A long and illustrious history
Take a deep breath ! After the really Easy chapters 1 and 2 , this chapter 3 is a challenge ! This is the longest chapter! So if you are not familiar with the facts then go and read the Chapter 3 summary first, at http://lifeuk.info/new-life-in-the-uk-test-chapter-summaries-life-in-the-united-kingdom-a-guide-for-new-residents-3rd-edition-2013/ Take good note of the people and the historical events that has made the UK what it is today. Take good note of the history of the Early Britain, The Middle Ages, and The Tudors and the Stuarts. Make good note on UK as a global power, the 20th Century UK and the history of Britain since 1945.
Critical things to understand
- The history of the UK before the Romans
The impact of the Romans on British society
The different groups that invaded after the Romans
- The importance of the Norman invasion in 1066
- The wars that took place in the Middle Ages
How Parliament began to develop
The way that land ownership worked
The effects of the Black Death
The development of English language and culture
The Wars of the Roses and the founding of the House of Tudor
- The Tudors and the Stuarts
- How and why religion changed during this period
The importance of poetry and drama in the Elizabethan period
About the involvement of Britain in Ireland
The development of Parliament and the only period in history when England was a republic
Why there was a restoration of the monarchy
- How the Glorious Revolution happened
Life in the UK Test Chapter 3
Question 1 |
The Brits | |
The Anglo-Saxons | |
hunter-gatherers | |
the Vikings |
Question 2 |
True | |
False |
Question 3 |
1,000 years ago. They built houses, tombs, and monuments. | |
6,000 years ago. They built houses, tombs and monuments. | |
4,000 years ago. They build houses and tombs. | |
3,000 years ago. They built houses and tombs. |
Question 4 |
Stonehenge | |
Skara Brae | |
Maiden Castle | |
Buckingham Place |
Question 5 |
Farmers arriving in Britain | |
People learning to work with bronze | |
People learning to work with iron | |
None of the above |
Question 6 |
Tools | |
Weapons | |
Ornaments | |
All of the above |
Question 7 |
Forming communities | |
Making items out of iron | |
Defending their territories through hill forts | |
All of the above |
Question 8 |
Maiden Castle in Dorset | |
Skara Brae | |
Hadrian's Wall | |
None of the above |
Question 9 |
The Celtic language | |
Old English | |
Norman French | |
Gaelic |
Question 10 |
The start of the English language | |
The Roman invasion | |
The making of coins as currency, inscribed with the names of the Iron Age kings | |
The invasion of the Anglo-Saxons |
Question 11 |
True | |
False |
Question 12 |
Julius Caesar | |
Brutus | |
Claudius | |
Antony |
Question 13 |
Cnut | |
Kenneth MacAlpin | |
Canute | |
Boudicca |
Question 14 |
At Westminster Bridge in London | |
At Trafalgar Square | |
At Westminster Abby | |
None of the above |
Question 15 |
True | |
False |
Question 16 |
the Romans | |
The Vikings | |
The Anglo-Saxons | |
None of the above. |
Question 17 |
200 years | |
400 years | |
600 years | |
800 years |
Question 18 |
New tools and weapons | |
The concept of law and order | |
New plants and animals | |
Cars |
Question 19 |
True | |
False |
Question 20 |
The Jutes | |
The Angles | |
The Saxons | |
All of the above. |
Question 21 |
Parts of Western Britain (current day, parts of Wales and Scotland) | |
All of Northern Britain (current day, Scotland) | |
Parts of Southern Britain (current day, Wales) | |
None of the above. |
Question 22 |
True | |
False |
Question 23 |
St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland | |
St. Columba, the founder of the monastery in Iona | |
St. Augustine, the first Archbishop of Canterbury. | |
All of the above. |
Question 24 |
Denmark | |
Finland | |
Norway |
Question 25 |
They wanted religious freedom | |
