EXERCISE A: TRUE OR FALSE
E.g.: Malta was a British crown colony
TRUE
1) Napoleon Bonaparte expelled the Knights from Malta.
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2) In 1802 the Maltese leaders asked for a Popular Council.
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3) Ħaż-Żebbuġ was a Maltese casale.
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4) Maltese women started voting in 1948.
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5) The Sette Giungio riots happened in 1919.
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6) Giorgio Mitrovich was a Governor of Malta.
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7) The church in Malta was immediately in favour of freedom of press.
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8) During the First World War Malta suffered many air-raids.
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9) A bomb shelter is an underground temple.
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10) The British did not build Protestant churches in Malta.
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EXERCISE B: PUT THESE EVENTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
WITH THE EARLIEST FIRST. THE FIRST ONE IS GIVEN AS AN
EXAMPLE.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
Malta obtains Indipendence.
The first elections are held in Malta.
Malta becomes a Republic.
The French leave Malta.
The end of the plague in Malta.
Malta becomes a British colony.
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a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
The British build the first public buildings in the Neo-Classical style. ___
The Neo-Gothic style is introduced in Malta.
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The Knights build the fortifications of Cottonera.
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The first industrial estates are built in Malta.
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The Royal Opera House is bombed during the war.
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Concrete pill-boxes are built all over the coast of Malta.
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EXERCISE C: UNDERLINE THE CORRECT ANSWER
E.g.: Malta’s first prime minister was Joseph ( Hastings, Howard, Hili ).
1) The Declaration for the rights of the people of Malta and Gozo was written in
( Maltese, English, Italian ).
2) Between 1800 and 1813 Malta became a British ( protectorate, colony, periphery ).
3) In the early years of the British control, Malta became a centre for ( culture,
contraband, chaos ) .
4) Malta’s first Governor was Thomas ( Strickland, Keenan, Maitland ).
5) A satirical newspaper is about ( sports, humour, religion ).
6) Whoever is found guilty of defamation in a newspaper is guilty of (level, limit, libel).
7) During the Second World War Malta suffered many ( air-raids, invasions, alarms ) by
German and ( French, American, Italian ) aeroplanes.
8) The Neo-Classical style has coloumns like the ( Egyptians, Greeks, Phoenicians ).
9) The Addolorata cemetery was designed by Luigi ( Gafa, Galizia, Cassar ) with a
( Baroque, Neo-classical, Neo-Gothic ) style.
10) The first self-goverment was granted in the constitution of ( 1835, 1921, 1964 ).
11) Forti Rinella is in the village of ( Kalkara, Valletta, Marsa ) and has a ( 10, 100, 150 )
Tonne cannon . A similiar cannon used to be found in Fort ( Campbell, Cambridge,
Pembroke ).
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EXERCISE D: FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT ANSWER.
THE FIRST LETTER OF THE WORD IS THERE TO HELP YOU
E.g.: The Royal Commission of1836 was headed by John Austin u George Cornwall.
1) The Maltese doctor Filippo S___________ was President of the
N________Assembly in 1919.
2) In 1802 by the Treaty of A_______ Malta was to return to the Knights of Saint
J________.
3) The Reform Party was in favour of E_______ while the Anti-Reform Party was in
favour of I_______.
4) During the language question Gerald Strickland was for Free C______ and against
the P_____ Passu.
5) The constitution of self-goverment prohibited the Maltese parlaiment from
intervening on Reserved M________ which were a prerogative of the Imperial
B_______ goverment.
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EXERCISE E: READ PROPERLY THESE TWO SOURCES THEN
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS. REMEMBER THAT THE SOURCES
ARE THERE ONLY TO HELP YOU AND YOU WILL NOT FIND ALL
THE ANSWERS IN THEM.
Source A: “ In a large bay in the south of Malta there is a seventeenth century fort. Around it
the British built a concrete wall and added cannons running on rails protected with steel
windows. Today this fort no longer serves a military purpose , but is used soley for economic
reasons. “
SOURCE A
Source B: “ In the North of Malta the British built a long line of fortifications , which divide
Malta from one part to another. Included in this long line of fortifications there are 4 forts
and a cannon battery. Between them there is a long defensive wall with loop holes. In 1892
these long lines of fortifications were named after a famous British queen.”
