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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - Gloucester History I
Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning


In its early history which commodities made Gloucester important ?

 

Wool / Wood
Beef / Lamb
Wool / Iron
Wool / Lamb

 The Roman name given to Gloucester was ?

 

Verulanium
Aquae Sulis
Glevum
Corinium
After the Normainvasion the Abbey grew from 10 brethren to

 

Nearly 50
Over 1000
Over 100
Over 500

 Barnwood is a classic archeological site with remains traced to just after the

 

Iron Age
Ice Age
Stone Age
Bronze Age
In AD 681 Osric, viceroy to King Ethelred of Mercia, established what in Gloucester ?

 

Further fortifications
School
Castle
St Peters Abbey

 In AD 49 the main army encampment was established at ?

 

Kingsholme
Gt Witcombe
Chedworth
Kingswood
Who establsihed Gloucester as an early inland port ?

 

Welsh
Romans
Saxons
Celts

 In the 9th Century St Peters Abbey was

 

Sacked
Destroyed
Burnt Down
Replaced with stone
In 1088 the Abbey at Gloucester was ?

 

Sacked
Consecrated
Destroyed by fire
Dissolved

 The area at Gloucester was important to the Romans as it was

 

Near Cirencester
Remote
Near Wales
Severn was crossable & navigable


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