History Y7 And Y8

Question 1

What event marked the beginning of the Norman Conquest?

Answer 1

The death of Edward the Confessor in January 1066

Question 2

Who were the two main contenders for the English throne after Edward the Confessor’s death?

Answer 2

Harold Godwinson and William of Normandy

Question 3

What significant battle took place in October 1066?

Answer 3

Battle of Hastings

Question 4

What title did William of Normandy take after his victory in 1066?

Answer 4

William I, king of England

Question 5

What major change did William I implement in England?

Answer 5

Building castles in strategic locations

Question 6

What was the Harrying of the North?

Answer 6

William’s attack on rebels in Yorkshire

Question 7

What obligations did peasants have to the Lord of the Manor?

Answer 7

Give crops and animals

Question 8

How much of their earnings did peasants have to give to the Church?

Answer 8

1/10

Question 9

What role did towns play in medieval England?

Answer 9

Important places for trading

Question 10

What were some goods that people could buy in towns?

Answer 10

• Furs
• Rope
• Wine

Question 11

What was the primary belief regarding the afterlife in medieval England?

Answer 11

People believed they would go to heaven or hell

Question 12

What functions did monasteries serve in medieval times?

Answer 12

• Hospitals
• Hotels
• Schools

Question 13

When did the Black Death reach Britain?

Answer 13

1348

Question 14

What was the percentage of the population wiped out by the Black Death?

Answer 14

1/3

Question 15

What was the Statute of Labourers?

Answer 15

A law that reduced wages back to pre-Black Death levels

Question 16

Who led the Peasants’ Revolt in 1381?

Answer 16

Wat Tyler

Question 17

What document did King John sign in 1215?

Answer 17

Magna Carta

Question 18

In what year did King John become king of England?

Answer 18

1199

Question 19

What long-term significance did the Magna Carta have?

Answer 19

It gave more rights to barons and helped create the first Parliament

Question 20

What was the Mali Empire famous for?

Answer 20

Its wealth from trading in gold, salt, and spices

Question 21

Who was Mansa Musa?

Answer 21

The ruler of the Mali Empire known for his pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 22

What was the impact of Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage on Egypt?

Answer 22

He spent so much gold that Egypt became bankrupt

Question 23

What was the purpose of the Crusades?

Answer 23

To reclaim the Holy Land for Christianity

Question 24

Who were two key figures in the Crusades?

Answer 24

• Richard the Lionheart
• Salah ad-Din (Saladin)

Question 25

What was the primary motivation for people participating in the Crusades?

Answer 25

Wealth, freedom, or power

Question 26

What was the significance of the Religious Settlement signed by Elizabeth I in 1559?

Answer 26

It brought some compromise between Catholics and Protestants

Question 27

What was the Gunpowder Plot?

Answer 27

A failed attempt by Catholics to blow up Parliament in 1605

Question 28

What was the outcome of the English Civil Wars in the 1640s?

Answer 28

Charles I was executed and the Interregnum began

Question 29

What was the Transatlantic Slave Trade?

Answer 29

The trade of enslaved Africans to the Americas

Question 30

What was the Middle Passage?

Answer 30

The journey of enslaved Africans to the Americas

Question 31

What was the result of the campaigns led by Olaudah Equiano and William Wilberforce?

Answer 31

Slave ownership was ended in Britain in 1807

Question 32

What was the significance of the Battle of the Somme in 1916?

Answer 32

One of the main battles of WWI

Question 33

What triggered the start of WWI in August 1914?

Answer 33

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 34

What was the Sepoy Mutiny?

Answer 34

A rebellion by Indian soldiers against British rule in 1857

Question 35

Fill in the blank: A source that can be trusted due to its author, date, purpose, etc. is called a _______.

Answer 35

[Reliable Provenance]

Question 36

Fill in the blank: A country under the rule of another is called a _______.

Answer 36

[Colony]

Question 37

True or False: The British Empire covered 1/3 of the world by 1900.

Answer 37

True

Question 38

What was the main purpose of the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 38

To formally end WWI and outline reparations

Question 39

What is meant by the term 'segregation'?

Answer 39

The action of separating groups of people

Question 40

What was the role of women during WWI?

Answer 40

Worked in munitions factories

Question 41

What was the primary economic activity in the British Empire during the 18th and 19th centuries?

Answer 41

Trade of manufactured goods and raw materials

Question 42

Fill in the blank: An extreme change in political or social order is called a _______.

Answer 42

[Revolution]

Question 43

What is the term for the source of information that can be trusted due to its author, date, purpose, etc.?

Answer 43

The origin. ## Footnote The origin helps establish the reliability of a source.

Question 44

What does the term 'origin' refer to?

Answer 44

Where something comes from. ## Footnote Understanding the origin is crucial for evaluating historical sources.

Question 45

What is a primary source?

Answer 45

Something to help you learn about the past e.g. a letter or a newspaper. ## Footnote Primary sources provide firsthand accounts and direct evidence.

Question 46

What is the process of reaching a conclusion based on evidence called?

Answer 46

Inference. ## Footnote Inference involves drawing logical conclusions from available data.

Question 47

Fill in the blank: A _______ is a poor person of low status who worked on the land.

Answer 47

peasant. ## Footnote Peasants were often involved in agriculture and lived in rural areas.

Question 48

Who are the people referred to as the aristocracy?

Answer 48

People who came from the richest families in the area who had been rich for a very long time. ## Footnote The aristocracy typically held social and political power within a society.