SOURCE B
1) Source A is Fort ( Rinella, San Luċjan, Verdala ) and is found at ( Kalkara,
Marsaxlokk, Cospicua ).
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2) Source B is refering to the ( Elizabeth, Victoria, Anne ) lines built on the Great (
Fault, Caves, Hills ).
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3) Which rulers of Malta originally built the Fort in Source A ? ______________.
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4) In which century were the fortifications of Source B built ?____________.
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5) What is the reason that the British cannons moved on rails instead of on wheels like
the cannons used by the Knights ? _______________________________________
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6) Mention two of the four forts mentioned in Source B.
Fort ______________ and Fort _______________.
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7) What is the name given to the walls joinig the 4 forts and the cannon battery in Source
B ? ____________________
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8) What was the use of the loop holes mentioned in Source B?
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9) How is the Fort in Source A used today ?
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10) What can cause damage to Source B today ? ________________________________
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11) Which early twenteeth century invention made these two military sources useless and
obsolete ? _________________.
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EXERCISE F: FIRST CHOOSE THE CORRECT PLACE FROM THE LIST
GIVEN BELOW. AFTERWARDS WRITE UNDERNEATH EACH
PICTURE IF THESE WERE BUILT IN THE NEO-CLASSICAL OR THE
NEO-GOTHIC STYLE. THE FIRST ONE IS GIVEN AS AN EXAMPLE.
List: Monument to Ball ; Garrison church ; Main Guard ; Mosta church ; Methodist church
at Floriana ; Balluta church.
Mosta church
1_________________
Style: Neo-classical
Style: ______________
2 _______________________
Style: ____________________
3______________________
4__________________
5________________
Style: ____________________
Style: ________________
Style: _____________
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EXERCISE G: READ CAREFULLY THESE TWO SOURCES THEN
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS. DON’T FORGET THAT THE SOURCES
ARE THERE ONLY TO HELP YOU AND YOU WILL NOT FIND ALL THE
ANSWERS IN THEM.
Source A: The summary of the report of the Royal Commision of 1836
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
The people are illiterate.
Few schools.
Italian is taught in schools through Maltese.
Many people are poor and beggars.
Many diseases.
Many Maltese are unemployed.
Many Maltese are farmers.
The population of Malta is very high.
Source B: Suggestions given by the Royal Commission of 1878
a) English to be taught through Maltese.
b) The Maltese language should be cleaned from Italian words and to become more like
Arabic.
c) English is to be used in the administration instead of Italian.
d) Those who do not know the proper use of English will not be promoted.
e) Education is to be made compulsary until 12 years of age.
1) What is the meaning of the word illiterate used in Source A?
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2) Mention one measure adopted by the British to help reduce illiteracy in Malta from
1836 to 1878.
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3) Mention one reason why the educational progress in ninteenth century Malta was
very slow ?
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4) Which suggestion from Source B was only implemented in 1946 ?
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5) Besides illiteracy Source A mentions many other social problems. According to
your opinion , which of these problems was the worse and why ?
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6) Source A informs us that many Maltese were farmers. However, what was the
employment of many Maltese workers who lived in the towns ?
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7) Can you mention one of the Commissioners of Source B ? ____________________
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8) Source B suggests that the Maltese language should be cleaned of Italian words and
made to sound more like Arabic. (a) Do you agree with this proposal ? ______ (b)
Why ?____________________________________________________________
(c) Why did the 1878 Royal Commission make such a suggestion ?
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9) What was the reaction of the Catholic church in Malta to the suggestions made in
Source B ? Why ? _________________________________________________
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10) Which social class was to gain the most from the suggestions of Source B ?
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11) After the controversial suggestions made in Source B a long political argument was
to begin , which only ended in 1940. What is the name given o this long political
controversy ? ___________________________.
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EXERCISE H: WRITE ON A SEPERATE FULLSCAP ABOUT 150
WORDS ON ONE OF THESE TITLES. DON’T FORGET TO
INDICATE WHICH ONE TITLE WAS SELECTED BY YOU.
1) The Constitutional development of Malta from 1800 to1974.
2) The Sette Giungio and the importance of this event in Malta’s history.
3) Write at least three sentences on each of these five historical personalities:
(a) Alexander Ball
(b) Thomas Maitland
(c) Fortunato Mizzi
(d) Sigismondo Savona
(e) Patrick Keenan
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( TOTAL OF ALL THE PAPER 100 MARKS )