They wanted to raid the costal towns and salvage their goods | |
They wanted to expand their empire | |
All of the above |
Question 26 |
True | |
False |
Question 27 |
King Henry VII | |
King James II | |
King Alfred the Great | |
King Charles I |
Question 28 |
True | |
False |
Question 29 |
True | |
False |
Question 30 |
Cnut | |
Canute | |
Kenneth MacAlpin | |
King Harold |
Question 31 |
The Norman Conquest | |
The War of the Roses | |
The Hundred Years War | |
The Battle of Hastings |
Question 32 |
Kenneth MacAlpin | |
Robert the Bruce | |
William, the Duke of Normandy | |
King Edward I |
Question 33 |
William the Conqueror | |
William the Defeater | |
William the Destroyer | |
None of the Above |
Question 34 |
True | |
False |
Question 35 |
A change in government, social structure, and the official language | |
Nothing at all | |
The language changed to French | |
The government was now under the rule of King Harold |
Question 36 |
Wales | |
Scotland | |
Ireland | |
None of the above |
Question 37 |
True | |
False |
Question 38 |
The Middle Ages | |
The Enlightenment | |
The Industrial Age | |
None of the Above |
Question 39 |
Wales | |
Scotland | |
Ireland | |
All of the above. |
Question 40 |
The Statue of Rhuddlan | |
English law | |
English language | |
All of the above. |
Question 41 |
Conwy | |
Caernarvon | |
Maiden Castle | |
New Castle |
Question 42 |
True | |
False |
Question 43 |
True | |
False |
Question 44 |
The Crusades | |
The Hundred Years War | |
All of the above. | |
None of the above. |
Question 45 |
100 years | |
96 years | |
110 years | |
None of the above |
Question 46 |
The French won | |
King Henry V's army outnumbered the French | |
It was the end of the Hundred Years War | |
All of the above. |
Question 47 |
Serfdom | |
Feudalism | |
There was none. The king owned everything. | |
None of the above. |
Question 48 |
True | |
False |
Question 49 |
One half (1/2) of the entire population in England, Scotland, and Wales | |
One third (1/3) of the entire population in England, Scotland, and Wales | |
One quarter (1/4) of the entire population in England, Scotland, and Wales | |
None of the above. |
Question 50 |
True | |
False |
Question 51 |
True | |
False |
Question 52 |
The King's council of advisers | |
The Magna Carta being signed | |
The annexation of Wales and Scotland | |
All of the above |
Question 53 |
The Domesday Book | |
The Magna Carta | |
The Statue of Rhuddlan | |
All of the above. |
Question 54 |
True | |
False |
Question 55 |
True | |
False |
Question 56 |
True | |
False |
Question 57 |
Norman French and Anglo-Saxon | |
Norman French and Gaelic | |
Anglo-Saxon and French | |
Anglo-Saxon and Gaelic |
Question 58 |
The Bruce | |
The Canterbury Tales | |
The Domesday Book |
Question 59 |
Windsor Cathedral | |
Edinburgh Cathedral | |
Lincoln Cathedral | |
None of the above |
Question 60 |
True | |
False |
Question 61 |
True | |
False |
Question 62 |
He defeated King Richard III | |
He married King Richard III's niece, Elizabeth of York | |
He didn't want to unite the two families. | |
King Richard III united the two families, not King Henry VII |
Question 63 |
True | |
False |
Question 64 |
True | |
False |
Question 65 |
Henry VII | |
Henry VIII | |
James I | |
Charles V |
Question 66 |
Strengthen the central government | |
Reduced the power of the nobles | |
Saved money and built up the monarchy's financial reserves | |
All of the above |
Question 67 |
Catherine Howard and Anne Boleyn | |
Catherine Parr and Jane Seymour | |
Catherine of Aragon and Anne of Cleves | |
Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr |
Question 68 |
Because he wanted power | |
To get a divorce since the Pope of Rome denied his request | |
Because he was Protestant | |
None of the above |
Question 69 |
True | |
False |
Question 70 |
England and Ireland | |
England and Scotland | |
England, Scotland, and Wales | |
England, Ireland, and Wales |
