test 5

Question 1

who were the earliest known inhabitants of the British isles

Answer 1

celts

Question 2

ancient Celtic worship site and observatory

Answer 2

stonehenge

Question 3

collective Germanic tribes was England named after

Answer 3

angle-saxons

Question 4

first Archbishop of canterbury

Answer 4

augustine

Question 5

first great king of england

Answer 5

alfred the great

Question 6

capital city of England Alfred the Great occupied

Answer 6

london

Question 7

the Danes took control over great Britain over his rule

Answer 7

Canute the dane

Question 8

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

Answer 8

william from normandy

Question 9

fought William of normandy; a saxon king

Answer 9

herold godwin

Question 10

battle that William the conqueror won

Answer 10

battle of hastings

Question 11

battle of hastings date

Answer 11

1066

Question 12

count of people

Answer 12

census

Question 13

book that William kept count of census in

Answer 13

domesday book

Question 14

williams son

Answer 14

Henry I

Question 15

line of kings Henry II started

Answer 15

plantagenet

Question 16

Henry II developed what?

Answer 16

common law and trial by jury

Question 17

also called lionhearted

Answer 17

Richard I

Question 18

mother of Richard and John

Answer 18

Eleanor of Aquitane

Question 19

england’s most hated king

Answer 19

john

Question 20

John lost most of his land to whom

Answer 20

Phillip Augustus (of France)

Question 21

English nobles forced king John to sign what?

Answer 21

Magna Carta

Question 22

What year was magna Carta signed

Answer 22

1215

Question 23

magna Carta did what?

Answer 23

put the king under the law and developed habeas corpus

Question 24

right to a day in court (magna Carta)

Answer 24

habeas corpus

Question 25

written plan that sets up from of government

Answer 25

constitution

Question 26

established parliament

Answer 26

Simon Monfort

Question 27

what did monfort establish

Answer 27

Parliament

Question 28

conquered Wales and portions of scotland

Answer 28

Edward I

Question 29

Edward II lost control over Scotland in the Battle of ____

Answer 29

battle of bannockburn

Question 30

developed house and lords and house of commons

Answer 30

Edward III

Question 31

expensive wars forced Edward I to cooperate with ____

Answer 31

model parliament

Question 32

the main reasons for hundred years war

Answer 32

English land claims on french territory

Question 33

Prince of Wales

Answer 33

Llewellyn

Question 34

peasant girl who led French forces

Answer 34

Joan of Arc

Question 35

gave french advantage in hundred years war

Answer 35

gunpowder

Question 36

the last Plantagenet king

Answer 36

Richard II

Question 37

line of kings started by Henry IV

Answer 37

Landcaster

Question 38

which family was white rose; red rose?

Answer 38

York--white Landcaster--red

Question 39

final major battle of war of roses

Answer 39

bosworth field

Question 40

Henry Tudor defeated Yorks; his title became ___

Answer 40

Henry VII

Question 41

coronation started the modern nation of france

Answer 41

Hugh Capet

Question 42

Hugh Capet coronation date

Answer 42

987

Question 43

represented body of france

Answer 43

estates general

Question 44

Spain and Portugal share this peninsula

Answer 44

iberian

Question 45

Muslims from north africa

Answer 45

moors

Question 46

sailed on behalf of spain

Answer 46

columbus

Question 47

Italian explorer who traveled far east in 1200s

Answer 47

Marco Polo

Question 48

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

Answer 48

Vasco de Gama

Question 49

first great civilization of the Western Hemisphere

Answer 49

Mayas

Question 50

lost control over Scotland in the Battle of Bannockburn

Answer 50

Edward II

Question 51

forced to cooperate with model parliament

Answer 51

Edward I

Question 52

group called on to give verdict in legal matter

Answer 52

trial by jury