(2) The Middle Ages

Which TWO wars did England fight in during the middle ages?

• Crusades

• Hundred Years War

• Kings War

• Channel War

Which TWO families started a civil war to decide who should be king of England in 1455?

• The House of Lancaster

• The House of Kent

• The House of York

• The House of Newcastle

What TWO houses were confronted during the Wars of the Roses?

• The House of Lancaster

• The House of Leicester

• The House of Canterbury

• The House of York

When did the Wars of the Roses start?

• 1388

• 1455

• 1462

• 1478

Which stories did Geoffrey Chaucer write?

• The Canterbury Tales

• The Tyger

• Oliver Twist

• Great Expectations

Which of the following words comes from the Norman French (choose ONE option)

• Apple

• Beauty

• Cow

• Summer

Which of the following was one of the most famous battles of the Hundred Years War?

• The Battle of Agincourt

• The Battle of Bannockburn

• The Battle of Culloden

• The Battle of Waterloo

Who defeated the French at the battle of Agincourt in 1415?

• King Edward I of England

• William III of England

• Henry VIII

• King Henry V

Who wrote a famous series of poems in English about a group of people going to Canterbury on a pilgrimage and known as ‘The Canterbury Tales’?

• William Shakespeare

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• Jane Austen

• Charles Dickens

Who sat at the House of Commons during the Middle Ages?

• Knights and wealthy people from towns and cities

• Farmers and blacksmiths

• Great landowners and bishops

• Everyone could sit at the House of Commons