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324History quizzes
5History study sections
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51 quizzes

KS1 History Quizzes

Principal quiz writer Angela Smith Primary School Teacher and KS1 Quiz Writer

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  1. Art
  2. Asking Questions
  3. British Engineers
  4. British Explorers
  5. British Inventors
  6. British Pioneers
  7. British Rulers
  8. British Saints
  9. British Scientists
  10. Buildings around the World 1
  11. Buildings around the World 2
  12. Buildings in the United Kingdom 1
  13. Buildings in the United Kingdom 2
  14. Entertainment through History 1
  15. Entertainment through History 2
  16. Evidence
  17. Explorers and Travellers
  18. Family History
  19. Festivals and Celebrations in Britain 1
  20. Festivals and Celebrations in Britain 2
  21. Great Fire of London
  22. Historical People
  23. Invaders of Britain
  24. Inventions which Changed History 1
  25. Inventions which Changed History 2
  26. Leisure Time through History
  27. Locations
  28. Monuments around the World
  29. Monuments in Britain
  30. Music History 1
  31. Music History 2
  32. Music History 3
  33. Olympic Games
  34. Past, Present or Future?
  35. People Who Changed History 1
  36. People Who Changed History 2
  37. People Who Changed History 3
  38. Plague
  39. Recent History 1
  40. Recent History 2
  41. Texts in History 1
  42. Texts in History 2
  43. Toys through History
  44. Travel - Past and Present
  45. Vocabulary 1
  46. Vocabulary 2
  47. War
  48. Weddings through History
  49. World Leaders 1
  50. World Leaders 2
  51. World Leaders 3

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KS2 History Quizzes

Principal quiz writer Amanda Swift Experienced Primary School Teacher

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  1. Ancient Egypt - Everyday Life
  2. Ancient Greece
  3. Ancient Greece - Everyday Life
  4. Ancient Greek Inventions
  5. Ancient Sumer
  6. Anglo Saxon Invaders
  7. Anglo Saxons - Everyday Life
  8. Anglo Saxons - Religion
  9. Anglo Saxons in Britain
  10. Assyrian Empire
  11. Aztecs
  12. Aztecs 2
  13. Benin
  14. Children during World War II
  15. Children in Victorian Times
  16. Indus Valley
  17. Inventions since 1930
  18. Investigating History
  19. Maya
  20. Pyramids and Mummies
  21. Roman Army
  22. Romans - Everyday Life
  23. Romans - Religion
  24. Romans in Britain
  25. Timelines
  26. Tudor Explorers
  27. Tudor Kings and Queens
  28. Tudors - Everyday Life
  29. Victorian - Everyday Life
  30. Victorian Inventions
  31. Viking Explorers
  32. Vikings - Everyday Life
  33. Vikings - Religion
  34. Vikings in Britain
  35. World War 2
  36. Practice - Chronological Understanding - 01
  37. Practice - Chronological Understanding - 02
  38. Practice - Chronological Understanding - 03
  39. Practice - Chronological Understanding - 04
  40. Practice - Chronological Understanding - 05
  41. Practice - Chronological Understanding - 06
  42. Practice - Chronological Understanding - 07
  43. Practice - Chronological Understanding - 08
  44. Practice - Chronological Understanding - 09
  45. Practice - Chronological Understanding - 10
  46. Practice - Prehistory and Ancient Civilisations - 01
  47. Practice - Prehistory and Ancient Civilisations - 02
  48. Practice - Prehistory and Ancient Civilisations - 03
  49. Practice - Prehistory and Ancient Civilisations - 04
  50. Practice - Prehistory and Ancient Civilisations - 05
  51. Practice - Prehistory and Ancient Civilisations - 06
  52. Practice - Prehistory and Ancient Civilisations - 07
  53. Practice - Prehistory and Ancient Civilisations - 08
  54. Practice - Prehistory and Ancient Civilisations - 09
  55. Practice - Prehistory and Ancient Civilisations - 10

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KS3 History Quizzes

Principal quiz writer Jan Crompton KS3 Geography and History Teacher, Professional Quiz Writer

