MATSEC AM History Practice Questions - Malta Advanced Matriculation (AM) History - AM 17 (2026) Exam - MATSEC AM History Practice Questions - Malta Advanced Matriculation (AM) History

Question 1

Which year marks the start of continuous British civil administration in Malta after the French blockade period, as used in the AM Maltese History chronology (c.1800–1921)?

1800, after the French surrender following the blockade and British intervention 1798, when Napoleon first seized the islands from the Order of St John 1814, when the Congress of Vienna first invented Maltese colonial status 1921, when self-government began under the Amery–Milner constitution

Correct Answer:

1800, after the French surrender following the blockade and British intervention

Question 2

In nineteenth-century Malta, the ‘Language Question’ principally concerned competition among which languages for administration, law, education and public life?

Arabic and Turkish as sole official languages of the fortress Italian, English and (increasingly) Maltese in colonial public life French only, after the Napoleonic occupation permanently abolished Italian Latin and Greek as everyday vernaculars of Valletta artisans

Correct Answer:

Italian, English and (increasingly) Maltese in colonial public life

Question 3

The riots of 7 June 1919 in Valletta are known in Maltese history as Sette Giugno. What best captures their immediate significance?

They celebrated Malta’s immediate independence from Britain that day They were a purely religious procession with no political consequences They were bread-price and political protests that left several dead and intensified demands for constitutional reform They installed a Fascist government under Italian officers in Valletta

Correct Answer:

They were bread-price and political protests that left several dead and intensified demands for constitutional reform

Question 4

The 1921 Amery–Milner (self-government) constitution is best described as giving Malta:

Full sovereignty as a republic outside the British Empire Immediate membership of the European Economic Community Abolition of all elected institutions in favour of direct Crown Colony rule only Responsible government in defined internal affairs while defence and key reserved matters remained with Britain

Correct Answer:

Responsible government in defined internal affairs while defence and key reserved matters remained with Britain

Question 5

Why were Royal Commissions important in Maltese constitutional politics between 1800 and 1921?

They were imperial inquiry instruments whose reports often shaped (or justified) constitutional and administrative reforms They were purely ceremonial bodies that never investigated local grievances They replaced the British Parliament as Malta’s only legislature after 1800 They were elected Maltese assemblies with full power to declare war

Correct Answer:

They were imperial inquiry instruments whose reports often shaped (or justified) constitutional and administrative reforms

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