A global power 2 Spread the love /24 A global power 2 1 / 24 Is the statement below TRUE or FALSE?Richard Arkwright increased the efficiency of production and profitability of factories.Choose only ONE best answer. True False 2 / 24 Which modern political party is still referred to sometimes as the Tories?Choose only ONE best answer. Liberal Democrats Labour Party Conservative Party Whigs 3 / 24 What event in 1851 took place at the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park and showed goods and exhibits from Britain and across the world?Choose only ONE best answer. The Great Exhibition The Great Show The Great Event The Great Occasion 4 / 24 What was needed during the Industrial Revolution to power the new factories?Choose only ONE best answer. Coal Slaves Oil Looms 5 / 24 What are small Scottish farms also known as?Choose only ONE best answer. Crofts Bothies Hamlets Homesteads 6 / 24 Why were slaves from West Africa taken to America and the Caribbean?Choose only ONE best answer. To join the colonial armies To work on tobacco and sugar plantations To work building roads To help Britain rebuild after the Second World War 7 / 24 Is the statement below TRUE or FALSE?Sir Robert Walpole was Prime Minister from 1872 to 1899.Choose only ONE best answer. True False 8 / 24 19th century campaigners called the Chartists fought for what?Choose only ONE best answer. The right for people without property to vote in elections The right for Catholics to vote in elections The right for children to vote in elections The right for Irish people to vote in elections 9 / 24 Why was Parliament still some way from being a modern democracy after the Glorious Revolution?Choose only ONE best answer. Only bishops were able to vote Only men who owned property of a certain value could vote Only women were allowed to vote Parliament took control of who could be monarch 10 / 24 Born in 1732, Richard Arkwright originally worked in which profession?Choose only ONE best answer. MP Lawyer Barber Weaver 11 / 24 Is this statement TRUE or FALSE?During Queen Victoria’s reign the French Empire became the largest empire the world has ever seen.Choose only ONE best answer. True False 12 / 24 Emmeline Pankhurst had a role in establishing which organisation for women’s rights in 1889?Choose only ONE best answer. The Women’s Voting Council The Women’s Franchise League The Female Democratic Organisation The Women’s Equality Society 13 / 24 Which of the following statements is correct?Choose only ONE best answer. By the 18th century slavery in Britain was commonplace. By the 18th century the slave trade was an established overseas industry but illegal within Britain. 14 / 24 The Boers were settlers who originally came from which country?Choose only ONE best answer. The Congo The United States New Zealand The Netherlands 15 / 24 What significant problem arose for Britain from trading and settlements overseas in the 19th century?Choose only ONE best answer. Conflict with other countries, particularly France The Industrial Revolution made shipbuilding expensive There was no plan or structure to the expansion The Great Depression caused mass unemployment 16 / 24 Which of the following statements is correct?Choose only ONE best answer. Colonists in North America were well educated and interested in ideas of liberty. Colonists in North America were poorly educated and uninterested in politics. 17 / 24 Which of these countries was part of the British Empire during Queen Victoria’s reign?Choose only ONE best answer. France Switzerland The USA India 18 / 24 Which of the following statements is correct?Choose only ONE best answer. After the Bill of Rights the monarch could administer justice without agreement from Parliament, but not raise taxes. After the Bill of Rights the monarch needed agreement from Parliament to raise taxes and administer justice. 19 / 24 Which of the following statements is correct?Choose only ONE best answer. The Industrial Revolution is what we call the rapid development of industry across the 18th and 19th centuries. The Industrial Revolution was a famous slave revolt, which ultimately led to the end of the slave trade. 20 / 24 Who succeeded Queen Anne after her death in 1714?Choose only ONE best answer. George II George I William of Orange Charles II 21 / 24 During the 18th century, Britain fought a number of wars with which country?Choose only ONE best answer. India South Africa Scotland France 22 / 24 Which of the following statements is correct?Choose only ONE best answer. The Chartists' campaign demanding the vote for the working classes and others without property was unsuccessful. The second Reform Act created many more urban seats in Parliament and reduced the amount of property that people needed to have before they could vote. 23 / 24 What is the reign of Queen Victoria commonly referred to as?Choose only ONE best answer. The Age of Victoria The Victoria Years The Victorian Age The Victorian Epoch 24 / 24 Which of the following statements is correct?Choose only ONE best answer. When Sake Dean Mahomet moved to Ireland he eloped with an Irish girl called Jane Daly. When Sake Dean Mahomet moved to England he eloped with an English girl called Jane Daly. Your score is 0% Restart quiz
