Unit VI Facts

Question 1

English king who accidentally had the archbishop of Canterbury put to death

Answer 1

Henry II

Question 2

Archbishop of Canterbury who was murdered by the king’s men

Answer 2

Thomas Becket

Question 3

Henry II’s “turbulent priest”

Answer 3

Thomas Becket

Question 4

Henry II’s wife

Answer 4

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Question 5

Lion-hearted king of England who led the Third Crusade

Answer 5

Richard I

Question 6

Most valuable document ever granted by a sovereign to his people; signed at Runnymede in 1215 A.D.

Answer 6

Magna Carta

Question 7

King of France who fought in two Crusades and was sainted for his piety.

Answer 7

St. Louis IX

Question 8

Order of monks that did not separate itself from the world

Answer 8

Franciscans

Question 9

Order of monks devoted to spreading Christian education

Answer 9

Dominicans

Question 10

King of Scotland who won Scotland’s independence from England

Answer 10

Robert Bruce

Question 11

King of England who took for himself the throne of Scotland

Answer 11

Edward I

Question 12

Scottish knight who raised a rebellion against the English and was put to death by the English king

Answer 12

William Wallace

Question 13

English king who recognized Scotland’s independence and acknowledged Bruce as king

Answer 13

Edward III

Question 14

He gained courage from a spider to try again to free Scotland

Answer 14

Robert Bruce

Question 15

Venetian prince and explorer to China who was inspiration for Columbus

Answer 15

Marco Polo

Question 16

Emperor of China during Venetian explorer’s visit

Answer 16

Kublai Khan

Question 17

Son of Edward III who was a great military leader against the French

Answer 17

Edward the Black Prince

Question 18

French king defeated by English in the battle of Crecy

Answer 18

Philip of Valois