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Summer Summative Flashcards

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Who was Emperor Claudius Caesar?

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Roman invader (AD43)

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What did King Alfred of Wessex do in 878?

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King Alfred beat the Vikings

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Who was King Cnut the Great?

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Viking ruler of Norway and England

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What main event occured after Edward the Confessor’s death in 1066?

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The succession crisis

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Which year did the Battle of Stamford Bridge and the Battle of Hastings break out?

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1066

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Who were the Anglo-Saxons?

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Germanic people living in Britain to AD1066

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What is a monarchy?

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One ruler

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What does migration mean?

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Mass movement of people

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Who were the 4 people fighting for the throne after Edward the Confessor’s death?

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Harold Godwinson, Harald Hardrada, William, Duke of Normandy and Edgar Aethling

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What event happened from 1069-1070? (H______ of the North)

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Harrying of the North

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Who won the Battle of Hastings and what therefore happened?

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William won and became William I of England

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What is Tax?

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Money paid to the King

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When was the Domesday Book published and what did it contain?

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The Domesday book was published in 1087 and recorded everything people of England owned for the purposes of tax

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What was the Feudal System?

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A system showing who’s in charge of who

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Who are Vikings?

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Seafarers from countries like Norway

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When was the start of the First Crusade?

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1095 (till 1099)

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Who was Thomas Becket?

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Henry II’s archbishop of Canterbury killed for his beliefs

18
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What was Richard I and John I regarded as?

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‘The Lionheart’ and ‘Lackland’

19
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From which year to which year did Richard’s reign last?

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1189-1199 (John I succeeds him and is king till 1216)

20
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Who was Wat Tyler?

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Leader of the Peasants Revolt

21
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What was Jerusalem?

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Historic city of major religious importance for Christians, Muslims and Jews

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What is a Crusade?

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A holy/religious war

23
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What is a plague?

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A contagious disease with very infectious symptoms

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When did the Black Death strike England and what percentage of England’s population did it kill?

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1348 and killed 50% of England’s population

25
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What did Martin Luther do?

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Led the Protestant Reformation

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What did Johanne Gutenburg invent?

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Printing press (1440)

27
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How long was Elizabeth I’s reign?

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45 years - 1558-1603

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What did the death of Elizabeth mark?

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The end of the Tudor rule in England

29
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What are dissections?

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Cutting open the human body to learn about it

30
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What was Oliver Cromwell known as after the English Civil War?

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Lord Protector

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What is the Divine Rights of Kings?

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The belief that the King has been chosen by God

32
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What significant events happened in 1665 and 1666?

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The Great Plague in London and The Great Fire of London

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Charles II dies heirless. Who succeeds him?

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His Catholic brother James II (later kicked off the throne)

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When did the Civil War break out?

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1642

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Around what period did the Industrial Revolution begin?

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18th and 19th century

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What did Edward Jenner discover?

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Vaccinations (against smallpox)

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What was the lowest class in society in France called?

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Third Estate

38
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Who were the Aristocracy?

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Rich elites, nobles and lords

39
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Define urbanisation.

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The increase in cities and decrease in countryside

40
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What is a Revolution?

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An attempt to overthrow the government or social order in favour of a new system

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