英國(guó)歷史精選問(wèn)題

1、英國(guó)歷史精選問(wèn)題q1. what are the two major political parties that have dominated british politics since world war ii?a) the liberal democrats and the democratic unionist partyb) the labour party and the conservative partyc) the conservative party and the liberal democrats d) the labour party and the liberal

2、 democratsq2. what event prompted britain to go to war with germany in 1914?a) the german invasion of russiab) the german invasion of belgium and francec) the german invasion of poland d) the german invasion of norwayq3. which of the following technologies were not invented during the industrial rev

3、olution?a) the steam locomotiveb) the printing pressc) the steam engine d) the spinning jennyq4. which of the following wars did not take place during the georgian era (1714 to 1830)?a) the seven years warb) the american revolutionary warc) the napoleonic wars d) the english civil warq5. which of th

4、e following monarchs were one and the same person?a) william iii of england and william i of scotlandb) james i of england and james vi of scotland c) mary i of england and mary, queen of scots d) james ii of england and james ii of scotland q6. what was the main reason that king henry viii decided

5、to make himself head of the church of england and thereby bring about the reformation?a) the king was jealous of the churchs wealthb) the church was a threat to the kings power c) the church was exploiting the poor d) the pope refused to grant the king a divorce q7. when did the war of the roses tak

6、e place?a) 1642 to 1651b) 1135 to 1153 c) 1455 to 1487 d) 1337 to 1453 q8. what was simon de montforts role in history?a) he forced king john to sign the magna carta b) he played a key role in the development of the english parliament c) he was the first prime minister of england d) he established t

7、he first parliament in england q9. which of the following events is not associated with king henry ii?a) the weakening of the power of the baronsb) the birth of parliamentc) the murder of thomas becketd) the creation of the jury system q10. which of the following germanic tribes settled in britain f

8、rom the middle of the 5th century?a) goths, jutes, and saxonsb) angles, goths, and jutesc) goths, saxons, and vandalsd) angles, saxons, and jutes q11. which of the following countries is not a former british colony?a) new zealandb) australiac) canadad) brazil q12. which british prime minister led th

9、e country to victory during world war ii?a) winston churchillb) clement atleec) neville chamberlaind) lloyd george q13. when did the victorian era come to an end?a) 1914b) 1837c) 1901d) 1859 q14. which of the following was not one of the factors that contributed to the start of the industrial revolu

10、tion in britain?a) the loss of the american coloniesb) the accumulation of capital by the bourgeoisiec) the development of the banking systemd) the development of capitalist relations of production q15. when did the glorious revolution take place?a) 1698b) 1658 c) 1688d) 1685 q16. who were the paren

11、ts of queen elizabeth i?a) king henry viii and catherine howardb) king henry viii and catherine of aragonc) king henry viii and jane seymourd) king henry viii and anne boleyn q17. what was the last major battle of the war of the roses?a) the battle of wakefieldb) the battle of agincourt c) the battl

12、e of tewkesbury d) the battle of bosworth field q18. which of the following was not one of the consequences of england losing the hundred years war?a) england became a more feudalistic societyb) the english king was deprived of all his territories in mainland europec) the english language was re-est

13、ablished as englands official languaged) the normans in england began to regard england as their home q19. king richard i was commonly known under which name?a) richard the lionheartb) richard the lionc) richard the lion tamerd) richard the lion king q20. in which year did the norman conquest of eng

14、land take place?a) 1086b) 1016 c) 1066 d) 1065 q21. which of the following countries was not an ally of britain during world war ii?a) the united statesb) francec) russia d) germanyq22. which of the following writers is not associated with the victorian era?a) william wordsworthb) charles dickensc)

15、william shakespeared) george elliot q23. in which industry is the industrial revolution in britain said to have begun?a) the tourist industryb) the agricultural industryc) the textile industry d) the construction industry q24. which of the following monarchs was not from the house of hanover?a) will

16、iam ivb) george ic) victoriad) george vi q25. when was the elizabethan era?a) 1558 to 1603b) 1485 to 1509c) 1553 to 1558d）1509 to 1547q26. which of the following is not associated with the tudor period?a) the glorious revolutionb) the renaissancec) the reformationd) the enclosure movement q27. appro

17、ximately what percentage of the population of england died as a result of the black death?a) 80%b) 10%c) 50%d) 20% q28. in which year was the magna carta signed?a) 1216b) 1199c) 1215d) 1205 q29. which of the following was not one of the actions taken by william the conqueror during his reign as king

18、 of england?a) he ordered the massacre of thousands of jewish peopleb) he reorganized the government in accordance with the feudal systemc) he commissioned the writing of the domesday book d) he ordered the construction of norman castles all over the country q30. when is stonehenge believed to have

19、been constructed?a) 2,000 years agob) 10,000 years agoc) 3,500 years agod) 5,000 years ago q31. who was britains first and only female prime minster?a) nancy astorb) betty boothroyd c) margaret thatcherd) margaret bondfield q32. which part of ireland chose to remain part of the united kingdom when t

20、he rest of the country became independent?a) ulsterb) connachtc) munsterd) leinster q33. the victorian era is also referred to as what?a) the new elizabethan erab) the english renaissance c) the third english renaissance d) the second english renaissance q34. what was the name of the act/s of parlia

21、ment that united great britain and ireland into a single nation?a) the acts of union 1800b) the act of settlement 1701 c) the acts of union 1707 d) the act for the settlement of ireland 1652 q35. who won the english civil war?a) the roundheads led by oliver cromwellb) the cavaliers led by charles ic

22、) the luddites led by ned luddd) the jacobites led by james francis edward stuart q36. which of the following statements is true?a) the reformation led to an end to englands religious problemsb) the dissolution of the monasteries was unpopular with most people c) most of the wealth of the monasterie

23、s became the property of the king d) bricks were removed from the monasteries and sold to the people at very high prices q37. what were the two major warring parties in the war of the roses?a) the house of tudor and the house of stuartb) the house of lancaster and the house of york c) the house of l

24、ancaster and the house of tudor d) the house of york and the house of hanover q38. what was the chief and direct cause of the hundred years war?a) the king of france had a strong desire to conquer englandb) a dispute over the succession to the english throne c) the king of england had a strong desir

25、e to conquer france d) a dispute over the succession to the french throne q39. why did the relationship between thomas becket and king henry ii break down?a) thomas becket refused to allow criminal clergy to be tried in the kings courtsb) thomas becket attempted to murder the king c) thomas becket l

26、ed an uprising against the king d) thomas becket had an affair with the kings wife q40. which of the following kings of england was not an anglo-saxon?a) ethelred the unreadyb) alfred the greatc) edward the confessord) canute the great q41. when did elizabeth ii become queen?a) 1956 b) 1932 c) 1952

27、d) 1948 q42. which of the following statements about queen victoria is not true?a) victorias relationship with her husband was unstableb) victoria became queen in 1837c) victoria was very careful about her behavior on public occasionsd) victoria was very strict with her children q43. who is consider

28、ed to be the father of the factory system?a) richard arkwrightb) george stephensonc) james wattd) james hargreaves q44. who is considered to be britains first prime minister?a) william pittb) frederick northc) robert walpoled) henry pelham q45. which of the following events is not associated with the elizabethan era?a) the founding of the east india companyb) sir francis drakes circumnavigation of the worldc) the gunpowder plotd) the defeat of the spanish armada q46. who was the first tudor monarch?a) richard iiib) henr