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Life in the UK- History Flashcards

1
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Who were the first people to live in the Stone age?

A

Hunter-gatherers

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2
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What connected England to the continent?

A

A landbridge

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3
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When did Britain become permanently separated from the continent by the Chanel?

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10,000 years ago

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4
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What is the UK made up of?

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England, Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland,

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5
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What is Great Britain made up of?

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England, Scotland, Wales

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6
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Which 2 Islands are closely linked to the UK?

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Chanel Islands and Isle of man

Their governments are called crown dependencies

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7
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Which British territories are linked to the UK but not part of it?

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St Helena

The Falkland Islands.

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8
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When did the first farmers arrive in the UK?

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6,000 years ago

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9
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Where did the ancestors of the first farmers arrive from?

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Southeast Europe

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10
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What did the first farmers of the UK build?

A

houses
tombs
monuments

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11
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What was the Stonehenge?

A

gathering place for seasonal ceremonies

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12
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What is the name of the best prehistoric village in northern Europe?

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Shara Brea

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13
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How many years ago did people learn to make bronze?

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4000 years ago

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14
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In the bronze age, which type of houses did people live in and where did they bury the dead?

A

In roundhouses

the dead were buried in round barrows

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15
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What job did the people of the bronze age have?

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They were metal workers

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16
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What came after the bronze age?

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the iron age- this is when people made weapons and tools from iron

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17
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Where did people live in the iron age

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Roundhouses grouped by large settlements - hill forts

Seen in Dorset

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18
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In which age made the first coins to be minted in britian?

A

Iron age

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19
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When did Julius Caeser lead the Roman invasion in Britain?

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55BC

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20
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For how many years did Britain remain separated from the Royal empire?

A

100 years ago

21
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In AD 43, who led the Royal army in a new invasion?

A

Emperor Claudius

22
Q

Name one of the tribal leaders who fought against the Romans.

A

Boudicca

23
Q

What did the Romans build?

A

roads and public buildings

24
Q

When did the first Christian communities begin to appear in Britain?

A

during the 3rd and 4th centuries

25
Q

Which tribed invaded Britain in AD 410?

A

The Jutes
The Angles
The Saxons
The spoke English

26
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When were Anglo-Saxon invaders established in Britian?

A

AD 600

27
Q

Where did missionaries from Ireland preach?

A

In north

28
Q

Where did the Vikings come from?

A

Denmark
Norway
Sweden

29
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When did the Vikings first visit Britain?

A

AD 789

30
Q

Then Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England united under which king

A

King Alfred the Great

31
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Who defeated the Vikings?

A

king Alfred the great

32
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Where in England did the viking invaders stay?

A

Danelaw

33
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Which king did the people unite under, after the threat of attack by Vikings?

A

Kenneth MacAlpin

34
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Who led an invasion in 1066?

A

William, Duke of Normandy

35
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Who did Willian kill in the invasion?

A

Harold, the Saxon king of England. He then became William the conqueror.

36
Q

Where was the battle between Harold and William commemorated?

A

Bayeux Tapestry

37
Q

What was the name of the last successful foreign invasion of England?

A

The norman conquest

38
Q

Who influences the development of the English language?

A

Norman French

39
Q

What is the Domesday Book?

A

The summary William the conqueror (aka William I) made of the society in England.

40
Q

Who did the English kings fight against for control of their lands?

A

Welsh, Scottish and Irish nobleman

41
Q

In 1284, what was the name of the statute that King Edward I of England introduced?

A

Statute of Rhuddlan

42
Q

In what century were the last welsh rebellions defeated?

A

15th century

43
Q

In what year did the Scottish, led by Bruce and Robert defeat the English at the battle of the Bannockburn?

A

1314

44
Q

In 1200, the English ruled an area known as what?

A

The Pale

45
Q

What was the name of the long war which the English kings fought with France?

A

The Hundred Years war

46
Q

What was the famous battle of the hundred years of war and in what year did it happen?

A

the battle of Agincourt in 1415

47
Q

The Normans used a system of land ownership known as what?

A

Feudalism

48
Q

In what year did the plague (the black death) come to Britain and how many people died from the black plague in Scotland and wales?

A

1348

One third died

49
Q

Describe what happened in the black death:

A 
a small portion of the population 
less need for crop growth
peasants wanted more wages
new social classes- called Gentry
People went from the countryside to towns
Plague killed many in the Pale

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