A long and illustrious history

Question 1

Who were the first people to live in Britain?

Answer 1

The first people to live in Britain were hunter-gatherers in what is called the Stone Age

Question 2

When was Britain connected to the continent by a Land Bridge

Answer 2

Britain was connected to the continent for much of the Stone Age

Question 3

When did Britain become permanently separated from the continent?

Answer 3

Britain became permanently separated from the continent by the channel about 10’000 years ago.

Question 4

When did the first farmers arrive in Britain?

Answer 4

The first farmers arrived about 6’000 years ago.

Question 5

Where did the ancestors of the first farmers come from?

Answer 5

The ancestors of these first farmers probably came from south-east Europe.

Question 6

What is one of the monuments of the first people?

Answer 6

One monument is Stonehenge which stands in the county of Wilthsire

Question 7

What is the best preserved pre-historic village in nothern Europe?

Answer 7

The best preserved pre-historic village in northern Europe is Skara Brae on Orkney off the North Coast of Scotland.

Question 8

When was the Bronze Age?

Answer 8

About 4’000 years ago

Question 9

How did people live in the Bronze Age

Answer 9

People lived in roundhouses and buried their dead in tombs called barrows

Question 10

what followed the Bronze Age?

Answer 10

The Iron Age

Question 11

What were some characteristics of the Bronze Age

Answer 11

People were accomplished metalworkers and made many beautiful objects in bronze and gold including ornaments and weapons.

Question 12

What were some characteristics of the Iron Age

Answer 12

• People still lived in round houses
• Grouped together in larger settlements
• sometimes defended sites called hill forts

Question 13

Where can an impressive Iron Age hill fort still be seen today.

Answer 13

An impressive Iron Age hill fort can still be seen in Maiden Castle in Dorset.

Question 14

What were most people in the Iron Age

Answer 14

Most people were farmers, craft workers, or warriors

Question 15

What was the main family of languages spoken at the time?

Answer 15

Celtic languages were the main family.

Similar languages were spoken across Europe in the Iron Age.

Related languages are still spoken today in parts of Wales, Scotland, and Ireland

Question 16

When were the first coins minted in Britain?

Answer 16

During the Iron Age. Some inscribed with Iron Age kings.

This marks the beginning of British History

Question 17

What marks the beginning of British history?

Answer 17

The minting of coins during the Iron Age

Question 18

Who led and when was the Roman invasion of Britain

Answer 18

Julius Caesar led a Roman invasion in 55 BC.

It was unsuccessful and Britain remained separate from the Roman Empire for nearly 100 years.

Question 19

Which Roman empower succeeded in occupying Britain?

Answer 19

Emperor Claudius

Question 20

Who was one of the tribal leaders who fought against the Romans?

Answer 20

Boudicca, the queen of the Iceni in what is now Eastern Englands

Question 21

Who were the ancestors of the Scottish People?

Answer 21

The Picts

Question 22

What areas of Britain were never conquered by the Romans?

Answer 22

Scotland

Question 23

What did the Emperor Hadrian build and where?

Answer 23

Emperor Hadrian built a wall in Northern England to keep out the Picts.

Question 24

Included in Hadrians wall were a number of forts. what are the names?

Answer 24

The forts of Housesteads and Vindolanda can still be seen. The area is also a UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation) World Heritage Site

Question 25

How long did the Romans remain in Britain?

Answer 25

Romans remained in Britain for 400 years

Question 26

What were some of the contributions of Romans?

Answer 26

they built roads, public buildings, created a structure of law, and introduced new plants and animals.

Question 27

When did the first Christian communities begin to appear in Britain

Answer 27

3rd - 5th century AD

Question 28

When did the Roman army leave Britain/

Answer 28

The Roman army left Britain in AD410 and never returned.

Question 29

Who came after the Romans left?

Answer 29

Britain was invaded by tribes from Northern Europe;

• The Jutes
• The Angles
• The Saxons

Question 30

what was the basis for modern-day English?

Answer 30

The languages of the jutes, the angles, and the saxons combined with the normans is the basis for modern day English

Question 31

By when were Anglo-Saxon kingdoms established in Britain

Answer 31

They were established by AD 600.

The kingdoms were mainly in what is now England.

Question 32

Where was the burial place of one of the Anglo-Saxon kings

Answer 32

Sutton Hoo in modern Suffolk was on of the burial places.

This king was buried with treasure and armor, all placed in a ship and then covered by a mound of earth

Question 33

Were all parts of Britain ruled by Anglo Saxons?

Answer 33

No, parts of west Britain including what is now Wales, and Scotland remained free of Anglo-Saxon rule

Question 34

when did Christianity come to Britain

Answer 34

Christianity came during the anglo-Saxon period.

Question 35

Who were the most famous missionaries from Ireland

Answer 35

St. Patrick
St. Columba - founded a monastery on the island of Iona off the coast of Scotland
St. Augustine - who led missionaries from Rome and spread Christianity from the south