Anglo-Saxons

Question 1

When did the Saxons come to England?

Answer 1

410.

Question 2

Why did the Anglo-Saxons come to England

Answer 2

Due to rising floods the crops were overhydrated and food was scarce.

Also the Romans had just left England making it an easy target for them.

Question 3

Who were the Anglo-Saxons?

Answer 3

They were many tribes but the biggest ones were the Angles, Saxons and the Jutes.

Question 4

What did they form?

Answer 4

The formation of England.

Question 5

In 800, how many different kingdoms were there?

Answer 5

Seven

Question 6

How many kingdoms ended in -ssex

Answer 6

Three. Essex, Wessex and Sussex

Question 7

What occupation did the majority of the Saxons have?

Answer 7

Farmers.

Question 8

How many years did Alfred the Great rule for?

Answer 8

28

Question 9

What is Alfred famous for?

Answer 9

Ruling Wessex and defeated several viking raids. Also, he split England into two with the vikings up north. This came to be known as ‘Danelaw’.

Question 10

Who is Aethelflaed? What did she do?

Answer 10

A female monarch of Mercia and managed to gain control of Derby and Leicester.

Question 11

Who is Athelstan and what is he known for?

Answer 11

The grandson of Alfred and defeated the vikings while reclaiming york.

Question 12

How do we know what Anglo-Saxon England was like?

Answer 12

Via Venerable Bede, a monk and the Anglo-Saxon chronicles and many other sources.

Question 13

What were the saxon house made out of?

Answer 13

Their homes were made of wood, wattle and daub, and thatched roofs.

Question 14

What faith did they believe in?

Answer 14

Christianity.

Question 15

Can you solve this Anglo-Saxon riddle?

When I am alive I do not speak.
Anyone who wants to takes me captive and cuts off my head.
They bite my bare body.
I do no harm to anyone unless they cut me first.
Then I soon make them cry.
What am I?

Answer 15

An onion

Question 16

Which of these people was a famous Anglo-Saxon king?
1. Alfred the Great
2. William of Normandy
3. Venerable Bede

Answer 16

1. Alfred the Great
   Alfred the Great was an Anglo-Saxon king.

Question 17

Which invaders did Alfred the Great fight against?
1. Romans
2. Vikings
3. Normans

Answer 17

2.Vikings
Alfred the Great fought against several Viking invasions, before making peace with them.

Question 18

When did the Anglo-Saxon period end?
1. 1066
2. 899
3. 410

Answer 18

1. 1066

Question 19

Which of the below is a text that gives information about life in Anglo-Saxon England?
1. Domesday Book
2. Wessex Chronicle
3. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Answer 19

3. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
   The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle was written when Alfred the Great was ruling. It gives information about what life was like in Anglo-Saxon England.

Question 20

Anglo-Saxon houses were made of which materials?
1. Brick walls and thatched roofs
2.Brick walls and slate roofs
3.Wood, wattle and daub, and thatched roofs

Answer 20

3.Wood, wattle and daub, and thatched roofs.
Most Anglo-Saxon homes were built with a mix of wood, wattle and daub, and thatched roofs.

Question 21

Which religion did a lot of people start to convert to in the Anglo-Saxon period?
1. Judaism
2. Paganism
3. Christianity

Answer 21

3. Christianity
   There was a rise in Christianity during the Anglo-Saxon period.

Question 22

What was the name of the monk who wrote a book about Anglo-Saxon England?
1. Athelstan
2. Venerable Bede
3. Alfred

Answer 22

2. Venerable Bede
   Venerable Bede wrote a book called ‘The Ecclesiastical History of the English People.’

Question 23

Which of these are examples of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms?
1. Cumberland and Yorkshire
2. Northumbria and Mercia
3. Oxford and Cambridge

Answer 23

2. Northumbria and Mercia
   Northumbria and Mercia were Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, along with East Anglia and Wessex.