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History practice, Year 1–11
Short questions and lessons for history across the UK curriculum, with explanations for every answer. Free, with an optional game mode.
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What can an old photograph tell a historian?
Options: What will happen next · What was visible at that moment · Everything about every person
Answer: What was visible at that moment
A source gives evidence, but it cannot tell us everything.
Which source could help show what an old street looked like?
Options: A recipe with no place name · A dated photograph or map · A future weather forecast
Answer: A dated photograph or map
Local photographs and maps can provide place-based evidence.
What does a burial object mainly tell us?
Options: Something about beliefs or status, interpreted carefully · The person's exact thoughts · The weather next year
Answer: Something about beliefs or status, interpreted carefully
Objects are evidence; historians consider context before drawing conclusions.
What was one major effect of the Industrial Revolution?
Options: All towns became farms · More production moved into factories · People stopped using machines
Answer: More production moved into factories
Factories changed how and where many goods were made.
What is a multi-cause explanation?
Options: A list of dates only · A claim with no evidence · An explanation showing several factors contributed
Answer: An explanation showing several factors contributed
Historical events often have interacting causes.
Why can accounts of the same past event differ?
Options: Sources cannot contain opinions · The past changes every day · People may have different evidence, viewpoints or purposes
Answer: People may have different evidence, viewpoints or purposes
Interpretations depend on perspective and evidence.
What should you compare when evaluating two historical interpretations?
Options: Their arguments, evidence and context · Which one is more popular · Only their titles
Answer: Their arguments, evidence and context
Evaluation tests how arguments are supported and shaped.
What makes a cause more significant than another?
Options: How surprising it sounds · Its position in a textbook · Its scale, timing and influence on outcomes
Answer: Its scale, timing and influence on outcomes
Significance is argued using evidence and explicit criteria.
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