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Year 7 History Worksheet
📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice & Short Selection
1. Who became King of England after the Battle of Hastings in 1066?
Harold Godwinson
William I (William the Conqueror)
Edward the Confessor
Harald Hardrada
2. What was the primary purpose of a motte-and-bailey castle?
A religious centre for pilgrims
A defensive fortification and leader's residence
A market for medieval towns
A royal hunting lodge
3. Check all that apply: Which of the following helped cause the Industrial Revolution?
Increased use of steam power
Advances in textile machinery
The rise of the internet
Improvements in transport (roads, canals)
4. Which monarch began the English Reformation by breaking with the Roman Catholic Church?
Henry VIII
Mary I
Elizabeth I
James I
✏️ Part 2: Short Answers & Matching
5. Match the term (A–D) with the correct definition (1–4). Draw lines or write the number next to each letter.
A. Feudalism
B. Serf
C. Manor
D. Castle
1. A fortified residence for a lord, used for defence
2. A peasant legally tied to the lord's land
3. The economic and social system of lords and vassals
4. The estate or farmland run by a lord
6. Explain one way a medieval town was different from a village. (One or two sentences)
7. Give the date of the Battle of Hastings in DD/MM/YYYY format:
Answer: __________________________
8. Why did Henry VIII break with Rome? Give two brief reasons.
9. Timeline ordering: Put these events in chronological order by writing 1–4 next to each event (1 = earliest).
Norman Conquest (1066): ________
Black Death reaches England (1348): ________
Start of Tudor dynasty (1485): ________
Beginning of the Industrial Revolution (c. 1760): ________
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