Norman Conquest
Power in Medieval England
Medieval Africa
General History Knowledge
Mr Calmonson
100

Who became king of England after Edward the Confessor died in 1066?

Harold Godwinson

100

What was the name of the document that limited King John’s power in 1215?

Magna Carta

100

What was the name of the kingdom located in modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea?

Aksum

100

What was the name of the writing system used in Ancient Egypt?

Hieroglyphics

100

What is my religion

Judaism

200

What was the name of William’s system for controlling land and loyalty?

The Feudal System

200

What was the name of the Archbishop murdered in 1170?

Thomas Beckett

200

What was the title given to rulers of the Mali Empire?

Mansa

200

What was the name of the Roman wall built across northern England?

Hadrian's Wall

200

Where was I living before I moved to London

The Bahamas

300

What was the name of the survey William ordered to record land and wealth in England?

The Doomesday Book

300

What is the term for being cut off from the Church and from Heaven?

Excommunication

300

What is the name of the map from 1375 that shows Mansa Musa as a powerful ruler?

The Catalan Atlas

300

Which group invaded and settled in England after the Romans left?

Anglo-Saxons

300

When is my birthday

12th March

400

What was the name of the brutal campaign William used to crush rebellion in the north?

The Harrying of the North

400

What was the name of the punishment where all religious services were banned in a country?

Interdict

400

From which languages did Swahili develop? Name 3

Bantu, Portuguese, Arabic, Persian

400

What was the name of the women’s campaign to gain the vote in Britain?  

Suffragettes

400
How tall am I?

6"3'

500

Hereward the Wake led a rebellion in which location?

Ely

500

Who was the leader of the Peasants’ Revolt in 1381?

Wat Tyler

500

In what year did the British take control of Benin and seize the bronzes?

1897

500

What was the name of the British Prime Minister for most of WW2

Winston Churchill

500

In which city was I born?

Dublin

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