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What does chronology mean

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Chronology refers to the order in which events happen and is the foundation for all history learning.

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What does AD stand for

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Anno domini, or after christ

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What does bc stand for

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Before christ

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What is a decade

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10 years

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What is a century

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100 years

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What is a millenium

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1000 years

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Why are we 1century ahead of where we should be

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The first century was century 1, not 0

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What were the 5 things elizabeth 1st said catholics could not do

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  • Be a member of Parliament
  • Join the army (but they could be forced to join the Navy)
  • Buy land
  • Be doctors or lawyers
  • Own weapons or a horse worth more than £5
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How many schools did fichard challoner set up

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Three

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What did challoner do that was so improtant

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Translate the bible

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When was rome founded and who by

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Rome was founded by romulus in 753 bc

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Who is romulus and remus’ supposed father

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Mars, god of war. Rome believed this because they thought it would make military stronger

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Which river was rome founded on

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The river tiber

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Who founded rome

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Romulus founded rome after killing his brother remus

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When did rome become a republic

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In 509 bc the romans threw king tarquin out of power

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Who were the consuls

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There were two consuls and they acted as a king for one year when another two were elected

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Who was the senate

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The senate were a vroup of very experienced politicians that advised the consuls

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Who were the citizens

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The citizens were normal people who were allowed to vote

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What were the two classes of citizen

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Patrician: the rich
Plebisn: the commoners who had average jobs such as farmers or merchants

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When were the punic wars

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264 BC to 146BC

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Who fought rome in the punic wars

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The carthiginians

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How many war elephants did the general hanibal take over the alps

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30 but only 4 or t made it over

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When was the battle of cannae (romes biggest loss ever)

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216 bc

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How many romans died at the battle of cannae

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70,000

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When was hannibal defeated by scipio
202 BC
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What is the orb
A defensive, last ditch formation in witch the soldiers made a circle of unpenetrable sheilds
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Name 5 reasons rome woere so effecient in the military
Organizatio Weapons and tactics Heath and firness Discipline Communication
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How many times was julius ceaser stabbed
23
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What were julius ceasers last words
You too brutus?
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Why did ceaser not marry cleopatra
Because rome only allowed marriadge between to romam citizens
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What is gaul
France,germany,belguim
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While he conquered gaul, who did ceaser leave in charge
Mark antony
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When did the romans leave britian
410 AD
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Where did the anglo saxons come from
The Anglo-Saxons came from Germany in Denmark
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Who controlled Most of England in 600 AD
The anglo saxons
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What three kingdoms did the anglo saxons divide england into
Wessex, mercia amd norway
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When did the Vikings raid England? 
787 AD
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Where did the Vikings come from?
They came from Norway, Sweden and Denmark
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Where did Vikings attack and capture?
Saxon villages and captured most of eastern England
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Who was the main king who fought against the Vikings and one back a lot of land that had been taken
King, Alfred
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Where is Normandy?
France
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How did William of Normandy know Edward the Confessor?
Edward the Confessor had lived in Normandy from 1016 to 1042, when Edward return to England to be King William send soldiers to help him as a result, King Edward had promised William the throne in 1051
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What was William of Normandy's nickname?
William the bastard because his father was not married to his mother.
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Who is the English earl who wanted to become the king in 1066?
Harold Godwinson.
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Who was Harold Godwinson's father?
Goldwin
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How was Harold Godwinson linked to Edward the Confessor?
Harold Godwinson sister was married to King, Edward
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Who was the witan?
A group of the most important bishops in earls
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Where was Harold Hardrada king of?
Norway
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Which brother was so in support of Harold Hardrada
Tostig,Harold Godwinson's brother
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Which king of England died in 1066
Edward the Confessor
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Who fought in the Battle of Stamford Bridge?
Harold Godwinson, Harald, Hardrada
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How many longboats carried the Vikings to England?
300. But only 24, we needed to leave.
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Why did William leave it until late to invade England?
The winds were preventing his ships from sailing
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How many men does the Viking berserker who holds Stamford Bridge kill?
40
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When was the Battle of Hastings?
14th of October 10 66
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Why was William losing at the beginning of the Battle of Hastings?
The British were on a big hill, which meant his soldiers were tired before they even started biting 
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Name for Waze William kept control for over 20 years
Always William kept control of the feudal system, the Domesday book harrying of the north and castles
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What was the main thing exchanged in the feudal system?
Land
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What does motte mean in french
Mound
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What was the Domesday book?
A book, which told William every single person's belongings in England, this allowed him to workout how much each person in England could afford to pay him taxes, how many people he can get fight for him, and how to set any quarrels over, who owned which bit of land
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How many people died in the harrying of the north?
100,000 people died of hunger, Alexa, how long left on my timer 20 seconds in minute timer
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What is a baron
The people on the second tier of the feudal system
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Who were the knigts
They were the third rank down on the feudal system.. they fought for the barons when they needed troops and also were in charge of getting the army for the king
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Who were the villeins
The peasants. They were the workforce and army of norman england
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What was a lord
Someone higher than you invthe feudal system. Villeins had many lords, and the barons only had one-the king
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When did the black death hit england
The summer of 1348
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How many people died in the first two years of the black death
Two and a half million
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What happned on day 1 of catching the plauge
Paingul swellings called buboes appeared in the armpit and groin. They were the size of an egg
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What happned on day 2 of the plauge
The victim vomited and developed a fever
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What happned on day 3 of catching the plauge
The victim would begin to bleed under the skin, causing bruises to pop up all over their body
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What happned on day 4 of the plauge
The disease would attack the nervous system, causing the victim to suffer spasms and terrible pain.
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What happned on day 5 of the plauge
Sometimes the buboes would burst and the poison would come out as a black, foul smelling liquid (hence the name the black death). However, this was uncommon and in most cases the victim died a long painful death
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Which animal first contained the plauge and which animal spread
The rats first got the plauge and then when they died, the flezs they were carrying would find a mew host. Unfortunately, that host was sometimes human.
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Name three things people thought caused the plauge
The jews poisoning wells God after being angry by gambilng and drinking The alignment of saturn and mars turning the air bad
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How did people try and contain the plauge. Name four ways
They whipped each other to show they were sorry to god They prayed to god They tried drinking mercury Putting live frogs on the buboes until they stop bursting
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Who gained money after surviving the plauge and why
The peasants gained a lot of kand after almost their entire villiadge was wiped out
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Why was king john a bad ruler. Give four reasons
He lost wars He upset the pope He asked for high taxes He was cruel

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