Battle of Hastings

When did the battle of hastings start?

• 24th september 1065

• 25th september 1066

• October 14th 1066

• October 24th 1066

When William the Conqueror won the Battle of Hastings in 1066, he forever changed the culture of which nation? 

• Germany

• England

• Spain

• Russia

The Battle of Hastings led to conflict for many years between which two countries? 

• Ireland and Scotland

• France and Germany

• France and Spain

• England and France

Which of these nicknames was given to William after his victory in the Battle of Hastings? 

• William the conqueror

• William the great

• King William

• William of Normandy

Why did William and Harold fight over the throne of England in the Battle of Hastings?

• William wanted to control England in order to add more power to the kingdom of France

• William and Harold were both sons to the king and neither of them had been named as the next heir to the throne

• Harold was trying to take over the throne of England unfairly considering he was not an heir and the people did not like him

• William claimed to be a distant relative of the king, being he was not a direct heir to the throne, and took the throne from Harold. 

Name of the King of England who had dies leaving the Englsih crown to be claimed.

• Edward the confessor

• Edward the brave

• Edward the wonderful

• Edward the forgiver

Name of the king chosen by the witan to rule England

• Edgar the Ætheling

• Harald Hardrada

• Harold Godwinson

• William of Normandy

Who supported William's claim to the throne giving him a lot of sway with many people?

• The queen

• The pope

• Lords

Why was Williams departure from France delayed? I

• He was sick

• The weather was bad

• There was a battle in France

while William was sailing to England, Harold Godwinson fought who in the North of England?

• Hardrada and the Vikings

• The Scottish

• William and Norman’s

• Northern Earls