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• 181. Which English king led the army to victory at the Battle of Agincourt?

  • King Edward I
  • King Richard III
  • King Henry V
  • King John

• 182. In which year did King Henry V lead the English to victory at the Battle of Agincourt?

  • 1415
  • 1284
  • 1314
  • 1450

• 183. What were the peasants called who were tied to the land and worked for landowners?

  • Freemen
  • Serfs
  • Lords
  • Clansmen

• 184. What new social class emerged in England after the Black Death?

  • Barons
  • Lords
  • Gentry
  • Serfs

• 185. What proportion of the population died as a result of the Black Death?

  • One-fourth
  • One-third
  • One-half
  • Two-thirds

• 186. When did the Black Death reach Britain?

  • 1340
  • 1345
  • 1348
  • 1350

• 187. In 1348, one third of the population in England, Wales, and Scotland died due to?

  • Smallpox
  • Tuberculosis
  • The Black Death
  • Malaria

• 188. What type of disease was the Black Death?

  • Influenza
  • Plague
  • Typhoid
  • Measles

• 189. Who were the serfs during the Middle Ages?

  • Freemen
  • Peasants with their own land
  • Peasants who worked for lords
  • Landowners

• 190. What system of land ownership was introduced by the Normans?

  • Feudalism
  • Communism
  • Capitalism
  • Meritocracy

• 191. What economic and social changes occurred as a result of the Black Death?

  • Decline of the middle class
  • Rise of a strong middle class
  • Decrease in agricultural production
  • Increase in feudalism

• 192. Which important document, agreed by King John in 1215, limited the power of the king?

  • The Habeas Corpus Act
  • The Magna Carta
  • The Domesday Book
  • The Great Reform Act

• 193. Why did King John agree to sign the Magna Carta in 1215?

  • To establish the Church of England
  • To gain more territory
  • To be subject to the law like other citizens
  • To become the head of Parliament

• 194. When was the Magna Carta created?

  • 1066
  • 1348
  • 1485
  • 1215

• 195. Who signed the Magna Carta in 1215, and what did it mean?

  • King Henry VIII
  • it gave the king absolute power over the Church
  • King Edward I
  • it created the first English Parliament
  • King John
  • it limited the king's power and established the rule of law
  • William the Conqueror
  • it declared him ruler of England