WorksheetsThe Normans
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 3hrs 45mins
1-Watch this short video about the Normans (copy the link and paste it in your browser): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCCTJKsLZxE
2-Read the questions below and, in each case, choose the best option.
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Choose "YES"!
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The Normans were descended from...
the Anglo-Saxons.
Norse raiders from Scandinavia.
the French nobility.
... died in 1066.
The Duke of Normandy
Edward the Confessor
After the Anglo-Saxon king died, ... took the crown for himself.
William, Duke of Normandy
Harold Godwinson
the King of Norway
Harold Godwinson defeated the Norwegians in the Battle of...
Hastings.
Stamford Bridge.
Dover.
William, Duke of Normandy, landed his army in the ... of England.
north
south
King Harold II of England was defeated by the Normans at the Battle of...
Stamford Bridge.
Bayeaux.
Hastings.
Some say King Harold died when...
a horse fell over him.
an arrow struck him in the eye.
a knight fell over him.
William, Duke of Normandy, was crowned King of England in...
Westminster Abbey.
Hastings.
a medieval castle.
By around 1087, the Norman hold on the kingdom was...
weak.
firmly established.
William I ... the ruling classes to speak French.
invited
forced
