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Y2 End of Year Quiz History

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is your name?

4 lines
2.

What is your class?

a)

Hawthorn

b)

Chestnut

c)

Hazel

3.

When did the Great Fire of London occur?

a)

14th July 1789

b)

2nd September 1666

c)

4th July 1776

d)

5th November 1605

4.

What were most buildings in London made from at the time of the Great Fire?

a)

Wood, straw, and pitch

b)

Brick and stone

c)

Concrete and steel

d)

Glass and metal

5.

Who was the monarch during the Great Fire of London?

a)

King Charles II

b)

Queen Elizabeth I

c)

Queen Victoria

d)

King George III

6.

How long did the Great Fire of London last?

a)

One day

b)

Three days

c)

Five days

d)

One week

7.

What was the probable source of the Great Fire of London?

a)

Thomas Farriner’s bakery

b)

A lightning strike

c)

A candle in a church

d)

A blacksmith's forge

8.

What did people use to try to stop the fire?

a)

Fire hoses

b)

Fire extinguishers

c)

Sprinkler systems

d)

Buckets of water

9.

Which famous landmark was destroyed in the Great Fire of London?

a)

St. Paul's Cathedral

b)

The Tower of London

c)

Westminster Abbey

d)

London Bridge

10.

What was one of the main reasons buildings caught fire easily during the Great Fire?

a)

The previous summer had been very hot with little rain

b)

There was a drought

c)

It was winter and very dry

d)

There was a lot of lightning

11.

What did King Charles II want to change about London after the fire?

a)

Create more narrow streets

b)

Build more wooden houses

c)

Rebuild with wide streets, no overcrowding, and beautiful parks

d)

Increase the number of bakeries

12.

What was the purpose of the Poor Law passed in 1834?

a)

To build more workhouses

b)

To provide free education to poor children

c)

To increase taxes on the rich

d)

To reduce the amount of money rich people had to pay to support the poor

13.

Who was Richard Oastler?

a)

A politician who believed that the Workhouses were ‘prisons for the poor’

b)

A famous baker

c)

A monarch during the Victorian era

d)

A general in the British army

14.

What was one of Queen Victoria's main aims outside of England?

a)

To build more schools

b)

To abolish the monarchy

c)

To reduce taxes

d)

To take over a number of other countries

15.

What do these pictures tell us about the differences between rich and poor?

a)

Poor people lived in homes close together

b)

Rich people had lots of windows

c)

Rich people lived next to poor people

16.

Why did the rich want to stop paying for the 'poor relief' to help those who could not find work?

a)

They didn't need the poor to work as much

b)

They thought poor people were lazy and it cost too much money

c)

They could not afford to help the poor.

d)

The poor said they did not want any help