History Edexcel – Migration Final Test
Papers with Actual Answers 2026
Updated Edition.
When did the Vikings Invade - Answer 789 AD
Why did the Vikings invade - main reasons - Answer Religion
Wealth
Politics
Cultural
Why did Vikings invade - Religion - Answer - Odin - God of War - wanted to please him
Why did Vikings Invade - Economic - Answer - Farming - E.Ang. good comoared to
Norway/Denmark
- 793 - Lindesfarne - went for gold
- Danegeld - Tax Anglo Saxons
Why did Vikings invade - politics - Answer - Scandinavian overcrowding - political decision for
resources (demographic movement)
Why did Vikings Invade - Cultural - Answer - Explorers - part of their cultural identity
- Eldest Inherits land - younger siblings need to find land
When did the Normans invade England? - Answer 1066 AD
Why did the Normans invade - main reasons - Answer Religion
Wealth
Politics
Cultural
,Why did the Normans invade - Economic - Answer - Feudal System - Gives everything to the
King
Why did the Normans invade - Politics - Answer - Promised the throne to William
- England currently unstable after Edward died - opportunitistic
Why did the Normans invade - Cultural - Answer - Warfaring people in general
- Explorers - part of their cultural identity
- Eldest inherits land - younger siblings need to find land
When did William invite Jewish people to England - Answer 1070 AD
Why did Jewish People migrate - main reasons - Answer Religion
Economic
Politics
Why did Jewish people migrate - Religion - Answer - Persecution of Jewish people in Middle
East - 70CE
- Anti sematism
Why did Jewish people Migrate - Economic - Answer - Gave loans to the King (invited by him
in 1070)
- Became financiers
- Were able to collect usury - were not Christian
Why did Jewish People migrate - Politics - Answer - Religious persecution cause instability
When did Low Countries and Lombardy start to migrate - Answer 1220 AD
Why did Low Countries and Lombardy migrate - main reasons - Answer Religion
Economic
Politics
, Why did Low Countries and Lombardy migrate - economic - Answer - Black Death - more job
opportunities (40%-60% of population gone)
- Wool was being produced - 1270AD - invited by HIII - Weavers
- EIII - guilds for weavers - 1330 - bans export of wool
- Bankers - Lombards - more prosperous after 1265
Why did Low Countries and Lombardy migrate - Politics - Answer - 100 years war - (1337 -
1453) - Low Countries work disrupted
Viking Experience - Harmony - Answer - Trade locally and internationally
- Gave structure - set up 'Things', had fun and told Sagas, lived in Danelaw and adapted quickly,
King Cnut allowed some Saxons positions of power
- England prospered - peaceful under Edgar and under the successor Edward the Confessor for a
further 24 years
- Danes allowed Saxons to mint coins and circle them in Danelaw
- Many Dane's became Christians - worshipped alongside their gods
Viking experience - Conflict - Answer - Alfred's son Edward and Athelstan fought campaigns
to control Danelaw - A won 937
- Vikings raided to regain old Danelaw - Ethelred tried to pay them to keep them away
- St Brice's Day - 13 Nov 1002 - Ethelred massacred all the Danes in Enlgand's territory
- Viking attacks increased in response - 1013 Ethelred driven out and 1016 Dane Cnut became
king
Normans experience - harmony - Answer - Feudal system - gave land to supporters so was
good for some
- Domesday book 1086 - land was marked and same tax as Edward the Confessor
Normans experience - Conflict - Answer - Castles meant Normans could prevent rebellions
and display power
- Feudal system - takes all the land for the Normans
- Danes left 1071
- 1068 - Exeter Siege - Normans won
- 1069-70 - Harrying of the North - Normans destroyed Saxon livelihood and homes as a warning
Papers with Actual Answers 2026
Updated Edition.
When did the Vikings Invade - Answer 789 AD
Why did the Vikings invade - main reasons - Answer Religion
Wealth
Politics
Cultural
Why did Vikings invade - Religion - Answer - Odin - God of War - wanted to please him
Why did Vikings Invade - Economic - Answer - Farming - E.Ang. good comoared to
Norway/Denmark
- 793 - Lindesfarne - went for gold
- Danegeld - Tax Anglo Saxons
Why did Vikings invade - politics - Answer - Scandinavian overcrowding - political decision for
resources (demographic movement)
Why did Vikings Invade - Cultural - Answer - Explorers - part of their cultural identity
- Eldest Inherits land - younger siblings need to find land
When did the Normans invade England? - Answer 1066 AD
Why did the Normans invade - main reasons - Answer Religion
Wealth
Politics
Cultural
,Why did the Normans invade - Economic - Answer - Feudal System - Gives everything to the
King
Why did the Normans invade - Politics - Answer - Promised the throne to William
- England currently unstable after Edward died - opportunitistic
Why did the Normans invade - Cultural - Answer - Warfaring people in general
- Explorers - part of their cultural identity
- Eldest inherits land - younger siblings need to find land
When did William invite Jewish people to England - Answer 1070 AD
Why did Jewish People migrate - main reasons - Answer Religion
Economic
Politics
Why did Jewish people migrate - Religion - Answer - Persecution of Jewish people in Middle
East - 70CE
- Anti sematism
Why did Jewish people Migrate - Economic - Answer - Gave loans to the King (invited by him
in 1070)
- Became financiers
- Were able to collect usury - were not Christian
Why did Jewish People migrate - Politics - Answer - Religious persecution cause instability
When did Low Countries and Lombardy start to migrate - Answer 1220 AD
Why did Low Countries and Lombardy migrate - main reasons - Answer Religion
Economic
Politics
, Why did Low Countries and Lombardy migrate - economic - Answer - Black Death - more job
opportunities (40%-60% of population gone)
- Wool was being produced - 1270AD - invited by HIII - Weavers
- EIII - guilds for weavers - 1330 - bans export of wool
- Bankers - Lombards - more prosperous after 1265
Why did Low Countries and Lombardy migrate - Politics - Answer - 100 years war - (1337 -
1453) - Low Countries work disrupted
Viking Experience - Harmony - Answer - Trade locally and internationally
- Gave structure - set up 'Things', had fun and told Sagas, lived in Danelaw and adapted quickly,
King Cnut allowed some Saxons positions of power
- England prospered - peaceful under Edgar and under the successor Edward the Confessor for a
further 24 years
- Danes allowed Saxons to mint coins and circle them in Danelaw
- Many Dane's became Christians - worshipped alongside their gods
Viking experience - Conflict - Answer - Alfred's son Edward and Athelstan fought campaigns
to control Danelaw - A won 937
- Vikings raided to regain old Danelaw - Ethelred tried to pay them to keep them away
- St Brice's Day - 13 Nov 1002 - Ethelred massacred all the Danes in Enlgand's territory
- Viking attacks increased in response - 1013 Ethelred driven out and 1016 Dane Cnut became
king
Normans experience - harmony - Answer - Feudal system - gave land to supporters so was
good for some
- Domesday book 1086 - land was marked and same tax as Edward the Confessor
Normans experience - Conflict - Answer - Castles meant Normans could prevent rebellions
and display power
- Feudal system - takes all the land for the Normans
- Danes left 1071
- 1068 - Exeter Siege - Normans won
- 1069-70 - Harrying of the North - Normans destroyed Saxon livelihood and homes as a warning
