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1
When did Britain become an island?
5
2
What was the name of the people that arrived in Southeast Britain from Europe after 24
3
Huge bluestones were brought to build Stonehenge from south Wales after about ____ BC.
24
4
When did the Celts begin to arrive?
Around 7
5
The ____ were important members of a ruling warrior class in the Celtic tribes.
Druids
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Who came to Britain from the Roman Empire in 55 BC?
Julius Caesar
7
When did Claudius send an army to conquer Britain?
43 AD
8
Who led the Iceni tribe against the Roman invaders in 61 AD?
Boadicea
9
Britain remained a Roman province for about ____ years.
325
10
A wall was built to protect the Britain lands from the Picts in 122 AD. The wall was named after the Roman Emperor ____.
Hadrian
11
Rome pulled its last soldiers out of Britain in ____.
4
12
After what year did the Saxons, Angles and Jutes begin to settle in Britain?
43
13
Which king ordered to build a huge lenghty dyke (earth wall) to keep out the Celts at the end of VIII century?
King Offa of Mercia
14
Augustine became the first ____ of Canterbury in 6
1.
15
When did the Vikings invade Britain?
In 865
16
What was the name of the only king who held out against the Vikings?
Alfred the Great
17
In 1
16, the King of Denmark ____ became also the King of England.
18
Which famous piece of architecture was built during the reign of Edward the Confessor?
The Westminster Abbey
19
After the Battle of Hastings in 1
66, ____ became the King of England.
20
The ____ Book was completed in 1
86.
21
The ____, nowadays known as the Tower of London, was built by William I to protect himself from possible attacks.
White tower
22
What was the name of the first king of the House of Plantagenet?
Henry Plantagenet
23
____, the second king of the Plantagenet dynasty, was killed in France in 1199.
Richard the Lionheart
24
Another name for The Great Charter is ____.
Magna Carta
25
The first university in England was founded in ____ in 1168.
Oxford
26
The second university in England was formed in ____ in 12
9.
27
The Hundred Years' War lasted from 1337 to ____.
1453
28
Wat Tyler and Jack Straw led the peasants' revolt during ____ reign in 1381.
Richard II's
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The War of the Roses ended with the battle of ____.
Bosworth
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Who was proclaimed as the King of England after the War of the Roses?
Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond
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