Lesson Y8-U02-L06

The Legacy of Empire Today Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 8

20 questions

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Lesson Y8-U02-L06, The Legacy of Empire Today: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 History (National Curriculum), Unit 8: Year 8: Empire, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Which criteria help historians judge the historical significance of an event?

    • Financial cost alone
    • Only modern popularity
    • Impact then and now
    • Length of written reports

  2. What is the Commonwealth today?

    • British colony
    • Voluntary association
    • Military alliance
    • Trade monopoly

  3. What term describes something left from the past that still has effects today?

    • Statue
    • Artifact
    • Legacy
    • Colony

  4. Which of these is one of the five Rs historians use to test significance?

    • Rural
    • Resonant
    • Regal
    • Romantic

  5. Roughly how many people lived under British rule at the empire's peak?

    • About 4.5 billion
    • About 45 million
    • About 458 million
    • About 4.5 million

  6. In what year did the Windrush arrive at Tilbury, bringing Caribbean migrants to Britain?

    • 1948
    • 1960
    • 1807
    • 1919

  7. About how many people speak English around the world?

    • About 1.5 billion
    • About 15 billion
    • About 15 million
    • About 150 thousand

  8. In what year were the Benin Bronzes looted by British forces?

    • 1960
    • 1897
    • 1848
    • 1807

  9. Which Bristol merchant's statue was pulled down by protesters in June 2020?

    • Edward Colston
    • Cecil Rhodes
    • Robert Clive
    • Thomas Macaulay

  10. Roughly how many enslaved Africans did the Royal African Company's trade carry in Colston's time?

    • About 8.4 million
    • About 84,000
    • About 840
    • About 84 million

  11. Which 1960 speech spoke of 'the wind of change' sweeping across Africa?

    • Churchill's speech
    • Rhodes's speech
    • Gandhi's speech
    • Macmillan's speech

  12. Which museum objects are a famous example of a contested legacy?

    • Magna Carta
    • Crown Jewels
    • Benin Bronzes
    • Rosetta Stone

  13. Which 1948 arrival is a significant legacy of British migration history?

    • Mary Rose
    • Mayflower
    • Empire Windrush
    • Titanic

  14. What do historians call a past event that still generates strong public debate today?

    • Resonant
    • Obsolete
    • Forgotten
    • Neutral

  15. What term describes historical legacies that connect to modern debates about race and honour?

    • Resonant
    • Irrelevant
    • Fossilised
    • Anonymous

  16. Why do historians and the public often reach different conclusions about historical significance?

    • Missing dates
    • Poor spelling
    • Different values
    • Bad luck

  17. What argument is typically made by opponents of removing controversial historical statues?

    • Reduces crime
    • Saves money
    • Improves views
    • Erases history

  18. Which of these is an example of an ongoing contested legacy of slavery?

    • Domesday Book
    • Roman roads
    • Feudal system
    • Reparations demands

  19. Which historical criterion separates a merely famous event from a truly significant one?

    • Lasting change
    • High cost
    • Short duration
    • Loud noise

  20. Why is the British Empire still a subject of intense modern debate?

    • It happened recently
    • Everyone ignores it
    • Shapes modern identity
    • No records exist

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