End Of Topic - Normans Test

Question 1

What did most people do in anglo Saxon England?

Answer 1

Peasant farmers

Question 2

What did peasants produce?

Answer 2

Sheep (wool), wheat, barley, oats

Question 3

Who became the King of England in 1042?

Answer 3

Edward the Confessor

Question 4

Which family was in charge of Wessex?

Answer 4

Godwins

Question 5

With which area did England do much of its trade?

Answer 5

Scandinavia

Question 6

What was the Witan?

Answer 6

The advisors to the English king who were all nobles from the leading faimilies in the kingdom.

Question 7

In the late 1050s what did Harold Godwinson become?

Answer 7

Sub-regulus

Question 8

What were the names of the 4 claimants to the English throne in 1066?

Answer 8

Edgar Eatheling, Harold Godwinson, William, Duke of Normandy, Harald Hardrada.

Question 9

What did the Pope give to William in 1066?

Answer 9

A papal banner

Question 10

The first army to invade England was led by whom?

Answer 10

Harald Hardrada

Question 11

On 25th September Harold Godwinson fought Harald Hardrada at which battle?

Answer 11

Stamford Bridge

Question 12

When did William arrive in England?

Answer 12

28th September

Question 13

When did the Battle of Hastings take place?

Answer 13

14th October 1066

Question 14

How many troops did the English and Norman armies have each?

Answer 14

7000

Question 15

How did all the English fight?

Answer 15

On foot

Question 16

What formation did the English line up in?

Answer 16

In a shield wall

Question 17

What type of soldiers did the Normans have?

Answer 17

Knights (cavalry), foot soldiers, archers

Question 18

Who did most of the attacking in the battle?

Answer 18

The Normans

Question 19

What happened to Harold Godwinson?

Answer 19

He was killed

Question 20

What was a vassal?

Answer 20

A person who promised to be loyal and serve their lord militarily in return for land.

Question 21

When was William crowned King of England?

Answer 21

Christmas Day 1066

Question 22

What happened to the English lords who promised to be loyal to him?

Answer 22

They were allowed to keep their land

Question 23

What was the name of the revolt by the Normans in 1069?

Answer 23

Harrying of the North

Question 24

Why did William carry out his series of attacks against the North of England in 1069?

Answer 24

In reprisal for a rebellion against him.

Question 25

Why did the Normans build castles?

Answer 25

To protect them from the English

Question 26

What was the name of the early type of castles built by the Normans?

Answer 26

Motte and Bailey

Question 27

Name 2 forms of trial the Normans introduced?

Answer 27

Ordeal, combat

Question 28

Which court did William introduce in the legal system?

Answer 28

Kings Court

Question 29

Who replaced the Earls in the feudal system?

Answer 29

Barons

Question 30

What new class did the Normans introduce in the feudal system?

Answer 30

Knights

Question 31

What was the Domesday Book?

Answer 31

A record of what land and property there was and who owned it, and what it was worth

Question 32

What was a hundred?

Answer 32

A area of land that the shires were split into

Question 33

Name one reason why Norman towns grew?

Answer 33

Trade

Question 34

What was patronage?

Answer 34

Patronage is the support and money given to someone by somebody, normally the King to those who were loyal to Willaim

Question 35

What is a writ?

Answer 35

A written order that was sent out around the country

Question 36

What was the collective names for the Earls of Chester, Shrewsbury and Hereford?

Answer 36

Marcher Lords

Question 37

What is primogeniture?

Answer 37

Inheritance - everything goes to the eldest son on the death of their father

Question 38

Who owned 25% of the land in the Norman feudal system?

Answer 38

Church

Question 39

Why was Forest law unpopular?

Answer 39

It stopped the peasants from hunting for extra food e.g. rabbits

Question 40

What is a garrison?

Answer 40

Housing for soldiers in the castles