Question 71 |
Henry VII | |
Henry VIII | |
Edward VI | |
Queen Mary |
Question 72 |
Being the first female monarch | |
Combining Scotland and England under one rule | |
Establishing the Book of Common Prayer throughout the Church of England | |
None of the above. |
Question 73 |
True | |
False |
Question 74 |
True | |
False |
Question 75 |
Elizabeth I | |
James I | |
James VI | |
Edward VI |
Question 76 |
Bloody Mary | |
Elizabeth I | |
James VI | |
None of the above |
Question 77 |
True | |
False |
Question 78 |
Wiltshire | |
London | |
Stratford-upon-Avon | |
Canterbury |
Question 79 |
True | |
False |
Question 80 |
True | |
False |
Question 81 |
Henry VII | |
James I | |
Henry VIII |
Question 82 |
Patron saints | |
The Church of England | |
English laws | |
None of the above. |
Question 83 |
The English lords | |
The English knights | |
The Lord Lieutenants | |
The Lord's Knights |
Question 84 |
Catholics | |
Protestants | |
All of the above | |
None of the above. |
Question 85 |
True | |
False |
Question 86 |
Elizabeth I | |
James I | |
Charles I | |
All of the above. |
Question 87 |
5 years | |
11 years | |
16 years | |
21 years |
Question 88 |
True | |
False |
Question 89 |
England | |
Scotland | |
Wales | |
Ireland |
Question 90 |
There were rebellions in the Protestant portion of Ireland | |
Wales formed an army to get their independence | |
Scotland formed an army to protest Charles I interference in their churches | |
All of the above |
Question 91 |
True | |
False |
Question 92 |
True | |
False |
Question 93 |
The Protestants were protesting Charles I since they didn't feel safe in Ireland | |
The Irish lords were protesting England controlling any portion of Ireland | |
They were protesting the Scot invasion in England | |
The Irish feared that the Puritans were becoming too powerful |
Question 94 |
True | |
False |
Question 95 |
The Cavaliers and The Roundheads | |
The Catholics and the Protestants | |
The Scots and the British | |
None of the Above |
Question 96 |
1649 | |
1645 | |
1646 | |
None of the above |
Question 97 |
True | |
False |
Question 98 |
1646 | |
1649 | |
1650 | |
None of the above |
Question 99 |
The Republic | |
The Republic of England, Scotland, and Wales | |
The Territories of the Republic | |
Commonwealth |
Question 100 |
Wales | |
Scotland | |
Ireland | |
None of the above |
Question 101 |
Wales | |
Scotland | |
Ireland | |
None of the above |
Question 102 |
True | |
False |
Question 103 |
Lord Lieutenant | |
Lord Protector | |
Lord General | |
None of the Above |
Question 104 |
Oliver Cromwell didn't have a successor when he died | |
Richard I died | |
Richard I couldn't rule the army and parliament and the people wanted a king | |
All of the above |
Question 105 |
1660 | |
1665 | |
1666 | |
1679 |
Question 106 |
The Royal Scientists | |
The Royal Knights | |
The Masons | |
The Royal Society |
Question 107 |
Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy | |
Of Natures Obvious Laws and Processes in Vegetation | |
Writing of Mathematical Principles | |
None of the above |
Question 108 |
King James I | |
King James II | |
King Charles III | |
Edward I |
Question 109 |
Edward I | |
William of Orange | |
Charles II | |
William the Conqueror |
Question 110 |
Norway | |
Germany | |
France | |
None of the above. |
Question 111 |
True | |
False |
Question 112 |
The Battle of Marston Moor | |
The Battle of Boyne | |
The Battle of Waterloo | |
None of the above |
Question 113 |
Calvinists | |
Puritans | |
Jacobites | |
None of the above |
Question 114 |
When William and Mary were married | |
After William defeated James II at the Battle of Boyne | |
When James II invaded Ireland | |
When William and Mary were coroneted |
Question 115 |
Parliament had the right to raise taxes | |
It declared that Parliament would always be a separate entity from the king | |
The king had to have a circle of advisors | |
