AQA History gcse – migration EXAM |complete study guide with updated answers.| Graded A

what people lived in England before the Vikings? - CORRECT ANSWERS️️anglo-Saxons what made these people more peaceful? - CORRECT ANSWERS️️by the 700s missionaries sent by the Pope had converted the English to Christianity which made everything a lot more peaceful describe life in England before the Vikings? - CORRECT ANSWERS️️•the Anglo-Saxons are famous for their skilfully made jewellery •they were also successful farmers and traders •they built churches and monasteries everywhere and followed the catholic faith where are the Vikings from? - CORRECT ANSWERS️️scandinavia where did the Vikings first invade England? what is the nickname of this place? - CORRECT ANSWERS️️Lindisfarne nicknamed 'holy Island' in what year did the Vikings invade? - CORRECT ANSWERS️️793 give four things the Vikings were good at? - CORRECT ANSWERS️️•they built excellent ships called longboats that could resist storms •they were skilful navigators •they created beautiful jewellery •they wrote sagas, poems and songs give three negative aspects to the Vikings? - CORRECT ANSWERS️️•the Vikings raided monasteries •they stole property •they were violent and took slaves give four reasons why the Vikings decided to invade and eventually settle in England? - CORRECT ANSWERS️️• The Vikings knew the Anglo-Saxon England was rich •They didn't mind attacking people of a 'weird' religion • Scandinavia was becoming overcrowded • it was easy, the Vikings found that the English couldn't defend themselves where did the Vikings make the capital city? - CORRECT ANSWERS️️York, the Vikings called it Jorvik by 866 what was the only English kingdom that the Vikings had not conquered? - CORRECT ANSWERS️️Wessex Alfred the great became the King of Wessex and suffered a string of defeats against the Vikings where did he eventually escape to? - CORRECT ANSWERS️️the Isle of Athelney (Somerset). Alfred and his men waiters into the sick bug you masses by the Isle Athelney to escape, they use their local knowledge to follow the secret path's of raised ground to get through. The Vikings that tried to go after them drowned. however, Alfred was stubborn and refuse to give in, how did he change his fortunes? - CORRECT ANSWERS️️the Vikings thought Alfred was finished, but he was quietly training up as army, he even disguised him self as a minstrel to spy on the size/weapons in the Viking army - he copied Viking tactics and did sudden, violent raids on Viking armies having fooled the Vikings by making them think he could only do little raids he lured them into a massive face-to-face battle. where and when was this battle? - CORRECT ANSWERS️️Eddington, Wiltshire in 878 when Alfred won this battle he met with the Viking leader go Guthrum, and made a surprising demand. what was it? - CORRECT ANSWERS️️that the Vikings convert to Christianity The country was split into two, Alfred ruled the south-west, but what was the Viking north-east called? - CORRECT ANSWERS️️the Danelaw give three more reasons why Alfred is nicknamed 'the great' - CORRECT ANSWERS️️he got a reputation for being calm fair and wise ruler in peace time (when not at war) • Alfred made a huge effort to learn how to read and write encourage learning and said that all young nobleman should learn to read English. he translated many books from Latin into English so that his people could read them • he also wrote many new laws. he studied laws from other kingdoms and tried to introduce their most fair laws into his • he created the Navy what long-term impact did Alfred have? - CORRECT ANSWERS️️• after Alfred died his reforms and defences stayed in place • the Vikings in England remains Christian and mostly settled down as farmers • there was travel and trade between Wessex and the Danelaw and intermarriage between Vikings and Anglo-Saxons • Alfred's grandson Athelstan took over Northumbria in 927 and was acknowledged by everyone as the first real 'king of all England'. the Victorians nicknamed him 'the great'