History of Great Britain

1. What were Druids?

2. Which Roman emperor made a successful conquest of Britain?

3. Who was queen Boadicea?

4. How long did the Romans occupation of Britain lasted?

5. What happened after 410 AD?

6. What were these: Kent, Sussex, Wessex, East Anglia, Essex, Marcia and Northumbia? What common name is given to them all?

7. Who began to convert the Anglo-Saxon to Christianity? And when?

8. What happened at the Synod of Whitby?

9. What was the Witan?

10. The Danelaw was:

11. How long was the Anglo-Saxon rule of Britain?

12. Who was the king Alfred the Great?

13. Why did the Duke of Normandy, William, have claimed to the English throne?

14. What culture did the court of William bring to England?

15. Which Tudor king avoided wars and supported shipbuilding

16. Reformation and the passing of the Act of Supremacy come from the reign of…

17. Why is Elizabeth 1 st regarded as one of the greatest monarchs?

18. A number of English trading companies were then established:

19. The Spanish armada did/didn't defeated England.

20. Who succeeded queen Elizabeth 1^st

21. Why was king Charles 1^st unpopular among the puritans?

22. What was the cause of English civil war?

23. Who was Oliver Cromwell?

24. Why and when was James 2 deposed from the throne?

25. What was the Act of Union of 1707?

26. Who was sir Robert Walpole?

27. Who were the Wigs and Tories?

28. What was the Industrial Revolution?

29. When did Britain became the most powerful country in Europe?

30. When did queen Victoria reign?

31. What is “laisses-faire” ideology?

32. What did the first reform Bill concern? When?

33. Who were the Chartists

34. What new politicial party appeared in parliament at the beginning of the 20^th c?

35. Who was the British Prime Minister during the Round Table meeting of the heads of superpower at Potsdam?

36. Magna Carta

37. Curia Regis

38. Shire

39. Domesday Book

40. The Hundred Years War

History of Great Britain

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