The eighteenth century

Test 7

1. Choose the right option. When did Britain loose its colonies in North America?

A 16^th century

B 17^th century

C 18^th century

D 19^th century

2. Choose the right option. What country had the strongest navy in the world in the 18^th century?

A. France

B. Spain

C. Britain

D. Portugal

3. Choose the right option. Who is considered to be the first Prime Minister in Britain?

A Robert Peel

B John Wilkes

C. Robert Walpole

4. Choose the right option. Who founded the Bank of England?

A Robert Peel

B John Wilkes

C. Robert Walpole

5. Choose the right option. ”The jewel in the Crown” of Britain was….

A Australia

B Canada

C India

D New Zealand

6. Match the countries and the products they exported.

1.Britain	A. sugar
2.Africa	B. knives, swords, cloth
3.the West Indies	C. slaves

7. Choose the right option. Who established the principle: “the freedom of the individual is more important than the interests of the state, and no one could be arrested without a proper reason”

A. Robert Peel

B. John Wilkes

C. Robert Walpole

8. Agree (write T) or disagree (write F ). In the 18^th century the role of newspapers in growth of public opinion decreased.

9. Agree (write T) or disagree (write F). The Boston Tea Party” led to the American war of Independence.

10. Agree (write T) or disagree (write F). In the 18^th century Catholics were second-class citizens in their own land.

11. Agree (write T) or disagree (write F). The Scottish musical instrument, the bagpipe, and the old patterns of the kilt were forbidden in the 18^th century.

12. Agree (write T) or disagree (write F ). At the end of the 18^th century all the towns smelled bad, and streets were used as lavatories.

13. Choose the right option. Beer industry was started by….

A. Methodists

B. Quakers

C. Government

14. Choose the right option. What city in Britain became the wonder of Europe in the 18^th century?

A. Dublin

B. Glasgow

C. London

D. Birmingham

15. Agree (write T) or disagree (write F). In the 18^th century an English lord was hanged for killing his servant.

16. Agree (write T) or disagree (write F ). In the 18^th century it was difficult to see a clear difference between the aristocracy, the gentry and the middle class.

17. Agree (write T) or disagree (write F ). In the 18^th century “Spa” towns became very fashionable.

18. Agree (write T) or disagree (write F). Whipping children was considered a very bad practice in the 18^th century.

19. Choose the right option(s). The life expectancy increased in the 18^th century due to:

A improved diet

B cleanliness of cotton underclothing

C appearing of workhouses

D the growing idea of kindness

20. Fill in the chart:

A. Average weight of an ox -168kg B. Average weight of an ox -364kg C. Average weight of a sheep -17kg

D. Average weight of a sheep -36kg E. Fresh meet all the year round F. White bread for ordinary people

21. What changes took place in the farming? Choose the right option(s):

A enclosures B a seed drill C growing wheat

D growing root crops E a new field rotation

F an old field rotation G keeping animals all the year round

22. Choose the right option(s). In the 18^th century every person in the family had their own private bedroom. It was due to:

A Individualism

B Methodism

C Puritanism

D Industrial revolution

23. Choose the right option. In the 18^th century children began to work at the age of…

A. 3

B 4

C 5

D 6

E 7

F 8

G 9

H 10

24. Choose the right option. What was John Wilkinson famous for?

A a spinning machine

B building the largest ironworks in the country

C an engine with a turning motion, made of iron and steel

25. Choose the right option. ”A cottage industry” changed into a factory industry because of….

A. iron producing

B rapid development of industry

C demand for more goods

C. demand for more goods

26. Choose the right option. What is Wedgwood?

A. textile

B. swords

C. Tea

D. china goods

27. Choose the right option. Luddites were punished by death because they….

A. tried to improve their working conditions

B. wanted the bourgeois revolution

C. broke machines

28. Choose the right option(s). What did Methodism teach people?

A. More civil and religious liberty

B to be hardworking

C to be honest

D to avoid politics

29. Choose the right option(s). Britain avoided the bourgeois revolution due to ….

A Puritanism

B. Methodism

C Industrial revolution

D Agricultural revolution

30. Choose the right option. In 1819 a new law forbade the employment of children under….

A. 9

B. 10

C. 11

D. 12

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