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When the Romans conquered England, they gave the land what name?
Brittania
Angules
Brithwayn
The Angle
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What dictator of Rome and abolisher of the Roman Republic helped make a name for himself by conquering swaths of England?
Claudius Nero
Marcus Aurelius
Julius Caesar
Scipio Africanus
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Julius Caesar's discovered notes on Ancient England describe to us what elaborate practice where English druids reportedly sacrificed people to appease spirits?
The drawn and quarter ceremony
The crow's feast ceremony
The keelhaul ceremony
The whicker man ceremony
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After the Romans left England, what Germanic tribe moved in to conquer the isles?
The Yeats
The Vandals
The Anglo Saxons
The Visigoths
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A major threat that the Anglo Saxon English had to contend with was what group of northern pirates?
The Umbars
The Vikings
The Celts
The Moors
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What Viking warlord and King of Denmark conquered England in 1013 right before his life's end?
Alfred Hardeye
Sweyn Forkbeard
Eric Bloodaxe
Gron Wolfhammer
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What son of Sweyn Forkbeard inherited his father's reign of England only to then gain control of Denmark too upon his brother's death?
Roban
Gael
Cnut
Severin
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What venerated saint is often used as a religious symbol of England's history based on folk legends of him slaying a dragon as well as more plausible tales where he defended persecuted Christians in the region?
St. George
St. Martin of Tours
St. Gideon
St. Augustine of Hippo
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One of the most unique figures of English mythology is what king who is said to have pulled a mystical sword from a stone proving his right to the throne?
Augustus
Arthur
Brigidaine
Lancelot
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At what 1066 battle did the Normans conquer England?
The Battle of the Dire
The Battle of Red Cliffs
The Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Hastings
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What Anglo-Saxon King of England lost his life at the Battle of Hastings trying to fight off the Norman invasion?
Uther Pendrak
Richard Collin
Harold Godwinson
Henry Tudor
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What Norman king took over England following the Battle of Hastings and the defeat of Harold Godwinson?
Eric Bloodaxe
William the Conqueror
Alexander the Great
High King Olthar
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What is the name of the wizard from English myth who starred in many adventures and is said to have been the councilor of King Arthur?
Rasputin
Merlin
Brunnard
Radaghast
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What is the term for the period of civil war in the mid 1100s that resulted from England's heir drowning in the sinking of The White Ship?
The Anarchy
The Troubles
The Moorland Conflicts
The Reaping
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What is the name of the queen from The Anarchy who tried to conquer England but was repelled after the English people rioted at her coronation in Westminster?
Matilda
Rayette
Cosette
Isabella
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Empress Matilda's son Henry II would conquer England and use its lands to establish what empire?
The Boyar Empire
The Byzantine Empire
The Carolingian Empire
The Angevin Empire
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What animalistic nickname is often attached to King Richard I of England who fought in the Third Crusade until he was captured and ransomed?
Beararms
Falconwing
Lionheart
Wolf's Eye
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What is the name of the document that King John I of England signed to limit the power of the monarchy forever afterward?
The English Armada
The Magna Carta
The Treaty of Gallway
The Constitution of England
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What figure of English mythology is immortalized as a green-clad archer who fought against the tyrannical Sheriff of Nottingham?
John Henry
Robin Hood
Brian Boru
Sir Lancelot
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The Second Barons' War of English history was an important prelude to the signing of the Magna Carta. What is the name of the councilor who began and led this war until he was killed a year after gaining power?
Simon de Montfort
Guy of Gisborne
William Wallace
Howard the Ironjaw
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The Hundred Years' War was a major conflict that England fought against what other country to try and influence said country's royal ascension?
Spain
France
Russia
Prussia
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One of England's most important artists during the Middle Ages was writer of The Canterbury Tales?
Geoffrey Chaucer
William Shakespeare
Ethelred
Dante
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What is the common name given to the English Civil War which pitted the noble houses of York and Lancaster against one another?
The War of the Casks
The War of the Willows
The War of the Roses
The War of the Fangs
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What is the term given to the political upheaval where Dutch-supported English rebels overthrew King James II and VII?
The October Revolution
The Gold and Violet Revolution
The Glorious Revolution
The Treacherous Revolution
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1588 saw the English gain naval supremacy by sinking what other country's massive armada of warships?
Spain
Russia
The Ottoman Empire
Italy
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What author of plays like Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet rose to great prominence during England's Elizabethan Era?
Alfred Lord Tennyson
William Shakespeare
Francis Bacon
Alan Truesdale
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What English king caused a major political upset when he founded his own faith known as the Church of England so he could divorce his wife?
John II
Henry VIII
Michael IV
Gideon XIV
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What knight commander led the Parliamentarian faction to victory during the English Civil War of 1642-1651?
Horatio Nelson
Oliver Simpson
Oliver Cromwell
Jaspar Tessio
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After the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell established what temporary dictatorial government which he led?
The Vulgate
The Protectorate
The Vichy
The Viceroyalty
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England's government established the village of Jamestown that became the first permanent European settlement in the Americas. In what colonial state was Jamestown located?
Virginia
Rhode Island
New York
Georgia
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