.1st & 2nd term tests for History for years 7, 8 & 9.

1. Year 7 History Examination – End of Term – December 2011
Answer ALL thefollowing questions on lined paper. Writeyournameand surnameat thetop ofEVERY sheetyou write on. Reada ll the questions beforeyou start. Think
about thetime youhavefor the exam(90 minutes) andplan your time. Don’tspend toomuch timeon any question, but don’tspend too little time. You can wri te the
answers inany order you choosebut remember to write the question number.Try to be clear in what youwriterather thanwriting things you don’t understand. Your
own thoughts are best. But as much as possible use details and examples from what you have studied this term and explain your ideas fully.
1) Explainwhatmistakesthe Carthaginiansmade intheirconflictswiththe Romansandgive anyideasyoucan
for howtheymighthave done thingsdifferentlyinordertosucceed.(15points)
2) Explainthe meaningof the words‘Patrician’and‘Plebeian’.How are theysimilarandhow are theydifferent?
(5 points)
3) What differentrulesexistedinthe political systemof the RomanRepublic tomake sure that the Consulsdid
not gaintoo muchpower?(8 points)
4) Explainthe difference between‘Republic’and‘Empire’.(5points)
5) Who playedthe greatestrole inthe endof the Republicandthe beginningof the Empire – JuliusCaesarorhis
son AugustusCaesar?Explainwhyyouthinkthisandrefertoinformationyouhave read.(15points)
6) If you couldvisitjustone place in the ancientcity of Rome what place woulditbe?Describe whatyouwould
see there,whathappenedthere andanythingspecial youknow aboutthe place.(8points)
7) ‘The Romans were a civilisingforcewhobroughtpositivechangein the Mediterranean region to howpeople
livedand wouldlive inthe future’. How much doyou agree or disagree withthisstatement?Explainyour
ideasanduse examplesfromthe informationyouhave readduringthisterm.Thinkabouttheirculture,
language, military, politics, organisation,technology,transportsystems,trade,interaction andconflictwith
otherpeoples, culturesandreligions, etc.,etc.(24points)

2. Year 7 History Examination – End of Term – March 2012
Try to answer ALLthe followingquestions.Writeon lined paper.Writeyour nameandsurnameat the top of EVERY sheet you wr ite on. Read
all thequestionsbeforeyou start.Think aboutthetimeyou havefor theexam(90 minutes) and plan your time. Don’t spend too much time
on any question, but don’t spend too little time. You can write the answers in any order you choose but remember to write the question
number. Try to be clear in what you write rather than writing things you don’t understand. Your own thoughts are best. But as much as
possible use details and examples from what you have studied this term and explain your ideas full y.
1) Explain whatmistakes Harold Godwineson and his army made in defending England
fromthe Norman invasion in 1066. (9 points)
2) After the Normans had invaded England they had some short-termcontrol, but in
order to stay in power they needed to achieve control that would last in the long term.
Name, describe and explain things they did to achieve this. (15 points)
3) Look at the picture below. What do you think it shows? Describedifferentmethods
and kinds of evidence that historians could useto reconstructan idea of whatthis
place was like, whatkind of people lived there and how they lived their lives. (12
points)
4) Explain how and why the situation of villeins in medieval England changed after the
Black Death in the middle of the 14th
century. (10 points)
5) What is your opinion of the prejudicethat existed towards Jews in medieval Europe?
Use information you havestudied this term about the situation of Jews in medieval
England to supportyour answer. (10 points)
6) “It was very difficult to livea happy life in medieval times”. How true do you think this
is? Explain your ideas referring to information you havestudied this term. (24points)