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  1. Abolition of Slavery in the USA 01
  2. Abolition of Slavery in the USA 02
  3. Crime and Punishment 01
  4. History Skills 01
  5. History Skills 02
  6. Medieval Castles 01
  7. Medieval Castles 02
  8. Queen Mary Tudor 01
  9. Racial Unrest and Civil Rights in the USA 01
  10. Racial Unrest and Civil Rights in the USA 02
  11. Racial Unrest and Civil Rights in the USA 03
  12. Racial Unrest and Civil Rights in the USA 04
  13. The Agricultural Revolution 01
  14. The Agricultural Revolution 02
  15. The Black Death 01
  16. The Cold War 01
  17. The Cold War 02
  18. The Cold War 03
  19. The Cold War 04
  20. The Fight to Abolish Slavery 01
  21. The Fight to Abolish Slavery 02
  22. The First World War 01
  23. The First World War 02
  24. The First World War 03
  25. The First World War 04
  26. The First World War 05
  27. The First World War 06
  28. The First World War 07
  29. The French Revolution 01
  30. The French Revolution 02
  31. The French Revolution 03
  32. The French Revolution 04
  33. The French Revolution 05
  34. The General Strike 01
  35. The Industrial Revolution 01
  36. The Industrial Revolution 02
  37. The Industrial Revolution 03
  38. The Industrial Revolution 04
  39. The Norman Conquest 01
  40. The Norman Conquest 02
  41. The Norman Conquest 03
  42. The Peasants' Revolt 01
  43. The Peasants' Revolt 02
  44. The Reign of Elizabeth I 01
  45. The Reign of Elizabeth I 02
  46. The Slave Trade 01
  47. The Slave Trade 02
  48. The Spanish Armada 01
  49. The Spanish Armada 02
  50. Women and the Vote 01

