The Church/The Struggle for Power in England and France

Anglo-Saxons divided kingdoms into governmental

districts called (a)  

After Alfred the Great defeated the Danes in 886, he let them settle in what two major kingdoms. Which ones?

• Essex and Norfolk

• Mercia and Northumbria

• Wessex and Mercia

• Northumbria and Wessex

By 1013, the (a)   controlled the whole of England again.

What Danish king controlled England and Scandinavia from 1016 onwards?

• King Canute

• King Charles

• King William

• King Phillip

By 1042 the Danish line had died out

and the Anglo-Saxon nobles chose (a)   the Confessor as their new king.

In 1066, William 'The Conqueror' invaded England and took the throne. He was from where?

• Wessex, England

• Paris, France

• Normandy, France

• Denmark

William defeated the English

Anglo-Saxon army at (a)   (place) in October 1066

What language did the Normans speak?

• German

• English

• French

• Dutch

One major change King William I brought to politics was that all

English lords were v (a)   of the king

What book collected information on each shire’s

people, assessed landholdings, and measured the type and value of property?

• The Domedsay Book

• The Collector's Edition

• The Tax Bible

• The Final Count