questions about London.
1. When did London appear? 2. Who built the first settlement? 3. What was London’s first name? 4. On which side of the Thames did London begin? 5. What did Boudicca do to London? 6. What buildings were there in Roman London? 7. What territory was surrounded by the wall? How is it called now? 8. What was the population of London in Roman times? 9. What happened to London in the 7th c? 10. Why did the Danes come to London? 11. Did London become the capital city in the times of the Romans/ the Anglo-Saxons/ the Danes/ the Normans? 12. Who ordered to build Westminster Abbey and why? 13. What did William I build in London? What were the functions of the building? 14. What was the life like in Medieval London? 15. How was London governed in 12-13th cc? 16. How were the streets named in medieval times? 17. What was London like in Tudor times? 18. What were the London parks in Tudor times? Name them. 19. Who is John Stow and why is he still famous in London? 20. What was built in 1599 on the south bank of the Thames? 21. What happened on the 5.11.1605? 22. Who opened London parks to the public? 23. How did the Restoration change London? 24. What is the Great Plague of London? 25. Why did people think of the Great Fire like of the disaster and of the salvation? 26. Who rebuilt St. Paul’s Cathedral? 27. How did the population of London grow in Victorian times? 28. What were the contrasts in Victorian London? 29. Who are Joseph Bazalgette and John Nash? What are they famous for? 30. What happened in London in 1829? 31. Why are London policemen called ‘bobbies’? 32. When did a railway boom happen and what was built? 33. What was ‘Crystal Palace’? 34. When did the underground appear in London? 35. What happened to London during the World Wars I and II? 36. Where do the immigrants live in London? 37. What is the name of London airport? 38. What is the Thames Barrier? 39. What building was opened in the 1st moments of the new century? 40. Which period of the London history you’d like to visit? Why?
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