Oefenen Culture and literature

Welcome to the great Culture and Literature quiz

Great Britain bestaat uit:

1. Wales, England, Scotland
2. England
3. Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland

United kingdom:

1. Left and right Islands together
2. Left Islands
3. Right Islands

Irland

1. The other large Island
2. Two big islands
3. North and south

The British Isles

1. Wales, Ireland,Scotland
2. of the four nations
3. Scotland, ireland

Albion

1. Poetic or rhetorical reference to Scotland
2. Poetic or rhetorical reference to Wales
3. Poetic or rhetorical reference to England

Britannia

1. Normans named present-day England like this.
2. Romans named present-day England like this.

Erin

1. Poetic name for Ireland
2. Poetic name for Wales
3. Poetic name for Scotland

Tokens of national identity

1. Surnames, clothes, instruments, charachteristics, character
2. only clothing
3. only instruments
4. only surnames and characteristics

National Loyalties

1. It's safer to say English
2. It's safer to say British

The dominance of England

1. system of politics in all four nations
2. main language in four nations
3. Money supply controlled by the bank of England
4. Present Queen Elizabeth

Symbols of England

1. St George Cross, Rose, White, Saint George
2. St Andrews cross, thistle, blue, St andrews
3. St Patricks cross, shamrock, green, St Patrick
4. Dragon of cadwallader, leek/daffodil, red, st david

Stonehenge

1. Build on Salisbury Plain
2. Astronomical clock by the druids
3. Ceremonies marking the passing of the seasons
4. archaeological wood constructon by druids

Celts

1. some experienced direct roman rule England and Wales
2. some didn't experience direct roman rule Ireland and Scotland
3. Culture throughout the British Isles

druids

1. intellectuals
2. mystics
3. intellectual mystics

Roman province of Britannia covered?

1. England
2. Scotland and wales
3. Wales
4. England and wales

He and his knights are the perfect example of medieval nobility and chivalry

1. King Wilfred
2. King Arthur

Germanic Invaders

1. Angles, saxons, frisians and jutes
2. Normans and Romans

Viking invaders

1. Angles, Saxons, frisians and jutes
2. Normans and danes

Defeated the vikings which devided England and Wessex

1. King Alfred
2. Alfred the great
3. King George

He lived with is band of 'merry man' in Sherwood Forest outside Nottingham. Stealing from the rich and giving to the poor.

1. David hood
2. George hood
3. Robin hood

Defeated the English at the battle of Hastings. King Harold died during this war.

1. Norman invasion
2. Jutes invastion
3. Saxon invasion

Rollo became in 911 the first duke of Normandy

1. true
2. false

What was Duke William of Normand called?

1. The great
2. The Conqueror

What was a record called in which 20 years after the battle of hastings, showed all landholder's estate throughout England?

1. The domesday Book
2. The freedomsday Book

War of the roses

1. between Lancastrians (red rose) and Yorkists (white rose)
2. Between Normans (white rose) and Anglos (red rose)

Which war ended when Henry VII defeated and killed Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth field?

1. War of the plants
2. War of the cucumbers
3. war of the roses

Tudor dynasty

1. system of government departments staffed by professionals
2. Feudal barons were no longer needed

Which person swept away the power of the roman church?

1. Richard III
2. Henry VIII

Why did Henry VIII make sure the Roman church had no power in England?

1. he could remarry
2. he could become the leader
3. appoint the leaders of the church

What was the majority religion in England?

1. Catholic
2. Protestantism

Elizabeth I

1. Daughter of Richard III
2. Daughter of Henry VII
3. Daughter of Henry VIII

What is true about The Spanish Armada?

1. Fleet of ships sent by Catholic King Philip of Spain
2. To invade France
3. Defeated by the English Navy.

Who is James I

1. King of Scotland later from England
2. King of Wales
3. King of England

The stuart Dynasty

1. It started when James I became king of England
2. It started when James II became king of England
3. It started when James I became king of Wales

The Civil war was between:

1. Cavaliers and Roundhads
2. Royalists and puritans

what happened to Charles I

1. He lived happily ever after
2. He was the first king to be executed

A group of Catholics Failed in their attempt to blow up the king in Parliament

1. The bombing plot
2. The gunpowder plot

Who was oliver Cromwell

1. The leader of the parliamentary army
2. The leader of the church

The Presbytarian Church becomes the offical church of...

1. England
2. wales
3. Scotland

The battle of Boyne: William III and the Ulster Protestants defeat James II and the Irish Catholics

1. false
2. true

Glorious Revolution

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

Who were asked to become king and queen during the Glorious Revolution?

1. King alexander and queen maxima
2. Prince William of Orange and his wife Mary

Bill of rights

1. Power of monarch is being limited
2. Allowed dissenters to practice their religion freely

Act of Union

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

Who were the Whigs?

1. Descendants of the Parliamentarians
2. People with respect for the monarchy

Who were the Tories?

1. Descendants of parliamentarians
2. people who respected the monarchy and importance Anglican Church

When did britain recognize the indipendence of the American Colonies?

1. 1783
2. 1873

When was the industrial revolution?

1. 1850
2. 1750
3. 1650

Where did Britain expand during the Industrial Revolution?

1. America
2. West african coast
3. India

What is Urban migration?

1. hundreds of thousands of people moved vrom rural eareas into new towns and cities
2. Moved to the countryside