The twentieth century
Theme 8
1. Why did Britain loose its strength in the twentieth century?
2. What helped Britain to recover from “depression” in the 1930s?
3. At the start of the twentieth century, during the First World War Quakers refused to fight. For the first time a government accepted the idea that men had the right to refuse to fight if they believed fighting to be wrong. What do you think of this idea? Discuss.
4. Who is this poem by Laurence Binyon about? What does it mean for you?
| They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them. |
5. What were the consequences of the First World War?
6. Why did the role of the Labour party grow after the First World War?
7. In 1885 F. Engels wrote of the trade unionists: “The fools want to reform society to suit themselves, but not reform themselves to suit the development of society”. Do you agree with the words?
8. What effect on Britain did the Bolshevik revolution make?
9. “You’ve never had it so good” – a famous remark after the Second World War. What did it mean?
10. Many people consider “swinging sixties” the best ten years Britain had in the twentieth century. What do you think?
11. The 1960s in Britain are called the age of youth. Why so?
12. Are you for or against “permissive society”?
13. A “permissive society” or a return to Victorian values?
14. Do you think the Royal family has a future?
15. What should the role of monarchy be in society?
16. In 1936 Edward VIII gave up the thrown in order to marry a divorced woman. Do you approve of him? Discuss.
17. British football fans are famous all over the world for their violence. How can this violence be explained?
18. Nationalization or privatization…? What is the role of the state in the economic development of the country?
19. The rich and the poor… What happened to the gap between rich and poor during the period 1979 - 1994, and what were the main causes?
20. Who rules Britain: the Crown, the Commons, the Lords, the Prime Minister, the Cabinet or the Civil Service? Discuss.
21. If you were British, which political party would you support?
22. . What were the economic successes and failures of the Conservative administrations, 1979-97?
23. In what ways are women still disadvantaged in British society?
24. How did the ethnic pattern of Britain change in the 20th century?
25. What predictions can you make about British society?
26. Why is the Commonwealth popular with its membership?
27. KEY
Test 1
Earliest times
| AB | C | ||
| C | B | ||
| political/economic | B | ||
| A | C | ||
| BC | C | ||
| A | C | ||
| reinforce | A | ||
| B | C | ||
| C | A | ||
| B | A | ||
| C | C | ||
| C | C | ||
| B | Total: 28 |
Test 2
The Saxon Invasion, the Celtic kingdoms
| 1C 2A 3B | B | ||
| Towns BE Rivers BCD | Kings were given God’s approval/ church helped established the system of law | ||
| ABCFH | 1ACDGI 2BEFHJ | ||
| CDEF | C | ||
| the Witan | C | ||
| B | C | ||
| 1AE 2CFG | D | ||
| justice was administered/ young men joined the army | Culture, background, religion, economic system | ||
| B | Total:48 |
Test 3
The early Middle ages, the Norman Conquest
| The social system that existed in Europe in the Middle Ages in which land belonged to powerful lords and the people they allowed to live on the land had to work & fight for them. | on the day Wallace was killed | ||
| F | B | ||
| B | England’s wish to rule Scotland | ||
| T | “in the king’s saddle” | ||
| C | B | ||
| E | D | ||
| D | B | ||
| E | the same law all over the country | ||
| F | comparisons, previous cases, previous decisions | ||
| C | straw, reeds, corn stalks, wooden beams and sticks filled with mud | ||
| C | C | ||
| B | land was exhausted, bad harvest, a lot of landless people | ||
| C | Poverty/hunger/inflation/an increase in the number of landless labourers | ||
| A | wine, tall timber, fish | ||
| C | wheat, wool, woolen cloth | ||
| B | church & education | ||
| B | - law & ruling Normans | ||
| B | Oxford & Cambridge | ||
| B | Total:48 |
Teas 4
The late Middle Ages
| T | B | ||
| F | A | ||
| T | AD | ||
| F | ABE | ||
| T | AB | ||
| T | AC | ||
| T | T | ||
| F | William Wallace | ||
| T | England’s wish to rule Scotland | ||
| C | C | ||
| C | B | ||
| B | factories | ||
| F | Geoffrey Chaucer | ||
| T | a printing press | ||
| B | Watt Tyler | ||
| B | Total:37 | ||
| T |
Test 5
The Tudor period
| B | C | ||
| AB | C | ||
| F | 1A 2D 3C 4B | ||
| C | D | ||
| T | T | ||
| T | A | ||
| T | C | ||
| T | B | ||
| T | AB | ||
| F | B | ||
| T | lawmaking | ||
| C | F | ||
| A | F | ||
| C | BCDE | ||
| C | D | ||
| F | Total:39 |
Test 6
The Stuarts
| B | A | ||
| B | T | ||
| T | T | ||
| A | T | ||
| B | T | ||
| F | B | ||
| F | ABC | ||
| T | B | ||
| B | ABCDF | ||
| C | ABC | ||
| T | B | ||
| T | 1Bf 2Ad 3Ce | ||
| B | B | ||
| F | T | ||
| B | 1B 2A | ||
| A | 1A 2B | ||
| T | T | ||
| F | T | ||
| T | T | ||
| B | F | ||
| F | F | ||
| T | T | ||
| F | T | ||
| C | T | ||
| A | Total: 64 |
Test 7
The 18th century
| C | T | ||
| C | T | ||
| C | ABD | ||
| C | 1700 AC 1795 BDEF | ||
| C | ABDEG | ||
| 1B 2C 3A | A | ||
| B | A | ||
| F | B | ||
| T | BC | ||
| T | D | ||
| T | C | ||
| F | BCD | ||
| B | B | ||
| C | A | ||
| T | Total: 46 | ||
| T |
Test 8
The 19th century
| B, C | T | ||
| C | B, E | ||
| D | A, B, C | ||
| A, B | T | ||
| C | 1B, 2B, 3A ,4B | ||
| A | A | ||
| B | T | ||
| B | C | ||
| B | A, E, G, H | ||
| F | C | ||
| F | T | ||
| T | B writing C arithmetic | ||
| A, B, C, G | C | ||
| C | F | ||
| A | T | ||
| D, E | T | ||
| B training boys in leadership C providing officers of the armed forces | T | ||
| B, C, D | T | ||
| C | B opening Labour Exchange C national insurance D free school meals | ||
| A | C | ||
| T | Total: 62 |
Test 9
The 20th century
| E | B | ||
| AC | B | ||
| A | T | ||
| A, B, C, D | A, B, C, D, E | ||
| A, B, C, D | T | ||
| B | T | ||
| B | A, B, C, D | ||
| T | B | ||
| C | B, D | ||
| T | A, B, C | ||
| C | T | ||
| B | A, C, D | ||
| T | T | ||
| 1D 2A 3C | F | ||
| F | T | ||
| T | T | ||
| B, C, D | B | ||
| T | B | ||
| B | A | ||
| T | T | ||
| F | T | ||
| T | A | ||
| T | B | ||
| T | T | ||
| T | A | ||
| C | A, B, C | ||
| B | T | ||
| F | A, B, D | ||
| T | A | ||
| T | A | ||
| C | F | ||
| C | A, C, D, E, F | ||
| B | A, B | ||
| A | Total: 99 |
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