Lesson 3

3 The legacy of resistance to 1087 Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 5

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Lesson 3, The legacy of resistance to 1087: 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

  1. When did the Harrying of the North take place?

    • 1066 to 1067
    • 1069 to 1070
    • 1075 to 1076
    • 1085 to 1086

  2. What was the main tactical action of the Harrying of the North?

    • Planting winter crops
    • Rebuilding city walls
    • Building royal abbeys
    • Destroying food supplies

  3. What was a major long-term demographic result of the Harrying of the North?

    • Rapid urban growth
    • Increased industrialisation
    • Mass immigration
    • Severe depopulation

  4. By 1087, which group replaced most Anglo-Saxon landowners in England?

    • Norman tenants
    • Church bishops
    • Viking settlers
    • Scottish lords

  5. What is the term for the land a king holds directly for his own use?

    • Tithe
    • Demesne
    • Wergild
    • Danegeld

  6. What was William's primary motive for ordering the Harrying of the North?

    • Expanding forests
    • Collecting taxes
    • Crushing resistance
    • Finding silver

  7. Which specific social group suffered most from the Harrying of the North?

    • Danish mercenaries
    • Northern peasants
    • Norman barons
    • Royal officials

  8. By 1087, who held most major land estates across England?

    • Danish earls
    • Saxon thanes
    • Norman lords
    • Free peasants

  9. Which 1069-70 campaign involved burning villages and destroying crops in Yorkshire?

    • The Wessex Burning
    • Harrying of the North
    • Battle of Hastings
    • The Danelaw Raid

  10. Why must historians carefully evaluate Norman and monastic accounts of northern devastation?

    • Events occurred later
    • Writers had agendas
    • Documents were translated
    • Records were forged

  11. What source type helps historians measure the long-term impact of northern devastation?

    • Tax records
    • Church hymns
    • Royal poetry
    • Battle chronicles

  12. The transfer of English manors to Norman control after 1066 represents what process?

    • Peasant enfranchisement
    • Church disendowment
    • Urban expansion
    • Land redistribution

  13. What linked Norman landownership directly to loyalty to King William?

    • Anglo-Saxon law
    • Hereditary right
    • Papal blessing
    • Royal dependence

  14. What was a major social consequence of the Harrying of the North?

    • Widespread famine
    • Urban expansion
    • Religious reform
    • Economic boom

  15. Which great survey recorded landholdings and resources across England in 1086?

    • Writ of Edward
    • Domesday Book
    • Pipe Roll
    • Magna Carta

  16. Besides the Harrying of the North, what else helped William secure lasting control?

    • Monastery closures
    • Tax abolition
    • Viking allies
    • Castles

  17. Why do historians debate the true scale of the Harrying of the North?

    • Complete records
    • Limited sources
    • Modern forgery
    • No surviving text

  18. Which process transferred major English estates to Normans by 1087?

    • Confiscations and grants
    • Peaceful purchase
    • Royal marriages
    • Equal sharing

  19. How did the Harrying of the North affect potential future rebellions?

    • Increased funding
    • Encouraged support
    • Deterred rebels
    • Unified lords

  20. Repeated Anglo-Saxon revolts pushed William to rely heavily on whom?

    • Loyal Normans
    • Local thanes
    • Danish mercenaries
    • Welsh princes

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