WorksheetsY2 End of Year Quiz History
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins
What is your name?
What is your class?
Hawthorn
Chestnut
Hazel
When did the Great Fire of London occur?
14th July 1789
2nd September 1666
4th July 1776
5th November 1605
What were most buildings in London made from at the time of the Great Fire?
Wood, straw, and pitch
Brick and stone
Concrete and steel
Glass and metal
Who was the monarch during the Great Fire of London?
King Charles II
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Victoria
King George III
How long did the Great Fire of London last?
One day
Three days
Five days
One week
What was the probable source of the Great Fire of London?
Thomas Farriner’s bakery
A lightning strike
A candle in a church
A blacksmith's forge
What did people use to try to stop the fire?
Fire hoses
Fire extinguishers
Sprinkler systems
Buckets of water
Which famous landmark was destroyed in the Great Fire of London?
St. Paul's Cathedral
The Tower of London
Westminster Abbey
London Bridge
What was one of the main reasons buildings caught fire easily during the Great Fire?
The previous summer had been very hot with little rain
There was a drought
It was winter and very dry
There was a lot of lightning
What did King Charles II want to change about London after the fire?
Create more narrow streets
Build more wooden houses
Rebuild with wide streets, no overcrowding, and beautiful parks
Increase the number of bakeries
What was the purpose of the Poor Law passed in 1834?
To build more workhouses
To provide free education to poor children
To increase taxes on the rich
To reduce the amount of money rich people had to pay to support the poor
Who was Richard Oastler?
A politician who believed that the Workhouses were ‘prisons for the poor’
A famous baker
A monarch during the Victorian era
A general in the British army
What was one of Queen Victoria's main aims outside of England?
To build more schools
To abolish the monarchy
To reduce taxes
To take over a number of other countries
What do these pictures tell us about the differences between rich and poor?
Poor people lived in homes close together
Rich people had lots of windows
Rich people lived next to poor people
Why did the rich want to stop paying for the 'poor relief' to help those who could not find work?
They didn't need the poor to work as much
They thought poor people were lazy and it cost too much money
They could not afford to help the poor.
The poor said they did not want any help
