Life in the UK test 2026 · revision by topic

A long and illustrious history

Every topic the Life in the UK test can ask about in this chapter: 260 checked facts across 36 topics. Pick a topic to see the facts that come up most, the Test Traps, and a few practice questions.

• Early Britain · 10 facts · 1 Test Traps
• Roman Britain · 7 facts · 2 Test Traps
• Anglo-Saxons · 6 facts · 2 Test Traps
• Vikings · 5 facts · 1 Test Traps
• Norman Conquest · 5 facts
• The Middle Ages · 30 facts · 6 Test Traps
• Henry VII and Henry VIII · 4 facts
• The six wives of Henry VIII · 10 facts · 2 Test Traps
• The Reformation · 5 facts
• Edward VI and Mary I · 5 facts · 3 Test Traps
• Elizabeth I · 3 facts
• Mary, Queen of Scots · 6 facts · 1 Test Traps
• Exploration, poetry and drama · 4 facts
• William Shakespeare · 6 facts
• The Stuarts · 3 facts · 1 Test Traps
• Civil War · 4 facts
• Restoration · 9 facts · 2 Test Traps
• Constitutional monarchy · 14 facts · 4 Test Traps
• A growing population · 4 facts
• The Act of Union · 5 facts · 1 Test Traps
• The first Prime Minister · 5 facts
• The rebellion of the clans · 7 facts · 2 Test Traps
• The Enlightenment · 5 facts · 2 Test Traps
• Robert Burns · 4 facts
• The Industrial Revolution · 10 facts
• Victorian Britain · 7 facts · 2 Test Traps
• The First World War · 6 facts
• The partition of Ireland · 4 facts
• The inter-war period · 4 facts
• The Second World War · 8 facts
• Britain since 1945 · 45 facts

Shorter topics in this chapter

• The break with Rome. What led Henry VIII to establish the Church of England? The Pope refused to approve his divorce. (Chapter 3, section 3.6, page 32)
• Wales united with England. Under which Act was Wales formally united with England during Henry VIII's reign? The Act for the Government of Wales. (Chapter 3, section 3.6, page 33)
• The Spanish Armada. In which year did the English defeat the Spanish Armada? 1588. (Chapter 3, section 3.6, page 34)
• The Reformation in Scotland. How did the Protestant Church of Scotland differ from the Church of England? It was not a state Church. (Chapter 3, section 3.6, page 34)
• Napoleonic Wars. Which British naval commander led at the Battle of Trafalgar? Admiral Nelson. (Chapter 3, section 3.3, page 19)

Every topic, in full, is in the Complete Study Guide. The code printed inside either book opens all 2,451 practice questions, one topic at a time.