Anglo-Saxon Era

Question 1

Animism

Answer 1

Belief that inanimate objects have a spiritual essence

Question 2

Original inhabitants of England?

Answer 2

Celts

Question 3

When did Rome invade England

Answer 3

55 BC

Question 4

When did Rome leave England

Answer 4

410 AD

Question 5

What did the Romans leave behind in England

Answer 5

Stone highways, tiled floors, public baths, central heating, glass windows

Question 6

What groups were part of the Germanic Invasions

Answer 6

Angles, Saxons, Jutes

Question 7

Where were Angles, Saxons, and Jutes from

Answer 7

Scandinavia and Germany

Question 8

Where did the Celts go after Germanic invasions

Answer 8

Moved westward to Wales and Ireland

Question 9

Anglo-Saxon Characteristics

Answer 9

Fierce warriors, democratic mind, organized society, pagan, loyal, brave, admired bravery and boasting

Question 10

Where can we see Anglo-Saxon influence

Answer 10

Days of the Week

Question 11

Anglo-Saxon afterlife beliefs

Answer 11

Pagan; people were cremated or buried with belongings

Question 12

Weregild

Answer 12

a man’s price

Question 13

Comitatus

Answer 13

sharing of wealth and power between king and subjects

Question 14

What were villages built around

Answer 14

a mead hall (bar)

Question 15

What did Anglo-Saxons do for leisure

Answer 15

Drank in mead halls, scops and gleemen told stories and sang songs

Question 16

Venerable Bede

Answer 16

Father of English History - wrote “Ecclesiastical History”

Question 17

King Alfred the Great

Answer 17

“Father of English Prose” - founded the first public school and led anglo-saxons at the battle of edington

Question 18

St Augustine

Answer 18

converted Anglo-Saxons to Christianity

Question 19

King William the Conqueror

Answer 19

defeated last Saxon King at the Battle of Hastings, which began the Medieval Era

Question 20

Domesday Book

Answer 20

Commissioned by William, divided counties to shires, described landholdings and property ownership, beginning of taxation