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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who was the leader of the Normans during the Norman Conquest?
William
Harold
Alfred
Hardrada
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the popular name for William the Duke of Normandy?
William the Great
William the Conqueror
William the Confessor
William the Wise
- 3. Multiple Choice
On what day was William of Normandy crowned king of England?
1-Jan
1-Apr
25-Dec
31-Dec
- 4. Multiple Choice
What was the Domesday book?
A list of people who fought against William of Normandy
A story of how the English were conquered by the Normans
A list of who owned what lands in England
A book on cathedral architecture
- 5. Multiple Choice
Who was the top leader in the land with the feudal system?
the Pope
the barons
the king
the nobility
- 6. Multiple Choice
The first Norman castles were built out of wood and were called...
Moat and Bayeux castles
Motte and Bailey castles
Bot and Mailey castles
Moot and Baby castles
- 7. Multiple Choice
What surrounds the outside of a Norman castle?
chapel
gate house
sea gate
moat
- 8. Multiple Choice
What usually protected a motte and bailey castle?
A high hedge
A line of trees
A wooden fence
Electric fences
- 9. Multiple Choice
Who were the first people to build Castles?
The Romans
The Normans
The Egyptians
The Vikings
- 10. Multiple Choice
What was the Bailey?
A large walled area where soldiers and animals lived
A big high tower
A little house out in the countryside
A deep wide ditch with water which surrounded the castle
- 11. Fill in the Blank
A mound of earth, which you place the keep on top of, was called a.....
- 12. Multiple Choice
What was life like for the majority of the people that lived in the Middle Ages under the feudal system?
They lived in nice castles
They worked hard as peasant farmers
They just hung out at the local pub playing darts
They wore fancy clothes and went to parties all the time
- 13. Multiple Choice
Who reported directly to the king and ruled large areas of land called fiefs?
The peasants
The slaves
The barons
the pope
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhen a king died, who would typically take over the throne?His wife, the queenThe top baronThe bishopHis firstborn son
- 15. Multiple Choice
what was created from the massive survey William undertook in 1085?
Doomsayers' Book
Domesday Book
Domino Book
Doom and Gloom Book
- 16. Multiple Choice
What did the commissioners of the large survey NOT ask people about?
how many animals they had
what kind of house they lived in
what religion they were
who owned the land in 1066
- 17. Multiple Choice
who is LOWEST in the feudal system?
peasant
king
baron
bishop
- 18. Fill in the Blank
what is the system of society called, that William imposed upon Britain?
- 19. Fill in the Blank
who won the Battle of Hastings and became King of England?
- 20. Multiple Choice
which of these places did NOT have a Norman castle?
Tutbury
Bristol
Warwick
Lincoln
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