The Normans

1-Watch this short video about the Normans (copy the link and paste it in your browser): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCCTJKsLZxE

2-Read the questions below and, in each case, choose the best option.

Are you ready?

Choose "YES"!

• YES

• NO

The Normans were descended from...

• the Anglo-Saxons.

• Norse raiders from Scandinavia.

• the French nobility.

... died in 1066.

• The Duke of Normandy

• Edward the Confessor

After the Anglo-Saxon king died, ... took the crown for himself.

• William, Duke of Normandy

• Harold Godwinson

• the King of Norway

Harold Godwinson defeated the Norwegians in the Battle of...

• Hastings.

• Stamford Bridge.

• Dover.

William, Duke of Normandy, landed his army in the ... of England.

• north

• south

King Harold II of England was defeated by the Normans at the Battle of...

• Stamford Bridge.

• Bayeaux.

• Hastings.

Some say King Harold died when...

• a horse fell over him.

• an arrow struck him in the eye.

• a knight fell over him.

William, Duke of Normandy, was crowned King of England in...

• Westminster Abbey.

• Hastings.

• a medieval castle.

By around 1087, the Norman hold on the kingdom was...

• weak.

• firmly established.