Practice Questions Test 2-3

Front 1

What time do Public Houses open at?

Back 1

11am

Front 2

NATO stands for what?

Back 2

North Atlantic Treaty Org

Front 3

Britain recognized the colonies’ (American) independence in ____

Back 3

1783

Front 4

The National Trust is now run by ____ volunteers

Back 4

61000

Front 5

Isaac Newton was born in ____

Back 5

England

Front 6

Which TWO changes did the Chartists campaign for?

Back 6

Elections every year
Secret ballots

Front 7

What house won the War of the Roses?

Back 7

The House of Lancaster

Front 8

Admiral Nelson’s ship , HMS Victory, can be visited in ____

Back 8

Portsmouth

Front 9

Who had the title “Lord Protector”?

Back 9

Oliver Cromwell

Front 10

Who chairs the debates in the House of Commons?

Back 10

The Speaker

Front 11

The most serious criminal cases in Scotland are heard at ____

Back 11

high court

Front 12

When were films first shown publicly in the UK?

Back 12

1896

Front 13

The Industrial Revolution took place in which century?

Back 13

18th and 19th

Front 14

The Union Flag is made up of what?

Back 14

3 crosses
cross of st george (england)
cross of st andrew (scotland)
cross of st patrick (ireland)

Front 15

Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn had a child called ____

Back 15

elizabeth

Front 16

Elections for the European parliament are held every __ years

Back 16

5

Front 17

The UK has a constitutional monarchy T/F

Back 17

T

Front 18

For which TWO subjects are secretaries of state responsible?

Back 18

Education
Defence

Front 19

Which TWO materials did the UK produce more than half of the world? (3)

Back 19

Cotton Cloth
iron
coal

Front 20

The Domesday book was requested by ____

Back 20

William the Conqueror

Front 21

Names of places, such as Grimsby and Scunthorpe come from the ____ language

Back 21

viking

Front 22

Who took the title “King of Ireland”?

Back 22

Henry VIII

Front 23

Stonehenge still stands in what now the county of ____

Back 23

wiltshire

Front 24

People who supported the king ( in 1642) were known as the ____

Back 24

Cavaliers

Front 25

The Corn Laws were repelled in _____. This had prevented the import of cheap grain

Back 25

1846

Front 26

In which year was the first Union Flag created?

Back 26

1606

Front 27

Florence Nightingale is a famous ____

Back 27

nurse

Front 28

The first Jews to come to Britain since the middle ages settled in London in ____

Back 28

1656

Front 29

The Jutes came from ____

Back 29

northern europe

Front 30

When did William of Orange invade England?

Back 30

1688

Front 31

Mary Stuart , “Mary, Queen of Scots” fled to England, she was suspected in trying to take over the throne and was kept a prisoner for __ years

Back 31

20

Front 32

Clans lost a lot of their power and influence after which event?

Back 32

The Battle of Culloden

Front 33

Which ship was one of the first to circumnavigate the world?

Back 33

Golden Hind

Front 34

What Patron Saint’s day is on the 17th of March?

Back 34

St Patrick

Front 35

For how many year did Charles I raise money without Parliament’s approval?

Back 35

11

Front 36

King Edward I introduced the statue of Rhuddlan , which annexed Wales to the Crown of England. T

Back 36

t

Front 37

What country is Swansea in?

Back 37

wales

Front 38

Which TWO kings believed in the “Divine Right of Kings”

Back 38

James I
Charles I

Front 39

Wales accounts for about __ % of the UK population

Back 39

5

Front 40

which TWO of these aircrafts were used by Britain in WW2?

Back 40

Hurricane
Spitfire

Front 41

With voting.. some consitituencies were controlled by a single wealthy family.. this was called what?

Back 41

Pocket Boroughs

Front 42

With voting.. some consituencies had hardly any voters and were called what?

Back 42

rotten boroughs