British History

Sweyn and Canute were ____________ kings.

Which house do Geoffrey of Anjou, Henry II, Richard I and John Lackland belong to?

When did William, the Duke of Normandy, defeat the English army in the Battle of Hastings?

Where did the Normans come from?

Henry VIII pronounced himself head of the Church of England.

The Celts spoke Gaelic. Which of the following dialects is not influenced by Gaelic?

Mary I burnt many heretics at the stake and so she was called __________.

Martin Luther led the Reformation in England. He wanted simpler religious practices, limitation of the Pope´s powers.

When did Guy Fawkes try to blow up the Parliament with the King?

Who fought in the Hundred Years´War?

Queen Victoria was an incompetent ruler who ruled for a short time and weakened Britain and its foreign policy.

Ceasar, the Emperor Claudius and the Emperor Hadrian, who invaded Britain, were ....

England got its name and language from the Anglo-Saxons. Where did they come from?

Where did the Puritans (a radical religious group) escape from Britain? To _________

How many wives did Henry VIII have?

Which tribe didn´t invade Britain between 450-6OO A.D.?

The Wars of the Roses were a conflict between the House of York and Lancaster. Whose symbol was the red rose?

Plague killed about 2 million people in England in 1348. What was it also called?