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WorksheetsWar of the Roses PMY
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Towards the end of the Middle Ages, two families fought to win the right to rule England. What was this fight called?
a)
The Wars of the Land
b)
The Wars of the Roses
c)
The Wars of the Rulers
d)
The Wars of the Cross
2.
What were the 2 families (or houses) called?
a)
The House of Tudor and the House of Stuart
b)
The House of Essex and the House of Sussex
c)
The House of London and the House of Birmingham
d)
The House of Lancaster and the House of York
3.
The last battle of that war was in 1485. What was the battle called?
a)
The Battle of Culloden
b)
The Battle of Hastings
c)
The Battle of Stanford Bridge
d)
The Battle of Bosworth Field
4.
Which King was killed at that battle?
a)
Henry VIII
b)
Richard III
c)
King William II
d)
King Harold I
5.
Which new family started to rule England after the battle?
a)
The Plantagenets
b)
The Stuarts
c)
The Tudors
d)
The Hanoverians
6.
Henry VII (7th) became king in 1485. How did he end the wars between the families?
a)
He banished all the members of the other family from England
b)
He promised that each family could take it in turns to rule England
c)
He killed all the leaders of the other family
d)
He married an important woman from the other family
7.
Where was Henry VII (7th) originally from?
a)
France
b)
Ireland
c)
Wales
d)
Scotland
8.
Henry VII (7th) and his wife Elizabeth had 4 children. What was his oldest son called?
a)
Arthur
b)
Henry
c)
Edward
d)
William
9.
During Henry VII (7ths) reign, in 1492, the ‘New World’ was ‘discovered’ by a European sailor. What was the new world?
a)
The North Pole
b)
The South Pole
c)
The American continent
d)
The African continent
10.
What was the name of the European sailor that is said to have ‘discovered’ the new world
a)
Francis Drake
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Vasco Di Gama
d)
Ernest Shackleton
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