Seth's Year 2 Term 1 Exam

Year 2 Term 1 Exam Questions

Penmanship
Write 1 John 4:7-8 from memory in your best handwriting.
Recitation
Recite fluidly 1 John 4:7-14
Poetry
Tell me about your favorite poem by Walter De La Mare. Read me three of his poems.

Bible (from BSF classes on THE LIFE OF MOSES)
What happened at the first Passover? Tell me in your best words its meaning for us today.Who was Balaam?What was Balaam's sin? What lessons may we learn from the story?
Why did the Israelites get sent back toward the desert after the 12 spies came back from the Promised Land?
Who did not get to enter the Promised Land and why?
Why did the law have to be repeated again later in Deuteronomy?

History/Geography
(No CHOW-not consistent with it this term)

Leif the Lucky
1. When the Vikings were in sight of the new land, a storm arose. What did Eric the Red think caused this?

2. What was Brattali like?

3. Describe Leif’s early years.

4. Who was Olav Trygvason?

5. What did Olav share with Leif?

6. When Leif left to go back to Greenland, a storm blew up and they were blown off course. Describe the land that they found?

7. Were Leif’s parents happy that he was a Christian?

8. Who found Stone-Slab land?

9. Who was Snorre?

10. What is a Skraellinger and what was the relationship between them and the Norsemen?

11. Why did the Norsemen leave Vineland?

12. Why was Vineland so important to the Norsemen?

13. What happened to the Norsemen over the years?

14. Show on the map about where he would have sailed with his boats.

Trial & Triumph

Little Duke
1. Who was “the Little Duke?”
2. Why was he called “the Little Duke?”
3. What kind of person/boy/ruler was he/did he become?

4. What were some of the important learning experiences in Richard’s life?

OIS Chapter 22-32 (we only got to half of 31)
1.Who did the people of England elect king after the death of Edward the Confessor? (Harold II, Earl Godwin’s son)
2. Why did Harold hate the Normans? (Because he had promised the crown to the most powerful Norman of all - Duke William of Normandy.)3. What was the first thing Duke William did when he heard the news that his cousin, Edward, was dead and that Harold was now king of England? (Sent a message to Harold to remind him of his promise that he would be king after Edward the Confessor.)
4. Who invaded England from the North in the battle of Stamford Bridge? (The Vikings.)
5. Who was the leader of the invasion that lead to the battle of Stamford Bridge? (Harald Hadrada, King of Norway.)6. Tostig was with the invaders. Who was Tostig? (King Harold’s brother.)
7. Who won the Battle of Stamford Bridge? (The English.)
8. Who invaded England in the Battle of Hastings? (The French.)
9. During the battle a rumour was spread that Duke William was dead. How did Duke William show his army that he was still alive? (Lifted up his helmet and rode bare faced shouting to his army that he was still alive.)
10. Who won the Battle of Hastings? (The French.)
11. Why did the Duke of Normandy invade England? (To take the crown of England by force.)
12. Did the people of England want William to be their King? Why? (No because they wanted an English king.)

13. How did William finally defeat Hereward and the English people at the Monks castle? (Some of the monks became tired of fighting and plain food and sent a message to tell William how to get into the castle and defeat the English.)

14. Why did the English hate the Normans? (Their land had been given to the Normans.)

15. What is the New Forest? (An area in south England that King William cleared, burning houses and destroying the land, to make an area for himself for hunting.)

16. What did King William write in the Domesday Book? (How much land the King gave to the Normans.)

17. What is the ‘feudal system’? (A system of making sure the King had enough men to fight in battles.)
18. Why was William Rufus called ‘William the Red’? (He had red hair.)

19. What kind of king was William II? (Wicked, cruel and greedy.)

20. Who are the ‘nobles’ that went hunting in the New Forest with King William II? (The Norman nobles who came with William the Conqueror to fight the English and were given English land as their reward.)
21. Who was elected King of England after the death of William the Red? (Henry I, William the Conqueror’s youngest son.)
22. Why was Henry I called “Beauclerc”? (He was known as a fine scholar.)

23. How did Henry I encourage unity in England? (By marrying a Scottish princess who was Edumund Ironside’s great granddaughter.)

24. How did Prince William die? (He drowned at sea after the White Ship hit a rock and sank.)
25. How many people survived the sea accident of the White Ship? (1.)
26. How was King Henry I remembered? (As a peaceful and wise king.)
27. Henry I wanted his daughter, Matilda, to be queen after he died. How did Henry I’s nephew, Stephen, become the next king instead? (The Norman barons chose Stephen because he was weak and they knew they would be able to do whatever they wanted to do. Also they were proud and hated the thought of being ruled by an English and a woman.)

28. Why did England suffer civil war and siege during King Stephen’s reign? (The country was divided in their opinion about who should be on the English throne. Some people supported Stephen and others supported Matilda.)

29. Who made the treaty called the Peace of Wallingford and what did it say? (Treaty made by King Stephen and Matilda. It said that her son Henry II should become the next King of England after Stephen dies and that the castles the Normans had build should be destroyed because of the evil things that happened there.)

30. King Henry chose Thomas A’Becket to be his Chancellor. They were also good friends for a long time. How did their friendship turn to quarrelling? What was the result of their quarrelling? (When Henry decided to reform the church which had denigrated, he chose Thomas A’Becket to help him and made him Archbishop of Canterbury. Thomas didn’t want the position because he said it would lead to them quarrelling because he would have to leave his life of luxury and become God’s servant. Henry insisted and appointed Thomas Archbishop. They began quarrelling over issues that Thomas would only obey God on. Ultimately 4 knights killed Thomas after overhearing Henry complain about the quarrelling Thomas).

Tree in the Trail

1. How did the Indians hunt buffalo?2. What is a "travois"?3. What happened when a group of Comanche Indians chased two Pawnee braves up past the cottonwood tree?4. Why did settlers travel along the Santa Fe Trail in big groups?5. What did the Indians make their arrows out of?

Literature and Tales

1. Please tell why Betsy had to suddenly leave Aunt Harriet and Aunt Frances and go to live at the Putney Farm.

2. Soon after Betsy arrived at the Putney's she started to school. How did they figure out which grade she was to be in?

3. Think about what Betsy was like when she lived with Aunt Frances at the beginning of the story and then think about how she had changed at the end of the story. What can you tell me about some of those things that had changed.

4. Where did Pilgrim come from and where was he going in the story of Pilgrim's progress?

6. Tell what you can remember of King Lear.