test 5 Flashcards

1
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who were the earliest known inhabitants of the British isles

A

celts

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2
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ancient Celtic worship site and observatory

A

stonehenge

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3
Q

collective Germanic tribes was England named after

A

angle-saxons

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4
Q

first Archbishop of canterbury

A

augustine

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5
Q

first great king of england

A

alfred the great

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6
Q

capital city of England Alfred the Great occupied

A

london

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7
Q

the Danes took control over great Britain over his rule

A

Canute the dane

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8
Q

believed he had rightful claim to the throne; where in france

A

william from normandy

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9
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fought William of normandy; a saxon king

A

herold godwin

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10
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battle that William the conqueror won

A

battle of hastings

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11
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battle of hastings date

A

1066

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12
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count of people

A

census

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13
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book that William kept count of census in

A

domesday book

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14
Q

williams son

A

Henry I

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15
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line of kings Henry II started

A

plantagenet

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16
Q

Henry II developed what?

A

common law and trial by jury

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17
Q

also called lionhearted

A

Richard I

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18
Q

mother of Richard and John

A

Eleanor of Aquitane

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19
Q

england’s most hated king

A

john

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20
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John lost most of his land to whom

A

Phillip Augustus (of France)

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21
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English nobles forced king John to sign what?

A

Magna Carta

22
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What year was magna Carta signed

A

1215

23
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magna Carta did what?

A

put the king under the law and developed habeas corpus

24
Q

right to a day in court (magna Carta)

A

habeas corpus

25
Q

written plan that sets up from of government

A

constitution

26
Q

established parliament

A

Simon Monfort

27
Q

what did monfort establish

A

Parliament

28
Q

conquered Wales and portions of scotland

A

Edward I

29
Q

Edward II lost control over Scotland in the Battle of ____

A

battle of bannockburn

30
Q

developed house and lords and house of commons

A

Edward III

31
Q

expensive wars forced Edward I to cooperate with ____

A

model parliament

32
Q

the main reasons for hundred years war

A

English land claims on french territory

33
Q

Prince of Wales

A

Llewellyn

34
Q

peasant girl who led French forces

A

Joan of Arc

35
Q

gave french advantage in hundred years war

A

gunpowder

36
Q

the last Plantagenet king

A

Richard II

37
Q

line of kings started by Henry IV

A

Landcaster

38
Q

which family was white rose; red rose?

A

York–white
Landcaster–red

39
Q

final major battle of war of roses

A

bosworth field

40
Q

Henry Tudor defeated Yorks; his title became ___

A

Henry VII

41
Q

coronation started the modern nation of france

A

Hugh Capet

42
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Hugh Capet coronation date

A

987

43
Q

represented body of france

A

estates general

44
Q

Spain and Portugal share this peninsula

A

iberian

45
Q

Muslims from north africa

A

moors

46
Q

sailed on behalf of spain

A

columbus

47
Q

Italian explorer who traveled far east in 1200s

A

Marco Polo

48
Q

First European to reach far east by sea; traveled around Africa to india

A

Vasco de Gama

49
Q

first great civilization of the Western Hemisphere

A

Mayas

50
Q

lost control over Scotland in the Battle of Bannockburn

A

Edward II

51
Q

forced to cooperate with model parliament

A

Edward I

52
Q

group called on to give verdict in legal matter

A

trial by jury