History vocabulary test

The House of Lancaster and the House of York both wanted to ________ the country.

1. governor
2. lord
3. reign
4. rule

In the 9th century, Vikings ________ Britain from Scandinavia and brought the Norse language with them.

1. achieved
2. arrived
3. inhabited
4. invaded

King Richard II died without ________.

1. a heir
2. a heretic
3. an heir
4. heredity

King Charles I was ________ for treason in 1649.

1. conquered
2. crowned
3. executed
4. supported

Diana Spencer was a direct ________ of King Charles II.

1. ancestor
2. descendant
3. offspring
4. posterity

Henry Tudor, a prince from Wales, ________ an army to fight against Richard III.

1. consisted
2. dismissed
3. gathered
4. rose

The British Army suffered ________ in the American War of Independence and lost the Thirteen Colonies.

1. default
2. defeat
3. defence
4. victory

Henry VIII died on 28 January 1547 and was ________ by his son.

1. achieved
2. passed
3. substituted
4. succeeded

A formal peace ________ was signed between France and England in 1475.

1. ally
2. contract
3. convention
4. treaty

The first permanent English ________ in North America was Jamestown.

1. colonisation
2. conquest
3. location
4. settlement