Lesson 10

A Sixties Social Revolution? British Society, 1959-1975

Assessment 2

LO: To demonstrate
knowledge and skills learned
so far
 Causes of Change - Factual Quiz
1. Which rose faster between 1955 and 1965, the RPI or weekly earnings?

2. To the nearest hundred thousand, how many people were unemployed in 1965?

3. Give three other reasons why people felt more affluent. (3)

4. What was consumerism? (3)

5. Which football pools winner “spent spent spent”?

6. Give two examples of how scientific developments caused changes in society. (2)

7. Which Director-General of the BBC said he “had a duty to take account of changes in
society”?

8. When was BBC2 launched?

9. Which radio stations emerged to rival the BBC for younger listeners?

10. Why did visual images become more important in newspapers? (2)

11. Name 3 effects of increased Television ownership. (3)

12. Give three reasons why leisure time increased. (3)

13. By how much did car ownership increase between 1960 and 1965?

14. Name one consequence of the Beeching Report.

15. Why did more people travel to Spain?