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Long And Illustrious History Flashcards

1
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Who were the first people to live in GB and in what era?

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  • hunter - gatherers in the Stone Age
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How was Britain connected to the continent and when did it separate?

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  • connected by a land bridge

- separated 10,000 yrs ago

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When did the first farmers arrive in GB and from where.

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  • 6000 years ago

- from South East Europe

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What dod the first farmers build and where can you see its memorialisation today?

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  • they built houses, tombs and monuments

- one of these monuments is in Stonehenge in Wiltshire.

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What is and was stonehenge?

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  • a monument built by first farmer
  • in wiltshire
  • was a place for seasonal ceremonies
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What is a preserved prehistoric village in Britain that helps understand about how people lived near the end of the stone age?

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  • skara beaw on Orkney in Scotland
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When did people learn how to make bronze?

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4000 years ago

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Where did people live in the bronze age and where did they burry the dead?

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They lived in roundhouses and buried the dead in tombs called round barrows

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What did people learn to make in the bronze age?

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  • tools, ornaments and weapons

- made of bronze and gold

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What followed the Bronze Age? What did people make and what sites did they defend?

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  • The Iron Age followed the Bronze Age
  • People made weapons and tools out of iron
  • The defended sites called Hill forts (e.g. Maiden Castle in Dorset)
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What were most people during the Iron Age and what language did they speak?

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  • farmers, craft workers or warriors.

- they spoke the Celtic language

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Which people made the first coins in Britain?

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The people of Iron Age

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Who led an unsuccessful Roman Invasion of Britain and in what year?

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Julius Caesar in 55BC

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Who led a successful Roman invasion of Britain and in what year?

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Emperor Claudius in AD 43

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Who was one of the tribal leaders who fought against the Romans? Where is that person commemorated today?

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Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni. Westminster Bridge London

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Which Roman emperor built a wall?
What was the wall called?
Where is it located?
What was the purpose of building that wall?
What are the names of some parts of the Wall?

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  • Emperor Hadrian
  • Hadrian’s Wall
  • North England
  • To keep the Picts (ancestors of the scottish people) out
  • Housesteads and Vindolanda
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17
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How long did the Romans stay in Britain

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400 years (left in AD410)

18
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When did the first Christian communities appear in Britain?

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3rd and 4th centuries

19
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After the Romans, who invaded Britain? When did they get established in GB?

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The Anglo Saxons

Established fully by 600 AD

20
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Where was one of the Anglo Saxon kings buried?

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Sutton Hoo in Suffolk. He was buried with treasure and armour which was placed in a shop was was covered by a mound of earth

21
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Who founded a monastery in Scotland and where?

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St. Columba, Island of Iona

22
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Who led missionaries from Rome?

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St. Augstine

23
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Who became the first archbishop of Canterbury?

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St. Augstine

24
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Where did the Vikings come from?
When did they come to Britain first?
What did they raid first?

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  • From Denmark, Norway and Sweden
  • First visited in 789
  • To raid costal towns and take away goods and slaves
25
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Who defeated and united the Kingdoms of England when the vikings attacked?

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King Alfred the Great

26
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What is the area in England where the Vikings settled?

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  • east and north of England

- its called Danelaw

27
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What words come from the Viking language?

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  • Grimsby

- Scunthorpe

28
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who did the scottish people unite under when the Vikings invaded?

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Kenneth MacAlpin

29
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When did the Duke of Normandy invade Britain, who did he defeat and what was the battle called?

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1066 led by William the Conqueror
Defeated Harold, the Saxon king of England
Battle of Hastings

30
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Which battle is commemorated at the Bayeux Tapestry?

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Battle of Hastings

31
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Which two languages influenced English?

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Anglo Saxans and Norman French

32
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Which books gives a picture of society in England after the Norman Conquest?

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Domesday Book

33
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In what year did what King introduce the Statute of Rhuddlan? What did it annex to the Crown of England?

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1284, King Edward 1, annexed Wales to the Crown of England

34
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When was the last Welsh rebellion defeated?

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mid 15th century

35
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When was the Battle of Bannockburn and who was it led by?

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in 1314 led by Robert the Bruce: Scotland defeated the English

36
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Who was the long war fought with and how many years did it last

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With France and lasted 116 years

37
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What was one of the battles fought during the Hundred Years War and why was it noteworthy

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Battle of Agincourt in 1415 where King Henry V’s army was outnumbered by the French army but they still won. 1450 English left France

38
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Who owned land in Scotland and Northern Ireland?

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Members of the ‘clans’ (prominent families)

39
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What did the Magna Carta do? Which King was forced by who to agree to it?

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The Magna Carta restricted the king’s power to collect taxes or to make or change laws. It was King John who was forced by his noblemen to agree to a number of demands.

40
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What was the purpose of the Parliament in the middle ages?

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Parliaments were called for the king to consult his nobles, particularly when the king needed to raise money.

41
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Who sat in the house of lord and who sat in the house of commons during the middles ages?

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the nobility, great landowners and bishops sat in the House of Lords.
knights, who were usually smaller landowners, and wealthy people from towns and cities were elected to sit in the House of Commons.

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