History GB

when did the Norman conquest begin?

• 1038

• 1086

• 1066

• 973

At what battle did William win the English throne in 1066?

• The Battle of Hastings

• Battle of Antwerp

• Battled of Normandy

• Battle of Trenton

Domesday Book . . .

• A census book

• A holy book

• A book predicting the world’s doom

What language was used to write Domesday Book?

• Norman-French

• Anglo-Saxon

• Latin

When King William's officials complete the Domesday Book?

• 1295

• 1215

• 1086

• 1534

A government ruled by a king or queen is also called a:

• Oligarchy

• Hegemony

• Monarchy

• Democracy

What was the name of the document King John was forced to sign in 1215, which changed the English monarchy forever?

• The Magna Carta

• The Pickwick Papers

• The Declaration of Independence

• He wasn’t forced to sign anything

Who was NOT a monarch in medieval England?

• Queen Elizabeth II

• King John I

• Richard the Lionheart

• William the Conqueror

What was the nickname for the bubonic plague that ravaged England in the 1300s?

• Typhoid Fever

• The Black Death

• Greyscale

• Cholera

The Magna Carta means...

• Grand Document

• Great Charter

• Glorious Constitution

• Magnificent Constitution