Skirrid A03

Question 1

What was Mametz Woods

Answer 1

One of the bloodiest battles of the first world war, wealth troops took on the germans.

Question 2

What were Henge Schools

Answer 2

Schools set up in Ireland to teach catholics when being catholic was illegal

Question 3

What painting does ‘Night Windows’ refer to?

Answer 3

Edward Hopper’s 1928 painting. It evokes voyeurism

Question 4

What happens in the Pardoner’s Tale?

Answer 4

3 boys succumb to the consequences of greed, due to the natural violence within men.

Question 5

What was politics like in post World War Wales?

Answer 5

• Increasing political focus on self governance.
• During the late 20th century Wales saw a gradual loss in Welsh cultural distinctiveness.
• By the 1990s only 1 in 5 people spoke Welsh

Question 6

What were the effect of the war on Wales?

Answer 6

• 40,000 welsh men died in WW1
• 15,000 welsh men died in WW2
• 4,000 Welsh men died in the first three days of the Battle of the Somme