Kingship
The viking who successfully ruled England after the decline of the house of Wessex was...
A) Harold Bluetooth
B) Edward the Confessor
C) Cnute
D) William the Conqueror
C) Cnute
The Battle of Hastings occurred in...
A) 980 AD
B) 1220 AD
C) 1560 AD
D) 1066 AD
D) 1066 AD
Following the demise of Roman Britain, the religious naturally filled the role of statesmen because...
A) They were the leaders in arts and learning
B) They were the only leaders left in England to lead
C) They were corrupt and seized power
D) None of the above
A) They were the leaders in arts and learning
Early kings such as Alfred were not always chosen following the strict rules of primogeniture because...
A) The people couldn't afford to wait until the minors grew up; they needed warriors to lead them
B) People didn't care about the rules of primogeniture
C) The people just picked who they wanted
D) Primogeniture was a Spanish notion
A) The people couldn't afford to wait until the minors grew up; they needed warriors to lead them
Which man was defeated by William the Conqueror in the Battle of Hastings?
A) Harold Godwinson
B) Harald Hardrada
C) Guthrum the Dane
D) Edward the Confessor
A) Harold Godwinson
William the Conqueror is important because he...
A) Unified the government of England
B) Reformed the Churches of England
C) Removed England from further Scandinavian threats
D) All of the above
D) All of the above
The Visigothic Empire in Spain was destroyed by the...
A) Romans
B) Moors
C) Basques
D) None of the above
B) Moors
After Alfred defeated the Danes, he...
A) Killed the Danes
B) Banished them from England
C) Worked to convert them
D) Renounced the throne to study history in a monastery
Stephen Langton and Simon de Montfort are famous for their role in...
A) The Battle of Hastings
B) Developing English Parliament
C) Organizing a crusade to take back Jerusalem
D) Reforming religious communities in England
B) Developing English Parliament
The Spaniard who became the famous founder of the kingdom of Austurias was:
A) Sancho Garces el Mayor
B) Ramiro II
C) Pedro III
D) Pelayo
D) Pelayo
When Maud was chosen by her father, Henry I, as heir to the throne, the people...
A) Accepted the decision grudgingly
B) Allowed her to rule only on condition that her son would succeed the throne as soon as he was of age
C) Revolted and named another member of the royal family king
D) banned her from England
C) Revolted and named another member of the royal family king
Christian Spain reached the height of its Medieval glory under Ferdinand III and Jaime the Conqueror because...
A) They were good men
B) They put the good of their people first
C) They united to attack the Moors
D) All of the above
D) All of the above
Which bishop was murdered by knights who believed Henry II wanted him to be killed?
A) Augustine of Kent
B) Thomas Beckett
C) Stephen Langton
D) Laurence of Canterbury
B) Thomas Beckett
Pedro III of Spain had a difficult reign due to the abuse of power practiced by...
A) Alfonso XI
B) the French favoring popes
C) Moors
D) None of the above
B) the French favoring popes
Pedro the Cruel was such a terrible ruler that he was assassinated by his:
A) Father, Enrique
B) Brother, Enrique
C) Half-brother, Enrique
D) Wife, Blanche
C) Half-brother, Enrique
The Barons of England felt John I was abusing his kingly power, so they banded together to force him to sign the document called the...
A) Constitution
B) Magna Charta
C) Bayeaux Tapestry
D) Declaration of King-dependence
B) Magna Charta
The Spanish hero who conquered the Almoravids at Valencia was called...
A) Don Juan
B) The Cid
C) Senor Garcia
D) Don Alfonso
B) The Cid
The Visigothic king who who converted from Arianism and was put to death as a result of this conversion was...
A) Reccared
B) Hermengild
C) Isidore of Seville
D) Odo
B) Hermengild
The Spanish Kingdom of Aragon would be considered a...
A) Constitutional monarchy
B) Absolute monarchy
C) Dictatorship
D) Democracy
A) Constitutional monarchy
Which man declared himself the first Caliph of Islamic Spain:
A) Al Hakam I
B) Abd al-Rahman III
C) Almanzor
D) Abu-Bakr
B) Abd al-Rahman III
The Spanish King who wanted to be named Holy Roman Emperor was...
A) Jaime the Conqueror
B) Alfonso X
C) Ferdinand III
D) Hermengild
B) Alfonso X
The battle where Alfred finally conquered Guthrum was called...
A) The Battle of Hastings
B) The Battle of Bosworth Field
C) The Battle of Wessex
D) The Battle of Ethandune
D) The Battle of Ethandune
The Castilian king who was canonized in 1671 was...
A) King Garcia I (910)
B) Sancho el Mayor (1004)
C) Sancho III (1157)
D) Ferdinand III (1217)
D) Ferdinand III
The Kingdom of Aragon was sometimes referred to as...
A) The cradle of Spanish civilization
B) Barcelona
C) A French Province
D) The peninsular kingdom
D) The peninsular kingdom
Muslim Spain reached the heights of its glory under:
A) Al Hakam II
B) Al Hakam I
C) Sulayman
D) Muhammed I
A) Al Hakam II