Knowledge Test Y7 Before 1066

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Year 7 Knowledge Test: Life before 1066


1. What does BC stand for?
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2. Which of these came first: Iron Age, Bronze Age, Stone Age?
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3. What word is used to describe a period of 100 years?
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4. Which of these people were the first in Britain: Anglo-Saxons, Celts, Romans, Vikings?
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5. What is an Empire?
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6. When did the Romans leave Britain?
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7. What modern-day country were the Romans from?
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8. Why is the Anglo-Saxon period sometimes known as the Dark Ages?
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9. Name a weapon the Anglo-Saxons used.
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10. Who were the Witan?
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11. What was the religion of the Anglo-Saxons after 595AD?
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12. Name the most powerful kingdom in Anglo-Saxon England.
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13. Where did the Vikings come from?
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14. What English city did the Vikings capture in 867?
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15. What was Valhalla?
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16. What is a Golden Age?
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17. Which kingdom did Alfred the Great become King of in 871?
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18. What language did Alfred the Great learn to read and write in?
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19. What was the Fyrd?
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20. Who was Aethelstan?
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