None of the above |
Question 116 |
True | |
False |
Question 117 |
The Conservatives and the Whigs | |
The Conservatives and the Tories | |
The Whigs and the Tories | |
The Conservatives and the Liberals |
Question 118 |
Constitutional Monarchy | |
Parliamentary Reign | |
Constitutional Parliament | |
Parliamentary Monarch |
Question 119 |
The Jews, Puritans, and Huguenots | |
The Jews, Huguenots, and Protestants | |
The Jews and Protestants | |
The Calvinists and Protestants |
Question 120 |
William and Mary | |
Queen Elizabeth I | |
Queen Anne | |
None of the above |
Question 121 |
Sir Robert Doyle | |
Sir Robert Walpole | |
Lord Richard | |
None of the above. |
Question 122 |
True | |
False |
Question 123 |
James III | |
Richard II | |
James III | |
Charles Edward Stuart |
Question 124 |
The Battle of Marston Moor | |
The Battle of Culloden | |
The Battle of MacAlpin | |
None of the above |
Question 125 |
When the Scottish chieftains became landlords | |
Scottish landlords destroyed individual small farms | |
When the Scottish lands were destroyed to find where Charles Edward Stuart was hiding. | |
None of the above |
Question 126 |
The 16th century | |
The 17th century | |
The 18th century | |
The 19th century |
Question 127 |
True | |
False |
Question 128 |
True | |
False |
Question 129 |
True | |
False |
Question 130 |
Scotland | |
Ireland | |
Wales | |
Britain |
Question 131 |
It made it easier to find workers | |
It mechanized those two area | |
It did not affect those industries | |
None of the above |
Question 132 |
Mechanizing goods | |
The Bessemer process for the mass production of wood | |
The increased amount of workers available | |
None of the above |
Question 133 |
True | |
False |
Question 134 |
Australia | |
Canada | |
India | |
All of the above |
Question 135 |
Sugar, spices, tea, and people | |
People and spices | |
Sugar, spices and tea, | |
none of the above |
Question 136 |
True | |
False |
Question 137 |
West Africa | |
The Caribbean | |
The Americas | |
None of the above |
Question 138 |
The Puritans | |
The Protestants | |
The Quakers | |
None of the above |
Question 139 |
1798 | |
1807 | |
1825 | |
1833 |
Question 140 |
The religious persecution by the British government | |
The abolishment of slavery by the Emancipation Act | |
Britain wanting to tax the colonies | |
None of the above |
Question 141 |
True | |
False |
Question 142 |
1783 | |
1785 | |
1789 | |
1805 |
Question 143 |
True | |
False |
Question 144 |
The Act of Union | |
The Reform Act of 1832 | |
The Habeas Corpus Act | |
None of the above |
Question 145 |
England | |
Scotland | |
Ireland | |
Wales |
Question 146 |
True | |
False |
Question 147 |
True | |
False |
Question 148 |
The cross of St George, the patron saint of England | |
The cross of St Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland | |
The cross of St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland | |
All of the above |
Question 149 |
16 | |
18 | |
21 | |
25 |
Question 150 |
True | |
False |
Question 151 |
True | |
False |
Question 152 |
2 million people | |
5 million people | |
10 million people | |
13 million people |
Question 153 |
Free trading systems | |
Taxed trading systems | |
Free trading systems with the colonies, but taxed systems for everywhere else | |
None of the above |
Question 154 |
5 hours | |
8 hours | |
10 hours | |
12 hours |
Question 155 |
Coal | |
Iron | |
Cotton cloth | |
All of the above |
Question 156 |
Turkey | |
France | |
Russia | |
All of the above |
Question 157 |
It was the first time that England aligned with two countries | |
It was the first war against Russia | |
It was the first war to be covered extensively by the media | |
All of the above |
Question 158 |
The Victorian Cross | |
The Medal of Valor | |
The Medal of Honour | |
None of the above |
Question 159 |
Rice | |
Cabbage | |
Potatoes | |
Yams |
Question 160 |
People died due to disease and starvation | |
