Lesson 1
1 The feudal system and the Church Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 5
20 questions
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Lesson 1, The feudal system and the Church: 20 multiple choice questions for the Pearson Edexcel GCSE History (1HI0), Unit 5: Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060–88, written with Revision Ninja.
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The 20 questions
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What is the term for a landholder who held land directly from the king?
- Under-tenant
- Tenant-in-chief
- Villein
- Bordar
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What public ceremony involved a vassal pledging loyalty to his lord?
- Inquest
- Coronation
- Feat
- Homage
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What term describes the military service owed by landholders to their lord?
- Scutage
- Knight service
- Labour service
- Fyrd duty
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What term describes the agricultural work peasants owed on their lord's land?
- Danegeld
- Heregeld
- Knight service
- Labour service
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What feudal consequence meant losing land and rights for disloyalty?
- Heriot
- Forfeiture
- Merchet
- Relief
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Who was the Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury removed by William in 1070?
- Dunstan
- Odo
- Stigand
- Lanfranc
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Who replaced Stigand as Archbishop of Canterbury?
- Robert of Mortain
- Odo
- Lanfranc
- Anselm
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What policy involved replacing English church leaders with Normans under William?
- Gregorian Reform
- Monasticism
- Normanisation
- Investiture
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A knight owes his lord 40 days of service a year. Which feudal concept is this?
- Knight service
- Forfeiture
- Labour service
- Homage
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A peasant spends three days each week working on the lord's demesne. Which obligation does this describe?
- Knight service
- Tithe
- Labour service
- Wergild
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A tenant-in-chief rebels, and William takes his land. Which feudal process is this?
- Forfeiture
- Enclosure
- Homage
- Tithing
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Why did William replace English bishops with Norman ones?
- Popular demand
- Papal orders
- Financial debt
- Royal control
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Who sat immediately below tenants-in-chief in the feudal hierarchy?
- Earls
- Sheriffs
- Knights
- Peasants
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What was granted in return for military service in the feudal system?
- Titles
- Taxes
- Pardons
- Land
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What resource did bishops and abbots control that influenced royal policy?
- Land
- Merchants
- Mercenaries
- Castles
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Which aspect of Anglo-Saxon society saw the most major change under the Normans?
- Religions
- Landholding
- Climate
- Language
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Which Archbishop of Canterbury introduced Norman-style reforms to the English Church?
- Lanfranc
- Stigand
- Dunstan
- Anselm
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What formal promise did a landholder swear to their lord in return for an estate?
- Tithe
- Homage
- Tribute
- Danegeld
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Apart from society and government, what else did the Norman Church heavily shape?
- Wider change
- Town charters
- Crop rotation
- Navy fleets
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What did historians assess regarding the extent of Norman alterations to England?
- Roman heritage
- Viking legal codes
- Celtic traditions
- Society and economy
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