Ch 13 Wh

Question 1

earliest known inhabitants of the british isles

Answer 1

Celts

Question 2

political/religious leaders of the celts

Answer 2

druids

Question 3

ancient celtic worship site and observatory

Answer 3

stonehenge

Question 4

invaded england in the 500’s

Answer 4

angles,saxons,and jutes

Question 5

the story of who was set in this time

Answer 5

king arthur

Question 6

england comes from what name

Answer 6

england

Question 7

collective name for germanic tribes that invaded england

Answer 7

angle-saxon

Question 8

wandering poets

Answer 8

scops

Question 9

greatest saxon poem about anglo-saxon culture

Answer 9

beowulf

Question 10

sent by pope gregory I to convert the anglo-saxons, aka the 1st Archbishop of Canterbury

Answer 10

augustine

Question 11

what year did england accept catholicism

Answer 11

664

Question 12

concept of bc/ad divisions in history

Answer 12

the venereal bede

Question 13

invaded england in the 800’s and conquered every section but wessex

Answer 13

Danes

Question 14

king of wessex who defeated the danes and confined them to danelaw, 1st great king of england

Answer 14

alfred the great

Question 15

the danes took back control under his rule by 1000

Answer 15

Canute the Dane

Question 16

saxon king of england who died without an heir, causing a war

Answer 16

edward the confessor

Question 17

two people that claimed the throne of england

Answer 17

william from normandy and harold godwin

Question 18

in what battle did william the conquer defeated and killed harold godwin

Answer 18

battle of hastings

Question 19

a count of a nations people

Answer 19

census

Question 20

first census book of england

Answer 20

doomsday book

Question 21

ends heavy taxation of nobles and the church

Answer 21

Charter of Liberties

Question 22

capital of england

Answer 22

london

Question 23

administrators of finances and judges of revenue matters

Answer 23

exchequer

Question 24

grandson of Henry I who started the Plantagenet Line of kings

Answer 24

Henry II

Question 25

laws common to all englishmen

Answer 25

common law

Question 26

the mom of richard I that ran the kingdom while he was at war

Answer 26

Elanor of Aquitaine

Question 27

lost much of england’s land to King Phillip Augustus of France

Answer 27

John

Question 28

what year was the magna carta signed

Answer 28

1215

Question 29

what valley was the magna carta signed in

Answer 29

Runnymede

Question 30

what document put the king under the law

Answer 30

magna carta

Question 31

the right of a person to have their “day in court”

Answer 31

habeas corpus

Question 32

a written plan which sets up a form of govt. and establishes its basc governing principles

Answer 32

constitution

Question 33

nobles rebelled against him and organized a group called parliament

Answer 33

Henry III

Question 34

strong king who conquered whales and portions of scotland expensive wars forced him to cooperate with model parliament

Answer 34

Edward I

Question 35

lost control over scotland in battle of bannockburn

Answer 35

Edward II

Question 36

prince of whales

Answer 36

Llewellyn

Question 37

national hero of scotland

Answer 37

sir william wallace

Question 38

became king after his father was forced to abdicate the throne to his son; the House of Lords and House of commons developed during his rule

Answer 38

Edward III

Question 39

peasant girl who led french forces into battle

Answer 39

Joan of Arc

Question 40

rebelled against richard because of the hundred years war; 1st king of the Lancaster line

Answer 40

Henry IV