61 questions
Early Britain
From Stone Age hunters to Iron Age kingdoms
History
History Life in the UK Test Questions
Choose the topic you have just studied, check a few example questions, then practise only that topic before moving on. This keeps the unit from turning into one large mixed quiz too early.
Best use of this unit
The topics below follow the same order as the topic map. Work through one topic at a time when you are learning, then switch to a unit drill when you want a harder mixed check.
49 questions
The Romans
From Caesar's failed invasion to 400 years of Roman rule
50 questions
The Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
New settlers, Christian missionaries and Norse raiders
46 questions
The Norman Conquest
1066 and the transformation of England
146 questions
The Middle Ages
Wars, plague, Magna Carta and the birth of Parliament
83 questions
The Tudors
Religious upheaval, six wives and the English Reformation
98 questions
Elizabeth I and the Stuarts
The golden age, Shakespeare, exploration and the union of crowns
69 questions
The Civil War
King versus Parliament, Cromwell and the republic
72 questions
The Restoration and Glorious Revolution
Plague, fire, science and the triumph of Parliament
129 questions
A Global Power
Union, Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution
92 questions
The Slave Trade, American Independence and War with France
Abolition, revolution and the battles that shaped modern Britain
109 questions
The Victorian Age
Empire, industry, reform and the fight for the vote
104 questions
The World Wars
Two global conflicts, the partition of Ireland and the inter-war years
64 questions
Post-war Britain
The welfare state, the end of empire, migration, Europe and the 1960s and 1970s
106 questions
Modern Britain
Thatcher to Brexit, devolution, and great British inventions of the 20th century