- 1. Who was the first monarch to unite the crowns of Scotland and England?
A) Robert the Bruce
B) Mary, Queen of Scots
C) William Wallace
D) James VI of Scotland and I of England
- 2. Which religious group played a significant role in the Scottish government during the early modern period?
A) Puritans
B) Anglicans
C) Catholics
D) Presbyterians
- 3. Who was known as the 'Maid of Norway' and was considered the heir to the Scottish throne in the early 14th century?
A) Elizabeth
B) Anne
C) Isabella
D) Margaret
- 4. In what year did the Acts of Union merge the Scottish and English parliaments?
A) 1707
B) 1745
C) 1603
D) 1801
- 5. What was the name of the civil war in Scotland that resulted in the defeat of the Royalists and the execution of King Charles I in 1649?
A) The Wars of the Three Kingdoms
B) The '45 Rebellion
C) The Rough Wooing
D) The Bishops' Wars
- 6. Which English king invaded Scotland in the 'Rough Wooing' campaign to force a marriage alliance between their respective heirs?
A) Edward VI
B) Henry VIII
C) Charles I
D) James I
- 7. Who was the Scottish queen who was executed for her alleged involvement in a plot to assassinate Elizabeth I of England?
A) Mary, Queen of Scots
B) Margaret Tudor
C) Isabella of Mar
D) Anne, Queen of Great Britain
- 8. Who was the English queen who famously signed the Treaty of Edinburgh that ended English military intervention in Scotland in 1560?
A) Mary I
B) Victoria
C) Anne
D) Elizabeth I
- 9. Which Scottish king was famously defeated at the Battle of Flodden in 1513?
A) Robert II
B) James V
C) Charles II
D) James IV
- 10. Who was the Scottish-born economist and philosopher who wrote 'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations'?
A) Adam Smith
B) James Mill
C) David Hume
D) Thomas Reid
- 11. Under which king was the Union of the Crowns of Scotland and England achieved in 1603?
A) James IV
B) James V
C) James VI of Scotland
D) Charles I
- 12. Who was the Scottish king exiled to France in his youth, where he was influenced by Renaissance ideas and culture?
A) Charles I
B) James V
C) James VI
D) James IV
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