KS3 Exams

Question 1

Who created challenge for William The Conqueror as he sought to assert his control over England

Answer 1

The people, peasants and nobles

Question 2

Why did people create challenges for William The Conqueror?

Answer 2

They resented being ruled by a Norman

Question 3

What types of strategies did William The Conqueror use to stop rebellions, inspire loyalty and create stability?

Answer 3

Military, Political and Social

Question 4

Nobles

Answer 4

Rich landowners of high social status, for example lords and barons

Question 5

Peasants

Answer 5

Poor people of low social status who worked on the land

Question 6

Conquest

Answer 6

Taking control of a place or people by military force

Question 7

Rebellion

Answer 7

A violent protest, often with the aim of creating challenges for a leader or replacing a leader

Question 8

Baron

Answer 8

A Norman Landowner

Question 9

Tax

Answer 9

A sum of money paid to the government or King

Question 10

Cencus

Answer 10

An official count or survey, usually of a population

Question 11

Motte

Answer 11

The hill of dirt on which the castle keep was built

Question 12

Bailey

Answer 12

An open area below the castle surrounded by a wooden fence

Question 13

Palisade

Answer 13

The wooden fence surrounding the Bailey

Question 14

Moat

Answer 14

A ditch filled with water surrounding the castle

Question 15

Keep

Answer 15

The fortified wooden tower on the motte where the nobles live

Question 16

Villein

Answer 16

A peasant who worked for the Lord in return for land

Question 17

Serf

Answer 17

An agricultural labourer bound to his lord by the feudal system

Question 18

Freemen

Answer 18

Men who were free from most of their feudal duties to a lord

Question 19

Hierarchy

Answer 19

Where members of society are ranked according to their status

Question 20

The Battle Of Hastings

Answer 20

1066

Question 21

After the Battle of Hastings…

Answer 21

The North of England rebelled

Question 22

Harrying of the North

Answer 22

When William destroyed villages, farms, livestock and crops because of the rebellion in the North in 1066

Question 23

Motte and Bailey Castles

Answer 23

Built to secure William’s territory

Question 24

Castles

Answer 24

Built by William on a mound of earth and made of wood

Question 25

Advantage of Motte and Bailey Castle

Answer 25

Could be built quickly

Question 26

Disadvantage of Motte and Bailey Castle

Answer 26

Flammable

Question 27

Domesday Book

Answer 27

Survey (census) to find how much is owed and information about people, these findings were written in the Domesday Book in 1066

Question 28

Feudal System Order (hierarchy)

Answer 28

King, Baron, knights, Peasants

Question 29

William changed ruling class language to...

Answer 29

French and ordinary people spoke English

Question 30

The Pope

Answer 30

The head of the Catholic Church

Question 31

The Archbishop Of Canterbury

Answer 31

Most senior position in the Church Of England

Question 32

Christians

Answer 32

People who follow Christianity, a religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ

Question 33

Henry II

Answer 33

England's King from 1154-1189

Question 34

Thomas Becket

Answer 34

First he was Chancellor, in charge of the King's money, later he was appointed to the most senior role in the Church Of England

Question 35

In the Middle Ages, religion was...

Answer 35

Very important, almost everyone believed in God and people belonged to the Church

Question 36

The Church was...

Answer 36

Wealthy and powerful, while also owning lots of land

Question 37

Who lead the Church?

Answer 37

Archbishop Of Canterbury

Question 38

Why were the monarch and the Church sometimes in conflict?

Answer 38

They both tried to control England

Question 39

What did people think about the afterlife?

Answer 39

Heaven and Hell were real places, and you'd go to heaven if you were good and hell if you were bad

Question 40

Purgatory

Answer 40

Where medium people would go when they die to get punished/ tortured for what they did and then go to heaven

Question 41

Biggest building in town was...

Answer 41

The Church

Question 42

The church was full of...

Answer 42

Activity

Question 43

Churches were run by...

Answer 43

A local priest who spoke latin and read the bible (he was very important)