British Culture Revision Week 1.6

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British Culture Lesson 1.6

History Revision

Quiz Time!
Let's start easy: who is the current British monarch?

1. Elizabeth
2. Charles
3. William
4. Mary

England

Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

What is the capital city of Northern Ireland?

Cardiff

Edinburgh

Belfast

Dublin

Stonehenge 3000-2000 BC

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/history/general-history/stonehenge-facts/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08zqq6y

How were the stones brought to the site?

1. Dragged on sledges
2. Lorry
3. Giants placed the monument on a mountain in Ireland, before a wizard named Merlin magically moved the stone circle to England.
4. Aliens

Name some invaders of Britain

ROMAN PERIOD AD 43 – 410

• Occupation of present-day England and Wales (province of Britannia)
• Control not settlement
• Place names: Chester, Lancaster (castra = camp)
• Fusion of Romano-British culture 

GERMANIC INVASIONS 410-1066

VIKING INVASIONS 700-1100

Norman Conquest 1066

Put these groups in the correct historical order:

Iron Age 

AD 43 

410 - 1066

700-1100

1066

Normans

Vikings

Anglo-Saxons

Romans

AncientBritons

What was the Roman name for Scotland?

1. Britannia
2. Cambria
3. Caledonia
4. Hibernia

The day names Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are from which language?

1. Latin
2. Anglo-Saxon
3. Danish
4. French

Anglo-Saxons

How do most people believe King Harold died in 1066?

1. Axe through the head
2. Sword through the chest
3. Arrow through the eye

Who introduced the class system to England?

1. Romans
2. Anglo-Saxons
3. Vikings
4. Normans

The War of the Roses was between the houses of …………………………… and ………………………..

1. York, Lancaster
2. Tudor, Windsor
3. Hannover, Lancaster
4. Tudor, Hannover

Why did Henry VIII break with the Catholic Church?

1. He was a devout Protestant
2. He wanted an annulment for his marriage
3. He believed the Pope was corrupt
4. He believed the Pope was favouring the French

In which period of English history was Shakespeare alive?

1. Elizabethan
2. Georgian
3. Victorian

The Stuarts 1603-1688

James I

Charles I

Oliver Cromwell

(not a Stuart)

Charles II

James II

What happened to Charles I?

1. He was beheaded
2. He was sent into exile
3. He was shot
4. He was hanged

The English Civil War 1642-1651

• Series of wars between King and parliament
• Royalists = Cavaliers 
• Parliamentarians = Roundheads
• Roundheads - Oliver Cromwell
• Charles I captured 1649

Which side fought for the King during the English Civil War?

1. Roundheads
2. Cavaliers
3. Parliamentarians
4. Puritans

William and Mary became joint monarchs in 1689. Why was this called the 'Glorious Revolution'?

1. It was bloodless
2. There was a lot of blood shed

Act of Union 1707

1. Parliament of Scotland joins England and Wales
2. Parliament of Scotland joins England

Which costume drama is set during the Georgian period?

1. Outlander
2. Game of Thrones
3. The Crown
4. Bridgerton

The Spinning ....... was invented in 1764.

1. Alison
2. Georgina
3. Jenny

Victorian era

World War 1 lasted from

1. 1900-1920
2. 1912-1919
3. 1914-1918
4. 1918-1924

What were The Troubles?

A conflict...

1. ... between Scotland and Ireland
2. ... within Ireland
3. ... between France and England
4. ... between Northern Ireland and Scotland

Tips for further study:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08zqq6y

https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/history-of-english

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09hhqvz

What did you learn in this lesson?