Anglo-Saxon Rule

Question 1

Name three of the kingdoms that made up Anglo-Saxon Britain?

Answer 1

(Sussex, Wessex, Essex, Kent, East Anglia, Mercia and Northumbria

Question 2

Which two counties in England are named after the Anglo-Saxon for northern and southern ‘people’?

Answer 2

Norfolk and Suffolk

Question 3

What term is used to describe someone who believes in many different gods?

Answer 3

Pagan

Question 4

From where do four of the English days of the week, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, get their names?

Answer 4

Anglo-Saxon Gods

Question 5

Who converted the Anglo-Saxon King of Kent to Christianity and became the first Archbishop of Canterbury?

Answer 5

Augustine

Question 6

What country did the monk Aiden, who brought Christianity to Northumbria, come from?

Answer 6

Ireland

Question 7

What are the richly decorated religious manuscripts from the medieval period called?

Answer 7

Illumination

Question 8

What material, made from the skin of sheep and calves, was used for manuscripts before the invention of paper?

Answer 8

Vellum

Question 9

Which English monk completed the first history of England in 731?

Answer 9

Bede

Question 10

Which king of Mercia built a 149-mile long earthwork between England and Wales?

Answer 10

King Offa