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Year 7 End of Year Exam

Quiz by Karen Simpson

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  • Q1
    Who was William the Conqueror?
    The King of England
    30s
  • Q2
    What year was the Battle of Hastings?
    1087
    1066
    1065
    1060
    30s
  • Q3
    Who were the other contenders who fought for control of England at the same time as William?
    Harald Godwinson
    Harald Hadraada and Harold Godwinson.
    Harold Hadraada
    30s
  • Q4
    What was the 'Harrying of the North'?
    William attacked the north for rebelling against him
    Northern rebels who hated William taking control of their country
    William of Orange's attack on England
    Harald Hadraada attacking Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Stamford Bridge.
    30s
  • Q5
    Why was the feudal system introduced?
    For the Barons to help the King run the country.
    The King wanted to help the peasants have a say.
    To help the King keep control and bring structure to society?
    For the King to raise taxes
    30s
  • Q6
    Why was King John disliked?
    He wanted to change the religion of the country.
    He was only a boy when he ruled.
    He did not want to be King
    He lost wars and tried to tax the people to pay for his losses. He did not listen to the Barons.
    30s
  • Q7
    What did the Barons force John to sign and why is this an important document even today?
    The Magna Carta and many of our laws date back to the Magna Carta.
    The First English Bible as the people would now be able to read it in their own language.
    The Doomsday Book as it has accounts of everybody's lives for tax purposes.
    The constitution as it was the set of laws by which people would be governed.
    30s
  • Q8
    What were the symptoms of the Black Death?
    Black lumps, vomiting, death, dehydration
    All of them
    Buboes, fever, dehydration, vomiting, death
    Red spots, fever, dehydration, death.
    30s
  • Q9
    What caused the Black Death?
    Fleas carried on rats
    A curse from God
    Rats carried on fleas
    Nobody knew
    30s
  • Q10
    Where did it come from?
    Other people who carried it
    The Gobi Desert
    Sailors
    Ships
    30s
  • Q11
    What did people at the time think caused the Black Death?
    Italian merchants
    Merchant Ships
    Fleas on rats
    Punishment from God.
    30s
  • Q12
    Why did so many people die from the Black Death?
    People lived so close together, so it spread easily.
    They were already weakened from years of famine.
    They did not have knowledge or the medicine to cure it.
    All of the reasons
    30s
  • Q13
    Why did the peasants who survived the Black Death now have more confidence?
    They were able to now get rich
    They knew there were less of them so they could ask for higher wages to do the work for the Barons.
    They knew that they would now go to heaven.
    They knew that they could never get it again.
    30s
  • Q14
    What was the role of peasant women in the Middle Ages?
    Peasant women helped their husband in battle
    Peasant women had no role in society in the Middle Ages
    Peasant women took care of the children
    Peasant women worked in the fields and took care of the children
    30s
  • Q15
    Who wrote the History in the Medieval period? Give two problems with this
    Monks wrote the History. They only wrote about the nobility and ignored women. They wrote positive things about the King through fear.
    There was no written History in the Middle Ages.
    The King wrote the History
    The Barons wrote the History
    30s

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