Many people left Ireland for America or England | |
Ireland split from the rest of the UK |
Question 161 |
True | |
False |
Question 162 |
The Reform Act of 1832 | |
The Reform Act of 1867 | |
The Reform Act of 1870 | |
The Reform Act of 1882 |
Question 163 |
True | |
False |
Question 164 |
True | |
False |
Question 165 |
1902 and 1918 | |
1902 and 1928 | |
1918 and 1928 | |
None of the above |
Question 166 |
True | |
False |
Question 167 |
Settlers from France | |
Settlers from Normandy | |
Settlers from the Netherlands | |
Native Africans |
Question 168 |
True | |
False |
Question 169 |
the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria on June 28, 1914 | |
The growing sense of nationalism | |
The division of Europe's power into two camps | |
Militarism and imperialism | |
All of the above |
Question 170 |
True | |
False |
Question 171 |
November 1, 1918 | |
November 5, 1918 | |
November 10, 1918 | |
None of the above |
Question 172 |
They could have their independence | |
They could have 'Home Rule' | |
They could have their own elected officials to the British Parliament | |
All of the above |
Question 173 |
True | |
False |
Question 174 |
1916 | |
1921 | |
1922 | |
1925 |
Question 175 |
True | |
False |
Question 176 |
The Inter-War Period | |
The Years of Peace | |
The Great Depression | |
None of the above |
Question 177 |
Shipbuilding | |
Automobiles | |
Aviation | |
All of the above |
Question 178 |
True | |
False |
Question 179 |
True | |
False |
Question 180 |
Winston Churchill | |
Neville Chamberlain | |
Clement Attlee | |
None of the above |
Question 181 |
True | |
False |
Question 182 |
The Battle of London | |
The Battle of Germany | |
The Battle of Britain | |
The Battle of Berlin |
Question 183 |
True | |
False |
Question 184 |
May 4, 1944 | |
May 10, 1945 | |
June 6, 1944 | |
June 6, 1945 |
Question 185 |
Social reform | |
Political reform | |
Religious reform | |
All of the above |
Question 186 |
The Conservative Party | |
The Labour Party | |
The Whigs | |
The Tories |
Question 187 |
True | |
False |
Question 188 |
True | |
False |
Question 189 |
10 years | |
13 years | |
15 years | |
19 years |
Question 190 |
Winston Churchill | |
Neville Chamberlain | |
Clement Attlee | |
None of the above |
Question 191 |
Social Insurance and Allied Services | |
The Welfare State and Allied Services | |
Social Reform and Allied Services | |
None of the above |
Question 192 |
Neville Chamberlin | |
Dylan Thomas | |
William Beveridge | |
R A Butler |
Question 193 |
True | |
False |
Question 194 |
True | |
False |
Question 195 |
The Nifties Sixties | |
Roaring sixties | |
Swinging sixties | |
None of the above |
Question 196 |
Britain and Germany | |
Britain and France | |
Britain and Scotland | |
Britain and Denmark |
Question 197 |
True | |
False |
Question 198 |
True | |
False |
Question 199 |
True | |
False |
Question 200 |
Prices of goods and materials went up | |
Strikes occurred between the trade unions and the government | |
England started to use the Euro as its currency | |
None of the above |
Question 201 |
True | |
False |
Question 202 |
Mary Peters | |
Emmeline Pankhurst | |
Margaret Peters | |
Margaret Thatcher |
Question 203 |
Privatized national industries | |
Imposed legal controls on trade unions | |
She increased traditional industries like shipbuilding and coal mining | |
Question 204 |
Margaret Thatcher | |
Tony Blair | |
Roald Dahl | |
None of the above |
Question 205 |
Gordon Brown | |
David Cameron | |
Roald Dahl | |
None of the above |
Question 206 |
The Good Monday Agreement | |
The Irish Agreement | |
The Britain-Irish Agreement | |
The Good Friday Agreement |
Question 207 |
True | |
False |
Question 208 |
True | |
False |
Question 209 |
2000 | |
2001 | |
2003 | |
2005 |
Question 210 |
True | |
False |
Question 211 |
True | |
False |
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