112 quizzes

GCSE History Quizzes

Principal quiz writer Edward Towne GCSE History Quiz Writer

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  1. Britain: Warfare Between AD 50 and AD 1350
  2. Britain: Warfare Between AD 1350 and 1700
  3. Britain: Warfare Between 1700 And 1900
  4. Britain: Warfare From 1900 To Present Day
  5. Britain: Elizabethan England - Accession And Marriage
  6. Britain: Elizabethan England - Religion
  7. Britain: Elizabethan England - Foreign Policy 1558-1585
  8. Britain: Elizabethan England - Foreign Policy 1585-1603
  9. Britain 1815-1851 - The 1832 Reform Act And The Issue Of Poverty
  10. Britain 1815-1851 - Living And Working Conditions
  11. Britain 1815-1851 - The Railways
  12. Britain: British Empire C. 1919-69 - General Reasons For Its Decline In The 20th Century
  13. Britain: British Empire C. 1919-69 - The Growth Of Indian Demands For Independence
  14. Britain: Indian Independence - How Britain Dealt With The Issue
  15. Britain: Kenyan Independence - How Britain Dealt With The Issue
  16. Britain: British Society 1890-1918 - Working Conditions And Social Reformers In The 1890s
  17. Britain: British Society 1890-1918 - Liberal Reforms From 1906-22
  18. Britain: British Society 1890-1918 - The Issue Of Votes For Women
  19. Britain: British Society 1890-1918 - Women And Civilians In The Great War
  20. Britain: British Society 1931-1951 - The Impact Of The Depression 1931-39
  21. Britain: British Society 1931-1951 - Britain At War 1939-45
  22. Britain: British Society 1931-1951 - The 1945 General Election
  23. Britain: British Society 1931-1951 - The 1945-1951 Labour Government's Domestic Policy
  24. Britain: British Society 1931-1951 - Foreign Policy Under Labour 1945-1951
  25. Britain: British Society 1951-1979 - Educational Changes
  26. Britain: British Society 1951-1979 - Immigration And Its Impact
  27. Britain: British Society 1951-1979 - Employment And Labour Relations
  28. Britain: Media, Communications And Leisure: 1960-1979 - Media And Entertainment
  29. Britain: Media, Communications And Leisure: 1960-1979 - "Swinging Sixties" A Media Myth?
  30. Britain: Media, Communications And Leisure: 1960-1979 - Changes In Leisure
  31. Britain: Social Change 1960-1979 - Changing Social Attitudes
  32. Britain: Social Change 1960-1979 - Divisions, Conflicts And The Changing Role Of Women
  33. China: Under Mao - 1930-1965 - Why And How China Became A Communist State By 1949
  34. China: Under Mao - 1930-1965 - How Far Communist Rule Had Changed China By 1965
  35. China: Under Mao - 1965-1976 - The Impact Of Communist Rule On China's Foreign Policy
  36. China: Under Mao - 1965-1976 - How Far The Communist Government Was A Dictatorship
  37. Cold War: 1945-1953 - Origins And Early Crises
  38. Cold War: 1954-1957 - Hungary 1956, The Suez Crisis
  39. Cold War: 1958-1961 - U2 Flights And The Berlin Wall
  40. Cold War: The Cuba Crisis Of 1962
  41. Cold War: 1963-1969 - The Invasion Of Czechoslovakia
  42. Cold War: Vietnam 1945-1965 - French Participation Up To 1954
  43. Cold War: Vietnam - US Intervention, 1965-1973
  44. Cold War: The End, 1970-1991 - Poland's Example ('Solidarity')
  45. Crime And Punishment: The Ancient World
  46. Crime And Punishment: The Middle Ages
  47. Crime And Punishment: Early Modern Britain
  48. Crime And Punishment: Industrial Britain (18th And 19th Centuries)
  49. Crime And Punishment: The 20th Century
  50. Germany: 1918-1939 - Weimar's Hard Years, 1918-1923
  51. Germany: 1918-1939 - Weimar's Recovery, 1924-1929
  52. Germany: 1918-1939 - The Fall Of Weimar, 1929-1933
  53. Germany: 1933-1945 - Nazi Control Of Germany Established, 1933-1935
  54. Germany: 1933-1945 - Life In Nazi Germany, 1933-1939
  55. Iraq: 1991 To The Present Day
  56. Medicine: Prehistoric Times And The Ancient World
  57. Medicine: The Middle Ages
  58. Medicine: Medical Renaissance In The Early Modern Period
  59. Medicine: The Nineteenth Century
  60. Medicine: The Twentieth Century
  61. Middle East: 1948-1999 - Origins Of The Arab-Israeli Conflict Up To 1948
  62. Middle East: 1948-1999 - The Wars Of 1956, 1967 And 1973
  63. Middle East: 1948-1999 - Attempts Since 1973 To Broker A Peace Settlement
  64. Northern Ireland: 1968-98 - Initial Divisions And Grievances
  65. Northern Ireland: 1968-98 - Attempts At Agreement 1973-1995
  66. Northern Ireland: 1968-98 - Attempts At Agreement 1996-1998
  67. Northern Ireland: 1968-98 - Preventing A Peace Agreement, The Paramilitaries
  68. Northern Ireland: 1968-98 - The Role Of The Security Forces
  69. Terrorism Since 1969: The Provisional IRA To 1998
  70. Terrorism Since 1969: The PLO, Al-Qaeda And The 'War On Terror'
  71. Russia: 1905-1914 - Tsarist Russia
  72. Russia: 1914-1917 - War And Revolutions
  73. Russia: 1917-1921 - Lenin And The Consolidation Of Soviet Power
  74. Russia: 1921-1924 - Lenin's Last Years
  75. Russia: Stalin's Seizure Of Power, 1924-1929
  76. Russia: 1924-1941 - The Five Year Plans
  77. Russia: 1924-1941 - The Collectivisation Of Agriculture
  78. Russia: 1924-1941 - The Purges And Life In Stalin's Russia
  79. Russia: 1924-1941 - Foreign Policy
  80. USA: 1840-1895- Plains Indians, Settling And Spread Of Cattle-Ranching
  81. USA: 1840-1895 - Conflict Between White Americans And Plains Indians
  82. USA: 1919-1932 - US Society In The 1920s
  83. USA: 1919-1932 - The US Economy In The 1920s
  84. USA: 1919-1932 - The Wall Street Crash And The Depression
  85. USA: 1932-1941 - The Presidential Election Of 1932 And The First New Deal
  86. USA: 1932-1941 - The Second New Deal
  87. USA: 1945-1975 - Land Of Freedom? McCarthyism And The Fear Of Communism
  88. USA: 1945-1975 - Land Of Freedom? US Society In The 1960s And 1970s
  89. USA: 1945-1975 - The Struggle For Civil Rights In The 1960s
  90. USA: 1945-1975 - Civil Rights In The 1970s And The Civil Rights Of Other Groups
  91. World War One: 1890-14 - Reasons For Increasing Tensions Among The Great Powers
  92. World War One: 1890-14 - The Events Of The Summer Of 1914
  93. World War One: 1914-18 - Battles Of 1914 And 1915 On The Western Front
  94. World War One: 1914-18 - Battles Of 1916 On The Western Front - 1
  95. World War One: 1914-18 - Battles Of 1916 On The Western Front - 2
  96. World War One: 1914-18 - Battles Of 1917 And 1918 On The Western Front
  97. World War One: 1914-18 - The Armistice Of November 1918
  98. World War One: 1914-18 - The War On The Eastern Front
  99. World War One: 1914-18 - Alps, Balkans And Campaigns Against The Ottoman Empire
  100. World War One: 1914-18 - The Home Front
  101. World War One Aftermath: 1919 - Paris Peace Conference - Aims Of The "Big Three"
  102. World War One Aftermath: The Peace Settlement - Reactions Of Britain, USA, France, Italy And Germany
  103. World War One Aftermath: 1919 - The Versailles Treaty
  104. World War One Aftermath: 1920-1923 Treaties
  105. World War One Aftermath: League Of Nations - Aims, Structure And Methods
  106. World War One Aftermath: League Of Nations - Success In The 1920s?
  107. World War One Aftermath: League Of Nations - 1930s - The Manchuria Crisis Of 1931-1932
  108. World War One Aftermath: League Of Nations: 1930s - The Abyssinia Crisis Of 1935-1936
  109. World War One Aftermath: Hitler's Foreign Policy, 1933-1935
  110. World War One Aftermath: Hitler's Foreign Policy, 1936-1939
  111. World War One Aftermath: 1933-1938 The Policy Of Appeasement
  112. World War One Aftermath: 1939 - The End Of Appeasement

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