Quiz: What was life like in England before 1066?
This PowerPoint quiz is a fun way to test students’ knowledge before they learn more about life in medieval England. It can be used before they study the Norman Conquest in key stage 3 or at the start of a unit on Anglo-Saxon England in key stage 4.
The quiz begins with questions on the chronology of migration to Britain, from the Romans to the Vikings, before moving on to questions about life in Anglo-Saxon England just before the Norman Conquest.
Answers are included and snippets of further information about England in the Middle Ages are provided on the answer slides.
Questions from the quiz include:
In which order did these people come to Britain?
- A. Romans, Angles and Saxons, Vikings
- B. Romans, Vikings, Angles and Saxons
- C. Angles and Saxons, Romans, Vikings
When did Christianity come to England?
- A. With the Romans in 43 AD
- B. With St Augustine in 597 AD
- C. With William the Conqueror in 1066
What was the population of Britain in the 11th century?
- A. About 1.5 million
- B. About 15 million
- C. About 50 million
The additional information from one of the answers:
Edward the Confessor died in 1066 and Harold Godwinson had himself crowned king. However, disagreement about who should really be king after Edward was the main reason why the Normans invaded in 1066.
