History assignments

• What was another name for the people called Vikings? Norsemen
• Who wrote about Alfred the Great?

  Bishop Asser
• A Viking chieftain, Rollo, controlled at the mouth of River _____________.

  Seine
• ________________________ is an enormous history book which kept a record of every important event that happened in England until 1154.

  Anglo- Saxon Chronicle
• Alfred translated the important books from _________________ language into English to make them more accessible to the people and to ease the spreading of Christianity among his people.

  Latin
• Which animals are held sacred in Thailand?

  Albino elephants
• Which River forms as a boundary between Thailand and Myanmar?

  Than Lwin river
• Which part of Thailand is heavily forested?

  Southern Thailand
• What are neighboring countries of Thailand?

  Myanmar, Laos, Malaysia, Cambodia
• What does the word "Thailand" mean?

  Land of the free
• How many seasons are there in Thailand?

  Three
• What is the name of Bangkok's international airport?

  Suvarnabhumi
• Who became king after Alfred the Great?

  Edward ‘the Elder’
• What was the name of battle that Athelstan crushed Scots, Britons and Norse settlers?

  Brunanburh
• Who was Edward the Elder's son?

  Athelstan
• What was a monthly meeting called?

  hundred moot
• Who attended the shire moot?

  important landowners, and a royal official
• King Edgar gave all the lands north of the river Tweed to king of the Scots.
• Anglo-saxon towns looked like overgrown villages.
• Shires were divided into smaller areas called hundreds.
• What was the name of the large sums of money that Ethelred collect to pay off the Vikings?

  Danegeld
• What does "the Unready" mean?

  Without good advice
• Who attacked Athelstan in 937?

  Scots, Britons and Norse settlers
• How did Ethelred the Unready prevent the Vikings invasions?

  Payment of money
• Where did Danish Vikings ransack in England in 980?

  Southampton
• Who invaded England in 1013?

  Swein Forkbeard
• What was a population of London by the eleventh century?

  more than 10,000
• How old was Cnut when he became king of England?

  20
• Who was the great, great, great grandson of Alfred the Great?

  Edward the Confessor
• What special protection did Cnut provide for the people of England?

  He stopped Viking raids.
• The first lady of Mercians was ______________________.

  Ethelfleda.
• King Cnut promised to rule fairly and to keep the laws of _________________.

  Edgar
• Ethelred was known as ‘the _____________’ which meant without good advice.

  Unready
• Alfred restored learning and education in his kingdom just like ___________.Charlemagne
• William of Normandy forefather was ________________.

  Rollo
• What was the date of the Battle of Stamford Bridge?

  25 September 1066
• What happened to Harald Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge?

  He was killed during the battle along with his ally Tostig Godwinson.
• Why was Harold's army so tired?

  They had marched quickly south from Stamford Bridge.
• Who was nephew of Edward the Confessor?

  Edward
• How many colours were used to make the Tapestry?

  eight