History

Question 1

Britain became separated from the European continent

Answer 1

10,000 years ago

Question 2

Stone Age farmers arrived in England

Answer 2

6,000 years ago

Question 3

What Stone Age village still exists …

Answer 3

Skara Brae Orkney in Scotland

Question 4

The Bronze Age began

Answer 4

4,000 years ago

Question 5

What Iron Age village still exists…

Answer 5

Maiden Castle Dorset

Question 6

Julius Cesar attempted to invade England in…

Answer 6

BC 55

Question 7

Claudius successfully invaded England in

Answer 7

AD 43

Question 8

Christians began to appear in the

Answer 8

3rd and 4th century

Question 9

Romans occupied England for

Answer 9

400 years until AD 410

Question 10

When did Anglo Saxons establish Britain as a kingdom

Answer 10

AD 600

Question 11

Vikings visited Britain in…

Answer 11

AD 789

Question 12

Which Scottish King helped the Scots defeat the Vikings

Answer 12

King Kenneth MacAlpin

Question 13

When was the Battle of Hastings

Answer 13

1066.

Question 14

Who established the Domesday Book?

Answer 14

William the Conqueror.

Question 15

The Bayeaux Tapestry commemorates which Battle?

Answer 15

The Battle of Hastings

Question 16

The Middle Ages spans from which thousand year period?

Answer 16

AD 475 to 1485

Question 17

In 1284, The Statute of Rhuddian annexed which country to the Crown of England.

Answer 17

Wales.

Question 18

In 1314, the Scots were led by Robert the Bruce to defeat England in which Battle?

Answer 18

The Battle of Bannockburn

Question 19

By 1200 English rule was established in which country?

Answer 19

Ireland.

Question 20

Which two foreign wars occurred during the Middle Ages, which England fought?

Answer 20

The Crusades and the Hundred Years War with France.

Question 21

The Battle of Agincourt was fought in which year by King Henry V?

Answer 21

1415, as part of the Hundred Years War

Question 22

The Hundred Years War occured…

Answer 22

1337 to 1453

Question 23

Magna Carta was established

Answer 23

1215. This also established the House of Lords and House of Commons.

Question 24

The Black Plague arrived in Britain in

Answer 24

1348

Question 25

Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?

Answer 25

Geoffrey Chaucer

Question 26

Who was the first person to use a printing press to print books in England?

Answer 26

William Caxton

Question 27

Which famous Scottish poet wrote about The Bruce and the Battle of Bannockburn?

Answer 27

John Barbour

Question 28

War of the Roses happened between what years

Answer 28

1455 and 1485 for 30 years

Question 29

Which two houses fought against each other in the War of the Roses

Answer 29

The House of Lancaster and the House of York

Question 30

Which two monarchs fought in the War of the Roses?

Answer 30

Richard II, House of York | Henry VII, House of Lancaster

Question 31

Who were Henry's 8 wives?

Answer 31

``` Catherine of Aragon Anne Boleyn Jane Seymour Anne of Cleves Catherine Howard Catherine Parr ```

Question 32

After Henry VIII died who inherited the throne?

Answer 32

Edward VI, he died at 15 years of age.

Question 33

Elizabeth I died in what year?

Answer 33

1603

Question 34

When did the English defeat the Spanish Armada

Answer 34

1588.

Question 35

Which Battle ended the War of the Roses?

Answer 35

The Battle of Bosworth in 1485.

Question 36

Which king succeeded Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I?

Answer 36

James I of England and James VI of Scotland.

Question 37

During the Elizabethan period, which explorer captained the Golden Hind?

Answer 37

Sir Francis Drake

Question 38

In which year did Charles begin civil war against his own parliament?

Answer 38

1642

Question 39

What were the names of the two sides when Charles I declared war against his own parliament?

Answer 39

The Cavaliers and the Roundheads

Question 40

What years was Charles I executed?

Answer 40

1649

Question 41

England was a republic for which period?

Answer 41

1649 to 1660.

Question 42

In which wars did Oliver Cromwell defeat Charles II?

Answer 42

Battle of Dunbar and the Battle of Worcester.

Question 43

What year did the Great Fire occur?

Answer 43

1666

Question 44

Which writer wrote about the Great Fire and the Plague of the 17th century?

Answer 44

Samuel Pepys

Question 45

In 1679, Habeas Corpus Act was established. What did it change?

Answer 45

Every prisoner has the right to be heard in court.

Question 46

Which year did Catholic James II of England, Ireland and Wales become king?

Answer 46

1685

Question 47

Which year did William of Orange invade England?

Answer 47

1688, the Glorious Revolution

Question 48

In 1690, William III defeated James II in which Battles?

Answer 48

Battle of Boyne in Ireland.

Question 49

The Bill of Rights was established in what year?

Answer 49

1689.

Question 50

freedom of Press was established in

Answer 50

1695.

Question 51

The Act or Treaty of Union was agreed when?

Answer 51

1707 creating the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Question 52

Who was England's first Prime Minister?

Answer 52

Sir Robert Walpole, 1721 to 1742.

Question 53

In what year did the Jacobites try to place a Stuart king on the throne?

Answer 53

1745.

Question 54

What year was the Battle of Culloden

Answer 54

1746.

Question 55

Who was Adam Smith?

Answer 55

Scottish Enlightenment thinker who wrote ideas on economics.

Question 56

Who was David Hume?

Answer 56

wrote about his ideas on human nature (Enlightenment)

Question 57

Who was James Watt?

Answer 57

created steam power (Enlightenment)

Question 58

Which movement promoted the idea that everyone should have the right to their own political and religious beliefs and that state should not dictate them?

Answer 58

The Enlightenment.