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ANCIENT BRITISH HISTORY QUIZ

  1. Which people inhabited the Great Britain during the Ice Age?

  2. Who were Neandertals?

  3. How are the Neanderthals scientifically classified?

  4. To which species the Homo neanderthalensis are closely related to?

  5. Who were the Cro-Magnons?

  6. When did the Ice Age ended in Europe?

  7. What was the impact of end of Ice Age on Britain?

  8. When did the practice of agriculture begin in Britain?

  9. By 3000 BC which people were farming the chalk soil of southern England?

  10. Which people had established themselves in England by 2500 BC?

  11. What are the Beaker folks named after?

  12. Which tools were used by the Beaker folks?

  13. Which important monument is believed to be the creation of the Beaker folks?

  14. Which people overran Britain in the 1st Millennium BC?

  15. What is the origin of the name Britain?

  16. Who wrote the first detailed description of the British Island and its inhabitants?

  17. With what name the northern Europe was known to the ancient world?

  18. To which Age does the megalithic monument the Stonehenge belong? 

  19. What is Stonehenge and where is it located?

  20. Which people inhabited the Island from the Bronze Age to the 6th Century BC?

  21. Who were the Picts?

  22. From where did the Picts come to the Britain?

  23. When did the Picts reach Northern Ireland?

  24. How were the Picts were first mentioned by the Roman writers of 3rd century AD?

  25. What is the name of the wall the Romans built to defend against the attacks of the Picts?

  26. Who were the Celts?

  27. When did Julius Caesar invade the British Island?

  28. Why did Julius Caesar return in 54BC?

  29. What were the inhabitants of the Island collectively called?

  30. Britain maintained its political freedom from 54 BC to 43 AD but paid tribute to Rome. Which Roman Emperor initiated systematic conquest of Britain in 43 AD?   

  31. By which year the Roman armies had occupied all the Island south of Humber River and east of Severn River?

  32. Who were the Silures?

  33. How long did the Silures resisted the Roman occupation of the British Island?

  34. What was Anglesey?

  35. Who were the Druids?

  36. What was the impact of Roman occupation on the Druids?

  37. What was the name of the native queen who led the bloody rebellion against the Romans in 60 AD?

  38. Who were Iceni?

  39. Who was the husband of Boudicca - the queen of Iceni? 

  40. Why did Boudicca rebel against the Roman?

  41. How did Boudicca react against the atrocities of the Romans?

  42. According to the Roman historian, Tacitus, how many Romans were killed by the forces of queen Boudicca in her rebellion?

  43. How was the rebellion of the queen Boudicca put down?

  44. How did the queen Boudicca die?

  45. Which are the famous literary works dedicated to the queen Boudicca?

  46. By the middle of the 1st century AD, the Britain became an imperial province of the Roman Empire. What was the name given to this province by the Romans?

  47. By which year the Roman armies had subdued Wales?

  48. What was the name of the Roman general who completed conquest of Britain up to the Firth of Forth by 85 AD?

  49. What was the name of the Battle won by the Roman Governor, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, which helped him to control much of Scotland?

  50. What is a Firth?

  51. What is the modern name of the Caledonia Region of the Britain? 

  52. Despite the Roman conquest which region remained the disputed territory and retained its independence?

  53. Which tribes inhabited the region which retained its independence? 

  54. When did the Native Britons rise in revolt and completely destroyed the Roman garrison at Eboracum (Now York)?

  55. Which Roman Emperor visited Britain in 122 AD?

  56. Which defensive mechanism was adopted by the Emperor Hadrian against the attacks of the native Britons?

  57. When was the Hadrian's wall built?

  58. The Hadrian's wall linked a series of forts and watchtowers. How far these were located from each other?

  59. What portion of the total Roman army was deployed in Britain?

  60. When was the Antonine Wall built?

  61. The region between the Hadrian's Wall and the Antonine Wall was a defense area against the Caledonians. In which century they were eventually driven north of the Hadrian's Wall?

  62. For how long the Hadrian's Wall marked the northern Roman frontier?

  63. When did the Romans begin withdrawing armies from Britain?

  64. Why did the Romans begin withdrawing armies from Britain?

  65. When were the last Roman legions withdrawn from Britain?

  66. What was the reason of withdrawing the last Roman legions from Britain in 410 AD?

  67. Who were the Visigoths?

  68. Who were the Goths?

  69. Which culture again become predominant in Britain after withdrawal of Romans?

  70. What was the legacy left in Britain by the Roman?

  71. When were the Germanic invasions on Britain?   



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