Where did the Vikings make their first major raid on England in 793?
The city of York
The monastery of Lindisfarne
The coast of Kent
Which of these countries was part of Cnut's North Sea Empire?
Denmark
Scotland
Germany
Which of these men led the first English slave trading expedition from Africa to the Americas?
Walter Raleigh
William Courten
John Hawkins
Who granted the charter to the East India Company in 1600?
King James I
Queen Elizabeth I
Mary, Queen of Scots
Where had 'Diamond' Pitt made his fortune?
North America
Africa
India
What was a Lascar?
A sailor from Asia who worked for British businesses
An Indian food brought back by East India Company workers
A native American warrior who fought against the English settlers
Which great construction project transformed British communication with the Empire in 1869?
The Uganda Railway
The transatlantic telegraph cable
The Suez Canal
What was the term for migrants who worked on the new land they migrated to for a set number of years to pay for their voyage?
Slaves
Indentured servants
Settlers
What caused the migration of millions of Irish people in the 1840s?
Famine
War
Persecution
What happened to the European Union in 2004?
Britain joined the European Union
The European Union became a Single Market
Eastern European countries joined the EU after the end of the Cold War