Homework 3 - 1066 the year of battles

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1. Where is Stamford Bridge?

• In Yorkshire
• In Chelsea
• In Hastings

2. How did the Vikings get to Stamford Bridge?

• They sailed to the coast as it is on the coastline
• They marched over from Scandinavia
• They sailed to the coast of England and then up river to meet the Saxon Army

3. How would you descibe Harold's reaction to the Viking invasion?

• Quite slow - he delayed sending his troops north
• Quick - he marched his armies there in 9 days

4. What were Harold's professional soldiers called?

• Archers
• Fyrd
• Cavalrymen
• Housecarls

5. Why did the Saxons win at Stamford Bridge?

• They were better prepared than were the Vikings
• They marched north so quickly that they arrived before the Vikings were ready for them
• Harold had more troops than the Vikings did.

6. Who died at Stamford Bridge?

• Harold Godwinson
• Tostig Godwinson
• Harald Hardrada
• Duke William

7. Who arrived in the South as Harold and his men celebrated victory in the North?

• Duke William of Normandy
• Edgar the Aethling
• Edward the Confessor

8. Which of these troops gave the Normans a better military advantage at Hastings?

• Housecarls
• Archers
• Fyrd
• Cavalrymen

9. What military advantage did the Saxons have?

• Cavalry
• Housecarls
• Shield Wall
• Fyrd