Anglo- saxon

Question 1

Mention the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms

Answer 1

Northumbria, Mercia, Anglia, Wessex, Essex, Sussex, Kent

Question 2

He was born in Oxfordshire in 849. He also arranged the translation of books from Latin to Anglo-Saxon.

Answer 2

King Alfred “The Great”

Question 3

Name the four main groups of people who arrived in Scotland:

Answer 3

Picts, Scots, Britons and Anglos

Question 4

Name at least 3 animals that could be found during the ice age

Answer 4

mammoth, woolly rhinos, horses and wolves

Question 5

What was the battle in which William defeated Harold ?

Answer 5

Hastings battle

Question 6

He became duke of Normandy and later King of England, he never spoke English, his name was…

Answer 6

William “The conqueror”

Question 7

Describe The Jutes

Answer 7

• They were from Jutland (Denmark)
• Their kingdom was Kent
• They lived in more primitive conditions than Anglo-Saxons

Question 8

How did humans used to live in the Stone Age?

Answer 8

In small nomadic groups

Question 9

What are the four states of England?

Answer 9

Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales

Question 10

Mentions the four ages seen in class

Answer 10

Ice Age, Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age

Question 11

Where do the Celts come from?

Answer 11

They come from central Europe

Question 12

Where the Celts come from?

Answer 12

They come from Europe.

Question 13

Why Did they call the “Ice Age”?

Answer 13

Because it has gone through extreme ice ages and warm interglacials in a period.

Question 14

In the Stone Age, what kind of language did they use?

Answer 14

They didn’t use a language, they used to make sounds to communicate.

Question 15

Who was Edward the confessor?

Answer 15

Edward the Confessor, reigned as king of England from 1042 to 1066.

Question 16

Who has played the most powerful part in the history of the British Isles?

Answer 16

England

Question 17

Which country was never invaded by either the Romans or the Anglo-Saxons?

Answer 17

Ireland

Question 18

When did William the Conqueror begin and finish to be the King of England?

Answer 18

In 1066 till his death in 1087

Question 19

Name the kinds of Roman’s towns in Britain:

Answer 19

The coloniae - Roman settlers
The municipia - large cities with Roman citizenship
The civitas - included old Celtic tribal capitals

Question 20

How the Saxon’s divided the land?

Answer 20

They divided in administrative areas based on “shires” or well known as counties. These shires, established by the end of the tenth century, remain ed almost exactl y the same for a thousand years. “Shire” is the Saxon word, “county” the Norman one, but both are still used.

Question 21

Who was the king that unified the Anglo-Saxons kingdoms?

Answer 21

King Offa of Mercia (757-96), claimed “kingship of the English” .

Question 22

What it’s the Danila law?

Answer 22

It was a Viking rule that was recognised in the east and north of England. It was called the Danclaw, the land where the law of the Danes ruled.

Question 23

Name the five kingdoms of Ireland

Answer 23

Ulster in the north, Munsrer in the sourhwest, Leinster in the southeast, Connaught in the west, with Tara as the seat of the high kings of Ireland.