3. Year 8 History Examination – End of Term – December 2011
Answer ALL thefollowing questions on lined paper. Writeyournameand surnameat thetop ofEVERY sheetyou write on. Readall the questions beforeyou start. Think
about thetime youhavefor theexam(90 minutes) andplan your time. Don’tspend toomuch timeon any question, but don’tspend too little time. You can write the
answers inany order you choosebut remember to write the question number.Try to be clear in what youwriterather thanwriting things you don’t understand. Your
own thoughts are best. But as much as possible use details and examples from what you have studied this term and explain your ideas fully.
1) Imagine you are a poor vagrant living in the 1500s. Describe your life and what you like or don’t
like about it. Include information about how different people treat you, or how they treat other
people who are similar to you, perhaps in different places, and what you feel and think about
that. (12 points)
2) The following is a translation into English from the original Latin of Henry VIII’s coronation oath
(promise). A copy still exists of this where Henry himself has later changed the words ‘preserve to
God and Holy Church’ to ‘preserve to God and Holy Church of England’. Henry’s words during the
taking of the oath are in bold text. Answer the questions that follow the translation.
“Sire, will you grant and keep by your oath confirm to the people of England the laws and customs given to them by the previous just
and god-fearing kings, your ancestors, and especially the laws, customs, and liberties granted to the clergy and people by the glorious
king, the sainted Edward, your predecessor?”
“I grant and promise them.”
“Sire, will you in all your judgments, so far as in you lies, preserve to God and Holy Church, and to the people and clergy, entire peace
and concord before God?”
“I will preserve them.”
“Sire, will you, so far as in you lies, cause justice to be rendered rightly, impartially, and wisely, in compassion and in truth?”
“I will do so.”
“Sire, do you grant to be held and observed the just laws and customs that the community of your realm shall determine, and will you,
so far as in you lies, defend and strengthen them to the honour of God?”
“I grant and promise them.”
a. Why and at what point in Henry’s reign do you think he perhaps made these changes?
Give reasons for your answer and refer to details you read this term (8 points)
b. Do you think that there are any promises here that Henry kept in his reign? Explain your
answer. (8 points)
c. How much can a historian reliably understand about Henry Vlll from this altered
document? (4 points)
3) Describe and explain 2 differences in the beliefs and practices of Catholics and Protestants in the
1500s. (8 points)
4) Who was Martin Luther and what was his significance in the Reformation? (8 points)
5) Name 2 individual people, besides King Charles himself, who played a key role in the build-up to
the English civil war and explain why they were important. (8 points)
6) ‘It was necessary to fight against Charles I and also finally to execute him, the situation of the
time made it unavoidable’. How much do you agree or disagree with this statement? Explain
your answer referring to details you read about the war and the circumstances leading up to it.
(24 points)

4. Year 8 History Examination – End of Term – March 2012
Try to answerALL the following questions. Write onlined paper.Writeyour name andsurname at the top ofEVERY sheet you write on. Read all the questions before
you start.Thinkaboutthetime you havefor theexam(90 minutes) andplan your time. Don’tspend too much timeon any question, but don’tspend toolittletime. You
can writetheanswers in any order you choosebutremember to write the question number. Try to be clear in what you write rather than writing things you don’t
understand. Your ownthoughts are best. But as much as possible use details and examples from what you have studied this term and explain your ideas fully.
7) The picture shownbelowportraysthe attackof OliverCromwell withanarmyona townin1649.
a) Where isthistownand what were Cromwell’sreasonsforattackingit?(5 points)
b) Do youthinkthispicture wascreatedby supportersof Cromwell orbyhisopponents?Use detailsinthe
picture andof yourknowledge of the eventstoexplainyourpointof view.(5points)
c) From yourknowledge of bothCromwell’sdescriptionof thisattackand the descriptionof those he was
attacking,as well asCromwell’sjustificationof everythinghe did, explainhow realisticallyyouthinkthis
picture mayshoweventsandwhyyou believe that.(6points)
8) The system of ‘Protectorate’ consisted of 3 parts. One was the ‘Lord Protector’ (who was Oliver Cromwell).
a) What were the othertwoparts that made up thissystem?(4points)
b) Describe howthe 3 parts workedtogether;i.e.theirrelationshipwitheachother.(8points)
9) From the 3 17th
centuryradical groupslistedbelow (letters,a,b& c), choose whichwouldhave been againstthe
itemslistedinthe secondlist(numbers1- 6).(12 points)
a) The Diggers
b) The FifthMonarchists
c) The Levellers
1) The CatholicChurch
2) Land for onlythose whocan payfor it
3) ElectedMembersof Parliament
4) Executionforstealing
5) Lords
6) Restrictionsonreligiousworship.
10) AfterJamesIIhad beendrivenfromEnglandbyWilliamof Orange andhissupportersin1688, the powersof the
monarchyin Englandhadchangedforeverincomparisonwiththe powersithadbefore the Civil War.Name and
explaintwoof these differences.(8points)
11) Describe 2 importantdevelopmentsinscientificknowledge thatoccurredbetween1500 and 1750 and howthey
changedpeople’sunderstandingof the worldandtheirlives.(8points)
12) ‘The 17th
and18th
centurieswere a period in Europe when the balanceof power between rulers and ruled (those
in power, andthe ordinary people) changeddramatically’.How muchdo youagree or disagree withthis
statement?Explainyouranswerreferring todetailsyouhave readoverthe lastterm.(24 points)

