the bayeux tapestry

Question 0

tapestry

Answer 0

a thick, embroidered cloth picture used as a wall hanging

Question 1

Normandy

Answer 1

an area, now part of France, that was home to the Normans, who were descended from the Vikings

Question 2

vassal

Answer 2

one who swears loyalty to a lord

Question 3

lord

Answer 3

a feudal superior

Question 4

feudual contract

Answer 4

the bargain between a lord and his vassal

Question 5

Anglo-Saxon

Answer 5

the earliest english, a Germanic people

Question 6

housecarl

Answer 6

soldier

Question 7

technology

Answer 7

things humans make to

use as tools

Question 8

cavalry

Answer 8

soldiers on horseback

Question 9

lance

Answer 9

long spear

Question 10

impenetrable

Answer 10

impossible to pass

Question 11

propaganda

Answer 11

an effort to spread opinions or beliefs, sometimes by distorting the truth

Question 12

audience

Answer 12

a hearing, an interview

Question 13

was the tapestry a primary source?

Answer 13

yes because the person who ordered it participated in the events and fought

bishop odo and William were actually there

Question 14

what could be a secondary source for this story?

Answer 14

historian

textbooks

Question 15

what did the Anglo-Saxon shield prevent?

Answer 15

any Norman warriors to get through and attack

Question 16

what was a military advantage the Normans had?

Answer 16

they rode in on horses

-with their lance they could have a longer reach and plow right through a shield

Question 17

what did the Normans pretend to do?

Answer 17

they pretended to retreat.

then the Anglo Saxon warriors followed them and broke the shield and the Normans turned around and killed them all

Question 18

who was the main of Normandy

who was the main for the English

Answer 18

William

Harold

Question 19

what could you also call the Anglo saxons?

Answer 19

the english