History Chess Game

• History
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)
• Upper Secondary (Key Stage 4)
• BTEC, GCSE

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Click on a chess piece and read the matching statements. Is this statement true? Drag the chess piece to the right coordinates on the board. The chess pieces will form a word.

Chess Game

Gamification

Click on a chess piece and read the matching statements. Is this statement true? Drag the chess piece to the right coordinates on the board. The chess pieces will form a word.

F

H

B

S

A

A

D

T

N

M

P

K

L

V

W

A

L

S

S

V

A

S

T

S

G

K

A serf had to pay rent for the land  (D,8)

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Charlemagne was a king and an emperor (A,5)

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Charlemagne was a feudal lord (C,4)

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The Third Estate comprised the clergy and religious orders.  (A,8)

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Monks and knights were part of the clergy (G,1)

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Vassals commited themselves to provide loyalty to their feudal lord (F,7)

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Monks and nuns were part of the lower clergy (H,4)

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In the Middle Ages a slave was called a serf  (G,3)

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Feudal lords had to do corvee labour for the vassals (B,2)

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The Pope was th highest member of the clergy (D,5)

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Knights lived in a monastery (E,4)

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 Serfs were free to abandon their land if they wanted to (G,6)

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Which word is the solution?

Aardappeloproer

1917

Enkele Amsterdamse vrouwen zagen dat er een schip vol aardappelen in een van de grachten lag. Ze gingen erop af en plunderden het schip: hun schorten vol aardappelen. De dag erna waren er meer plunderaars. Pas nadat zes mensen door het leger werden doodgeschoten, keerde de rust terug