History Fourth Year B Test: 7 December 2007

NAME:______

History Fourth Year B Test: 7 December 2007

Instructions: Do parts 1 and 2 on the question paper. Do the other parts on your own paper.

Be sure to hand in both papers with your name on them at the end of the test.

Part 1. Statements of Fact.

From each group of three statements write the letter of the statement you think is the most important. Justify your answer in the space provided.

1.

a)The founder of the Carolingians was nicknamed the ‘Hammer’.

b)In 732 AD, Charles Martel defeated the Saracens at Poitiers.

c)The father of Charles Martel was Pepin le Bref

I think statement _____ is the most important because______

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2.

a)The Vikings were extremely loyal to one another.

b)Viking houses were well-suited to the Scandinavian climate.

c)The Vikings developed good farming techniques.

I think statement _____ is the most important because______

______[3 marks]

Part 2: The Social Life of the Vikings

1. Briefly explain the different social classes that existed in Viking society.[6 Marks]

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2. With the help of a diagram,indicate the construction and main divisions of a Viking house.[6 Marks]

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Part 3. The Significance of Viking Ships.

1. Examine this picture of a Viking longship closely.

With reference to the picture above, point out andEXPLAINthe essential elements of the design that made the Viking longship such a successful oceangoing vessel, suitable for long distance voyages, and for raids on foreign settlements.

[8 Marks]

Part 4. Source Analysis (Continue on a separate sheet if necessary)

1. ALTHOUGH Charlemagne was a great warrior, and fought many battles, he was also very fond of study and books. He therefore invited learned men to come and live at his court, and got them to teach him and his subjects all they knew. There were two schools in his palace, one for grown people and one for the children, and Charlemagne himself is said to have studied diligently.

Thus he learned to speak Latin and Greek, read many old books, collected the poems of his time, and compared different copies of the same book so as to see that they were quite correct. In those days, you must know, books [74] were not printed as they are now; each book was simply a manuscript—was literally written out by hand. …..

The hero of countless interesting French and German legends, Charlemagne, the most picturesque and powerful monarch in Europe for several centuries, was greatly regretted when he died. We are told that a monk of his time wrote: "No one can tell the mourning and sorrow that his death caused everywhere; even pagans wept for him as for the father of the world!"

a)What does this passage reveal about the character of Charlemagne?[3 Marks]

b)Why did he think that being able to speak Latin and Greek, to read and write was so important?

[3 Marks]

c)Using this passage and knowledge from other sources that you have read, do you think that Charlemagne was as great as the final paragraph suggests? [8 Marks]

[TOTAL: 40 Marks]