Topic 2

BRITISH
HISTORY
1. Which are the most
spectacularmonumentsfrom 400 BC –
1500 BC?
A. Stonehenge
B. Stone Age Man
C. Avebury Ring
D. Stonehenge and
Avebury Ring
2. Where did the Romans build the
Antonie Wall?
A. Humber
B. from Newscastle to Carlisle
C. the Northumberland
D. the Lowlands (Glasgow to Edinburgh)
 3. When did the Roman soldiers
invade Britain?
• A. in the summer of 43 AD
• B. in the winter of 43 AD
• C. in the summer of 43 BC
• D. in the winter of 43 BC
4. Which Norman King ordered murder
of Thomas Becket (Archbishop of
Canterbury)?
A.William II
B.Stephen
C.Henry I
D.Henry II
5. Which of the followings is true about Magna
Carta which King John had to sign to keep
throne?
• A. The King was above the law.
• B. He only rules by the will of people.
• C. He could break any part of the
contract.
• D. The people had no right to overthrow
the King.
 6. Which happened during
Elizabeth’s period?
A. Art flourished (this was the age
of Shakespeare and Bacon)
B. The war with Spanish
C. Drake was the first Briton to sail
round the world.
D. All the answers above.
7. Who was famous for steam train
in Britain from 1815 – 1914?
A. Shelly and Byron
B. Faraday and Davy
C. Stephenson
D. Constable and Turner
E. Dickens and Bronte sisters
8. Britain lost American colonies in
• A. 1714 B. 1760
• C. 1776 D. 1815
9. Who produced the theory of
evolution?
A.Charles Dickens
B.Charles Darwin
C.David Livingstone
D.Bronte sisters
10-Which king is the most famous
in British history?
A.William I
B.Stephen
C.Henry V
D.Henry VIII
11.When was the General Strike?
A. 1918 B. 1926
C. 1930 D. 1936
12-How many kingdoms did
the Anglo Saxon areas
combine by 850 AD?
13- What were the two major
influences on English life?
14-England soon lost all its French
possessions apart from Gascony
(Bordeaux).
T or F
15-Was Oliver Cromwell’s
Richard or Charles II on the
throne in 1660?
16-Put the Kings in the correct
order of their reign:
• A. Charles II, James II, William III, Anne
• B. James II, Charles II, William III, Anne
• C. Anne, Charles II, James II, William III
• D. William III, James II, Charles II, Anne
17-What is the nationality of
the first foreign King in
Britain George I?
18-Which of the following achievements did Britain
obtain from 1715 – 1815?
• A. A canal network was built.
• B. Captain Cook explored the Pacific.
• C. John Wilkes won liberties for the people.
• D. Josiah Wedgwood made china.
• E. Gainsborough and Stubbs pains.
• F. Capability Brown designed gardens.
• G. All the answers above.
19-Which country controls
Europe after Nelson’s
victory at Trafalgar?
20- When was peace declared?