Who was the greatest Anglo-Saxon king

English History – Test Questions

1. Who was the greatest Anglo-Saxon king? .............................................................

Why was he so great? .................................................................................................

2. What do you know about the 1st large-scale economic survey conducted in Europe?

3. Who had Thomas Becket murdered? ........................................... What was his reason?

4. When did England's first Parliament convene? .............................................................

For what reason was it convened by Edward ? ...............................................................

5. Why did the Hundred Years' War break out? .............................................................

What was the result for England? .....................................................................................

6. Who won the Wars of the Roses in the end? ............................ won in .......................

7. What do you know about the motivations of Henry VIII in connection with the

establishment of the Anglican Church?

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8. How do we know that Henry VIII was not a true Reformer of the Catholic Church in England?

9. What were some of the most significant achievements of Elizabethan England?

§ In trade: ..................................................................................................................

§ In arts: ....................................................................................................................

§ Foreign relations: ...................................................................................................

§ Religion: ..................................................................................................................

§ Industry: .................................................................................................................

10. When did the higher classes start to speak English instead of French in England?

11. When did the European balance of power change in favour of England

(once the Middle Ages were over)?

12. What were the causes of the Civil War in England? (List min. 3 and explain 1)

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13. When was England a Republic? ................... - .....................

14. Was the Glorious Revolution really a revolution by the people? Explain.

Why wasn’t it actually glorious?

15. When and why was the "office" of the first PM created? .........................

16. What was the situation of Catholics in Britain from the late 17th to the early 19th c?

17. When and why did the British colonize New South Wales (Australia)?

18. What prevented England from having a revolution in the late 18th c?

19. When did England lose her 13 American colonies? ..........................

20. When was the British Empire bigger than ever? ........................

21. What changes did the Suez Crisis bring in British foreign relations?

22. Under which king/queen did England become the richest country of the world?

23. Under which king/queen was England transformed from an agricultural country to the

world's no. 1 industrial nation? ...............................................................

24. The 1st .................................................... opened in London in 1863.

The 2nd was opened in Budapest in ..............

25. What were some of the provisions of the Welfare State introduced by the Labour Government

after World War II?

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26. When did Britain join the European Union (EEC)? ..................................

Why not earlier?