The impact of rapidly changing technology | History | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

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The Empire Windrush was a...
- 'ship' ✓
Put the following events into the correct order.
- 1
  
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  The Second World War ended.
- 2
  
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  The British government invited people to help rebuild the country.
- 3
  
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  The Empire Windrush arrived in Britain.
- 4
  
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  There were riots in Notting Hill in London.
Match the words to their definitions.
- discrimination
  
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  treating someone unfairly ✓
- riot
  
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  when people are violent and disturb the peace ✓
True or False? The people on the Empire Windrush only came from Jamaica.
- True
- False ✓
In which year did the Second World War end?
- 1942
- 1943
- 1944
- 1945 ✓
- 1946
The Caribbean migrants that travelled to Britain in the years after the Second World War are known as the....
- 'Windrush Generation' ✓

Match the keyword to the definition.
- housewife
  
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  a woman whose main job is looking after the home and family ✓
- domestic
  
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  things that are to do with the home ✓
- appliance
  
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  an electrical device or machine designed to do a specific task ✓
What was the name of the world’s first electronic computer?
- Colossus ✓
- Microsoft
- Enigma
Televisions did not exist before the Second World War.
- True
- False ✓
By the 1960s, what percentage of British homes had a TV?
- 25%
- 50%
- 75% ✓
- 100%
Complete the sentence: Domestic appliances made the work of housewives...
- 'easier' ✓
Select one word to fill the gaps in this sentence: After the war, ______ women started to work part-time because they wanted to and had __________ free time.
- 'more' ✓

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During the war, technology changed rapidly, especially in electronics and computing.
For ordinary Britons, this led to the adoption of a wide range of household appliances as these became cheaper.
Television ownership grew quickly, with 75% of households having a TV by the 1960s, making it a common leisure activity.
Other domestic appliances such as fridge-freezers, vacuum cleaners and washing machines all made domestic life easier.
The appliances gave women more time to work, but poorer families did not benefit as much as others.

That being a housewife was an easy role.

Working in the home on domestic tasks for 70 hours a week was more than a full time working week with a paid job.

Housewife - a woman whose main job is caring for her family and doing the domestic tasks at home is a housewife
Domestic - things that are to do with the home are described as domestic
Appliance - an appliance is a machine in the home that is used to do a job such as cleaning or cooking