Year 8 AP2 Retrieval

4. What is the name of the area on the Welsh border where a high density of castles were built to protect the Normans? (10 letters).
6. What is the term, meaning deputy king, used to describe Harold Godwinson’s position from 1060 onwards when he ran England for Edward and represented him in battle? (10 letters).
8. Which disease that killed 20,000 people during an outbreak in 1854 did Dr John Snow link to contaminated water by investigating a pump in Broad Street, Soho, London? (7 letters).
9. How was Edgar the Aethling related to Edward the Confessor? His great ________. (6 letters).
10. What did the Pope give to William before his invasion to show his support in what was now a Holy War? The ______ Banner. (5 letters).

1. What is the name of the famous, ruthless army serving in the Byzantine Empire did Harald Hardrada lead? The _______ Guard. (9 letters).
2. Who published a report in 1842 that sold 20,000 copies and clearly highlighted the need for cleaner streets and clean water? Edwin _______. (8 letters).
3. Highlighting the poor state of public health in Britain in the 1800s, how many children died before they reached the age of five in Manchester? One in ______ (5 letters).
5. After being given £3 million (about £1 billion today) in 1858, what did Joseph Bazalgette build 83 miles of sewers to combat? The Great _____. (5 letters).
7. During which war were about 40 per cent (90 per cent in some cities) of the young men who found volunteered were unfit to be soldiers, mostly due to poor diet and poverty-related illnesses? The ____ War. (4 letters)