Revision 30/11/21

Question 1

The Roman Empire ended in what year?

Answer 1

410 AD

Question 2

What was the Eastern part of the Roman Empire called?

Answer 2

Byzantine empire

Question 3

What religion did the Romans bring to England?

Answer 3

Christianity

Question 4

In 500 AD who invaded Britian?

Answer 4

The Anglo Saxons

Question 5

Where did the Anglo saxons come from?

Answer 5

Northern Europe (germany)

Question 6

What religion where the Anglo saxons?

Answer 6

Pagans - polytheistic

Question 7

What does being a pagan mean?

Answer 7

You belive in many different gods.

Question 8

Who did POPE GREGORY I send to convert the anglo saxons to CHRISTIANITY?

Answer 8

Augustine

Question 9

What did monks do?

Answer 9

Write and record important events and devoted their life to God

Question 10

What was 1 monk called who wrote a book?

Answer 10

Bede

Question 11

What was a battle tactic of the Anglo Saxons?

Answer 11

The shield wall.

Question 12

What would family’s recieve is someone died at war?

Answer 12

A Wargeld

Question 13

Who threated the Anglo Saxons?

Answer 13

The Vikings

Question 14

Where were the Vikings from and what language did they speak?

Answer 14

Scandinavia in northern Europe- they spoke Old Norse

Question 15

Where and when was the Vikings first invasion?

Answer 15

Lindisfarne- 793

Question 16

What religion where the Vikings?

Answer 16

Pagan

Question 17

Who where the Great Heathen Army?

Answer 17

The Vikings

Question 18

Who had to defend the land against the Great Heathen Army?

Answer 18

Alfred the great of Wessex

Question 19

What was England divided into in the time of the Vikings?

Answer 19

Wessex and the Danelaw

Question 20

Who lived in the Danelaw?

Answer 20

The Vikings

Question 21

Which king created a succession crisis in 1066 by having no children meaning there was no clear heir to the throne?

Answer 21

Edward the Confessor

Question 22

Who where the 4 contendors to the throne?

Answer 22

Harald Godwinson, Harald Hardrada, Edgar Atheling, William Duke Of Normandy

Question 23

What was the battle between Hardrada and Godwinson called?

Answer 23

The Battle of stamford bridge (BOSB)

Question 24

Who was killed and who won the Battle Of Stamford Bridge?

Answer 24

Killed- Hardrada

Won- Godwinson

Question 25

What was the battle between William Duke of Normandy and Harald Godwinson called?

Answer 25

Battle of hastings (BOH)

Question 26

Who won and who was killed in the Battle of Hastings?

Answer 26

Killed- Godwinson

Won- William Duke of Normandy

Question 27

What defence tactic did Godwinson use in the Battle of hasting? (Anglo Saxon tactic)

Answer 27

Shield wall

Question 28

Who did William need for him to be crowned king?

Answer 28

The Witan

Question 29

What did William do on the 25th of December 1066 in England?

Answer 29

Crowned himself King