1?

(a)  

31.

What was the name of the Treaty that imposed harsh peace terms on Germany?

(a)  

32.

In which year were there two revolutions in Russia?

a)

1915

b)

1916

c)

1917

d)

1918

33.

(a)   was the last Tsar of Russia before the Revolution.

34.

What name did the Russian Communists used the name for their party?

(a)  

35.

Who was the leader of the Russian Communist Party when they seized power?

(a)  

36.

What was the main cause of the Russian Revolution in 1917?

a)

Economic hardship and food shortages

b)

Military defeat in World War I

c)

Political repression by the Tsar

d)

All of the above

37.

What did USSR stand for?

a)

United Socialist Special Republics

b)

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

c)

United Soviet Socialist Regimes

d)

Union of Socialist Soviet Rulers

38.

Who was the dictator who ruled the USSR in the 1930s and through the Second World War?

(a)  

39.

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)  

40.

In which year did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?

a)

1822

b)

1829

c)

1914

d)

1933

41.

The name of the feared secret police in Nazi Germany was the (a)  

42.

The correct word for hatred or prejudice towards Jewish people is (a)   .

43.

The name given to the British/French policy of trying to avoid war by giving Hitler what he wanted is (a)   .

44.

Who was the British Prime Minister who tried to prevent a war with Germany?

a)
Neville Chamberlain
b)

Winston Churchill

c)

John Major

d)

David Lloyd-George

45.

Which event marked the beginning of World War II?

a)

The invasion of Poland

b)

The bombing of Pearl Harbor

c)

The signing of the Treaty of Versailles

d)

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

46.

In May/June 1940, Allied troops were successfully evacuated from which place in France?

(a)  

47.

Who was the British Prime Minister through most of WW2?

(a)  

48.

What was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II?

(a)  

49.

Which event brought the USA into the war in 1941?

a)

The attack on Pearl Harbour

b)

Blitzkrieg attack on France

c)

Germany losing the Battle of Britain

d)

Germany sinking American passenger ships travelling to Britain

50.

_____ and _____ were destroyed by atom bombs in August 1945.

(a)