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When did the Vikings first raid Britain?

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AD 789

Where did the Vikings come from when they invaded Britain?

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Denmark and Norway

True or False: The Viking settlers mixed with local communities, and some converted to Christianity.

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True

True or False: In the north, the threat of attack by Vikings had encouraged the people to unite under one King, Kenneth MacAlpin.

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True

Who led the 1066 invasion in which Harold, the Saxon King of England was defeated?

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William, the Duke of Normandy

What is the name of the battle in which Harold, the Saxon King of England was defeated?

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The Battle of Hastings

What was the last successful foreign invasion of England?

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The Norman Conquest

William, the Duke of Normandy was later famously known as….

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William the Conqueror

True or False: Initially the Normans also conquered Wales, but the Welsh gradually won territory back.

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True

What was the period after the Norman Conquest up until about 1485 called?

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The Middle Ages (or the medieval period)

In which year did King Edward I of England introduce the Statute of Rhuddlan, which annexed Wales to the Crown of England?

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1284

In which year did the Scottish, led by Robert the Bruce, defeat the English at the Battle of Bannockburn?

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1314

English Kings fought a long war with France, called the Hundred Years War – How long did this war last?

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116 years

True or False: In the Middle Ages, Parliament began to develop into the institution it is today.

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True

True or False: The Magna Carta established the idea that even the King was subject to the law.

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True

In 1348, a disease, probably a form of plague, came to Britain – What was this known as?

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Black Death

What was the name of the land ownership system used by the Normans?

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Feudalism

In which year did the disease known as Black Death come to Britian?

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1348

What was one of the first books to be written by Geoffrey Chaucer?

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The Canterbury Tales

Which poet wrote The Bruce about the Battle of Bannockburn?

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John Barbour

In which year did the Wars of the Roses begin?

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1455



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