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Year 7 History

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Saxon King of England was known as Edward the...

a)

Confessor

b)

Complicated

c)

Honest

d)

Cruel

2.

Which of these did not have a claim to the throne when Edward died?

a)

Edgar the Aetheling

b)

Harald Hadrada

c)

Alfred the Great

d)

William of Normandy

3.

Where did Harald and Harold fight a battle?

a)

Stamford Bridge

b)

Hastings

c)

Leeds

d)

Mercia

4.

What part of the castle is the arrow pointing at?

a)

Bailey

b)

Motte

c)

Ditch

d)

Moat

5.

What was the name of William's friend who was murdered in the north?

a)

Earl Robert

b)

Earl Henry

c)

Earl Alfred

d)

Earl Harold

6.

Tick the acts of violence that William's soldiers committed during the Harrying of the North.

a)

Burnt down homes

b)

Killed all animals

c)

Destroyed crops

d)

Murdered thousands of people

7.

What did William come up with to ensure loyalty in England?

(a)  

8.

Which of these is not one of the Rs of significance?

a)

Remarkable

b)

Resulting in change

c)

Revealing

d)

Remembered

e)

Reliable

9.

Which of these things do Protestants believe in?

a)

Hating the Pope

b)

Wearing simple robes

c)

Having richly decorated churches

d)

Bible in English

10.

Tick the reasons Henry VIII broke England away from the Catholic Church.

a)

He wanted to divorce his wife

b)

Catholic monasteries did not give him money

c)

He wanted to marry Anne Boleyn

d)

He really wanted a daughter

11.

What caused the Spanish Armada to fail?

a)

The stormy weather

b)

The English had more ships

c)

There were not enough Spanish soldiers

12.

What belief that Charles I had about himself caused people to hate him?

(a)  

13.

Who invented the Flying Shuttle?

a)

John Kay

b)

James Watt

c)

Richard Trevithick

d)

Peter Durand

14.

What year was the Great Stink?

a)

1858

b)

1868

c)

1848

d)

1857