I.?Multiple choice:

1.Who started the House of Plantagenet in England by 1154？

Richard I ???B. Henry II ???C. King John ??D. Henry III ?

2.King John?was known as the “______” because of his lost of most lands in France.

A. Confessor??????????????B.?Conqueror?????????????C.?Lion-heart???????????D.?Lack-land

3.The most famous of the English Crusader was the king ___________.

A. Richard Lion-Heart ??????B. King John ????

C. King Arthur ????????????D. Alfred the Great

4. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Magna Carta?

A. No tax should be made without the approval of the Grand Council.

B. Merchants should be allowed to move freely

C. traditional rights and privileges should be given to the town.

D.It is regarded as the foundation of the British Constitutional Monarchy.

6. The end of the Wars of the Roses led to the rule of ________.

A. House of Tudor ????????B. House of Anjou ???

C.House of Plantagenet ????D. House of Valois

8. Henry II was best known for the following statements EXCET_______.

A. The judicial reform of the courts and the laws

B. The introduction of jury system

C. The murder of Archbishop of Canterbury Cathedral

D.?The control of England, Wales?and?Ireland,?and the majority?of France?

9. Who ended the War of Roses and started the Rule of the House of Tudor?

A. Charles IV ???B. Henry VII ????C.King John ??D. Richard I

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II.?Read the following statements and decide whether they are true (T) or false (F).

1.?The Wars of Roses were a series of civil wars between the House of York?and the House of Lancaster.

2.?The Magna Carta was designed to protect the rights of both the privileged class and the townspeople.

3.?The Hundred Years’ War was a series of wars fought between the British and the Vikings for trade and territory.

4.The Great Council later developed?into the Lords and the Commons known as a parliament.

5. House of York?has a badge of white rose, while the House of Lancaster?has a badge was a red rose.

6. Richard the Lion-heart was succeeded by his brother King John in1199.

7. In the 12th and 13th centuries,?all Christian kings of Europe, were expected to be involved in the?Crusade to gain possession of the Christian holy city Jerusalem.

8. The Magna Carta was signed in 1216 by King John of England.

9. By?the end of the Hundred Years’?War,?Flanders was the only part of France that was still in the hands of English?in 1453.

10. Under the rule of the Tudors, England started changing from a medieval to a modern country.?

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