Deck 2: English History

Question 1

Thomas Becket was the Archbishop of ……………..

A)london
B)york
C)canterbury
D)aberdeen

Answer 1

canterbury

Question 2

The Second crusade was almost crushed by……….., the Muslim leader.

A)albuquerk
B)muhammed
C)saldin
D)salam

Answer 2

saldin

Question 3

Who was the ruler of England during the third crusade?

A)charles i
B)queen mary i
C)richard i
D)james ii

Answer 3

richard i

Question 4

___________agreed to the demands of the barons by signing a document known as the Magna Carta in 1215 Runnymede on the river Thames.

A)richard i
B)henry ii
C)edwar vi
D)king john

Question 5

The Hundred Years' War was a long struggle between England and …………..over succession to the French throne.

A)sweden
B)denmark
C)norway
D)france

Question 6

The Battle of Crécy occurred in ……………..

A)1346
B)1349
C)1400
D)1436

Question 7

The Black Death reaches England in ………………

A)1348
B)1353
C)1356
D)1359

Question 8

Importance of the year 1381 in the history of England ………….

A)the peasants' revolt
B)feudal revolt
C)revolt of the slaves
D)battle of bosworth

Question 9

The Statute of Labourers, 1351 was passed at the end of ……………..

A)black death
B)peasants revolt
C)feudal revolt
D)peoples revolt

Question 10

During the course of the Black Death and the years following it, England had a strong and warlike king…………

A)james i
B)queen mary i
C)sir thomas more
D)edward iii

Question 11

John of Gaunt was the Duke of …………………..

A)london
B)york
C)canterbury
D)lancaster

Question 12

In 1377, ……………imposed a new tax, the Poll (head) Tax that was to cover the cost of the Hundred Years War.

A)john of gaunt
B)sir thomas more
C)john milton
D)william shakespeare

Question 13

___________who roused the conscience ofEnglish against the corruption among the clergy.

A)boccaccio
B)dante
C)petrarch
D)john wycliff

Question 14

___________.is best remembered for The Canterbury Tales.

A)geoffrey chaucer
B)sir thomas more
C)john milton
D)william shakespeare

Question 15

Who is the father of English poetry?

A)chaucer
B)william shakespeare
C)edmund spenser
D)john dryden

Question 16

Who was the English Homer?

A)geoffrey chaucer
B)charles v
C)sir thomas more
D)william shakespeare

Question 17

___________attacked the doctrine of transubstantiation (the belief that during mass bread becomes the body of Christ).

A)john wycliffe
B)henry iv
C)sir thomas more
D)john milton

Question 18

Who translated the Bible from Latin to English?

A)john wycliffe
B)henry iv
C)charles v
D)sir thomas more

Question 19

___________followers were called Lollards.

A)john wycliffe
B)henry iv
C)martin luther
D)chaucer

Question 20

Jan Hus was a ……………priest ordained in 1401, who shared similar views with John Wycliffe concerning the excesses of the medieval Catholic Church.

A)bohemian
B)france
C)genoa
D)london

Question 21

Wars of the Roses, traditional name given to the intermittent struggle for the throne of England between the noble houses of York and ………………

A)lancaster
B)tudor
C)stuart
D)hannover

Question 22

In………, Henry landed from France, defeated and killed Richard at Bosworth Field, and ascended the throne as Henry VII.

A)1485
B)1489
C)1495
D)1498

Question 23

The Feudal System was introduced to England following the invasion and conquest of the country by …………………

A)william i
B)james iv
C)elizabeth
D)charles i

Question 24

The ………….. Was the war between the christains and the Muslims?

A)renaissance
B)crusades
C)reformation
D)hundred year's war

Question 25

Henry VII was the founder of the ……………….dynasty.

A)stuarts
B)tudor
C)hannoverians
D)windsor