Anglo-Saxon Era Test

Question 1

What are the two main types of poetry?

Answer 1

Heroic and Elegiac

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Question 3

Caesura

Answer 3

A pause in a line of poetry

Question 4

Kenning

Answer 4

A phrase that describes a noun metaphorically

Ex: swan’s mountain // a wave

Question 5

Epithets

Answer 5

A phrase that replaces or adds on to a name

Ex: Alexander the Great

Question 6

Three countries that make up Great Britain

Answer 6

Wales, England, and Scotland

Question 7

Countries that make up the United Kingdom

Answer 7

3 countries of Great Britain + Northern Ireland

Question 8

Chronology of the four groups that made up Great Britain

Answer 8

Celts(i), Romans(ii), Anglo-Saxons(iii), and Norse(iv)

Question 9

Significance of Bede

Answer 9

Wrote the first history book of England

Question 10

Significance of Caedmon

Answer 10

Earliest English poet (on record)

Question 11

The history behind Caedmon

Answer 11

He was an illiterate cowherd. Had a dream and the next day he could write religious poetry

Question 12

What did St. Augustine do?

Answer 12

Credit for introducing Christianity to England

Question 13

St. Augustine’s title

Answer 13

Archbishop of Canterbury

Question 14

When going to battle, _____ painted their bodies blue.

Answer 14

Celts(i)

Question 15

_____ settled disputes that arose between the celtic farmers, hunters, fisherman. They spread their literature, tribal history, and values ______.

Answer 15

Druids (priests); orally

Question 16

Celts(i) worshipped ______ gods.

Answer 16

nature

Question 17

Julius Caesar was a _____.

Answer 17

Roman(ii)

Question 18

How did the Romans(ii) take over the Celts(i)?

Answer 18

Julius Caesar led an invasion.

Question 19

What did Romans(ii) bring to Britain?

Answer 19

Developed towns and roads. Introduced Latin language

Question 20

Anglo-Saxons(iii) were made up of three Germanic tribes

Answer 20

Angles, Saxons, Jutes

Question 21

What did the Anglo-Saxons(iii) do to the Celts(i)?

Answer 21

Invaded Britain and kicked the Celts(i) west

Question 22

What did the Anglo-Saxons(iii) do to England?

Answer 22

Set up 7 kingdoms

Question 23

What are the four classes of Anglo-Saxon(iii) people?

Answer 23

Earls, Thanes, Churls, Thralls

Question 24

Anglo-Saxons(iii) produced a new language, ___ _______.

Answer 24

Old English

Question 25

Alphabet of the Anglo-Saxons(iii)

Answer 25

Runes

Question 26

Anglo-Saxons(iii) were ______ and believed strongly in ____, (fate).

Answer 26

pagan; wyrd

Question 27

Anglo-Saxon(iii) law aimed at compensating those who were harmed by crime. This was called _______ and varied according to the wealth/social status of victim

Answer 27

wergild (man-yield)

Question 28

The Angles divided England into 7 separate kingdoms called the _________.

Answer 28

Heptarchy

Question 29

During the Norse Era, _____ come to England to ____ ____.

Answer 29

Danes; take over

Question 30

As the Danes get to the kingdom of Wessex, who stops them?

Answer 30

Alfred the Great

Question 31

What does the treaty establish for the Danes and the Anglo-Saxons?

Answer 31

Danes keep top half of England.

Anglo-Saxons keep bottom half of England.

Question 32

What was the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles?

Answer 32

English history that was updated annually. Begun by Alfred the Great.

Question 33

What language did Alfred the Great promote?

Answer 33

English

Question 34

What was Canute to England?

Answer 34

Canute was the first king of England

Question 35

Battle of Hastings took place because _______ the Confessor promised _______, duke of Normandy, (a distant relative) the English throne. He then appointed ______, earl of Wessex, to be the next ruler. This battle was between ______ and ________. ________ invaded and won over England.

Answer 35

Edward the Confessor; William, duke of Normandy; Harold, earl of Wessex; England; Normandy; Normans