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Big Fat Year 7 History Quiz

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    Anglo-Saxons, Normans, The Black Death, The Reformation, The abolition of the slave trade, Britain in India and the Amesbury Archer
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  • The Anglo-Saxons came to Britain from ...
    Germany (and Denmark)
  •  15
  • William the Conqueror came from ...
    Normandy (France)
  •  15
  • When Edward the Confessor died, the Witan chose ________________ as king of England.
    Harold Godwinson
  •  15
  • Duke William's men tricked the Anglo Saxon shield wall by ....
    Pretending to retreat, then turning around.
  •  15
  • The medieval job, 'Gong Farmer', involved ...
    Cleaning human poo off the streets!
  •  25
  • The Black Death was brought to Britain by __________.
    Fleas on rats
  •  15
  • The bacteria that caused the Black Death is called Y______ P_______
    Yersinia Pestis
  •  20
  • The first European country to be infected by the Black Death was _______.
    Italy
  •  20
  • Henry VIII's first wife was ___________ ___ ___________
    Catherine of Aragon
  •  10
  • Henry VIII had an older brother called _________
    Arthur
  •  15
  • The oldest child of Henry VIII was ____________.
    Mary I
  •  10
  • Henry VIII took the Catholic church's land and gold. This is known as the _______ of the _______.
    Dissolution of the Monasteries
  •  20
  • Henry VIII needed money to help pay for his wars against ___________.
    France (and Scotland)
  •  15
  • Catholics could give money to the church in exchange for forgiveness from sins. This is known as ___________.
    Indulgences.
  •  25
  • The leader of the Catholic Church is the ________ in Rome.
    Pope
  •  15
  • The name for the system of trade between Britain, West Africa and the Caribbean is called the _________ Trade.
    the Triangle Trade
  •  15