5. Year 9 History Examination – End of Term – December 2011
Try to answerALL the following questions. Write onlined paper.Writeyour name andsurname at the top ofEVERY sheet you write on. Read all the questions before
you start.Thinkaboutthetime you havefor theexam(90 minutes) andplan your time. Don’tspend too much timeon any question, but don’tspend toolittletime. You
can writetheanswers in any order you choosebutremember to write the question number. Try to be clear in what you write rather than writing things you don’t
understand. Your ownthoughts are best. But as much as possible use details and examples from what you have studied this term and explain your ideas fully.
1) Describe 2 developments in transport in 18th
and 19th
century Britain and explain their
importance for industrial and economic growth. (8 points)
2) Briefly describe 3 strategies that successful businessmen used in order to develop their business
and say why these strategies helped them. (12 points)
3) Briefly describe and explain 2 strategies that were used to increase food production in the late
18th
century and the early 19th
century (8 points).
4) Choose either Robert Owen or the partnership of Matthew Boulton and James Watt and explain
the legacy that this person (or these people) left behind and how this was achieved. (16 points)
5) Look at the cartoon below. It is called “Cheap Clothing” and was drawn by an artist called John
Leech and published in Punch Magazine (London) in 1845. Answer the questions that follow it.
(12 points)
a. What situation or situations is the cartoon referring to?
b. Explain what message you think is being expressed by the cartoon. Refer to details in the
cartoon to support your answer.
c. What does the cartoon tell historians about the situation in 1845?
6) “The industrial revolution in Britain touched the whole world, made it a better place and
improved the life of ordinary people”. How much do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Use examples from what you have studied this term to support your ideas. (24 points)

6. Year 9 History Examination – End of Term – March 2012
Try to answerALL the following questions. Write onlined paper.Writeyour name andsurname at the top ofEVERY sheet you write on. Read all the questions before
you start.Thinkaboutthetime you havefor theexam(90 minutes) andplan your time. Don’tspend too much timeon any question, but don’tspend toolittletime. You
can writetheanswers in any order you choose butremember to write the question number. Try to be clear in what you write rather than writing things you don’t
understand. Your ownthoughts are best. But as much as possible use details and examples from what you have studied this term and explain your ideas fully.
7) Describe briefly what kinds of values are considered ‘Victorian’. Can you explain why some
people are in favour of these values, or most of them at least, and some are against them?
(6 points)
8) Look at the picture below of African slaves.
a) Describe what you think the picture is showing.
b) Explain, with reference to what you have studied about the slave trade, how accurately you
think the picture shows the real situation of the slaves.
c) Explain who you think might have made this drawing, in what circumstances and why
(12 points)
9) Describe and explain two different factors that contributed to the abolition of the trade in
African slaves by Europeans, and particularly Britons, in the late 18th
and early 19th
centuries. (12
points).
10)Imagine you are a middle-class industrialist from Manchester in 1830. Explain which electoral
reforms you are in favour of and which you (perhaps) object to, and why. (12 points)
11)The ‘People’s Charter’, created and distributed by ‘the Chartists’ in 1838, contained six demands.
Describe three of them and explain why the Chartists were asking for these reforms (14 points)
12)“The 17th
and 18th
centuries were strict, harsh and uncaring times”. How much do you agree or
disagree with this statement? Refer to information and ideas you have met and studied this term
to support your ideas. (24 points)