Chapter 12

Question 1

Identify the location on the map.

Answer 1

Britain

Question 2

Identify the location on the map.

Answer 2

Wales

Question 3

Identify the location on the map.

Answer 3

Ireland

Question 4

Identify the location on the map.

Answer 4

Wessex

Question 5

Identify the location on the map.

Answer 5

the North Sea

Question 6

Identify the location on the map.

Answer 6

(English) Channel

Question 7

Find Britain.

Answer 7

Question 8

Find Wales.

Answer 8

Question 9

Find Ireland.

Answer 9

Question 10

Find Wessex.

Answer 10

Question 11

Find the North Sea

Answer 11

Question 12

Find the (English) Channel.

Answer 12

Question 13

first king to rule England as a united kingdom

Answer 13

Egbert the Saxon

Question 14

chiefs of the Jutes; early Germanic settlers in England

Answer 14

Hengist and Horsa

Question 15

legendary and partly mythical Briton king

Answer 15

King Arthur

Question 16

resisted Anglo-Saxon invasions

Answer 16

King Arthur

Question 17

missionary who spread Christianity in Ireland at the time of the Anglo-Saxon invasions

Answer 17

St. Patrick

Question 18

“Oh, they would be angels instead of Angels if they were only Christians, for they certainly have the faces of angels.”

Answer 18

the monk Gregory

Question 19

solving dispute; making peace of friendship

Answer 19

conciliation

Question 20

How did Egbert end up at the court of Charlemagne?

Answer 20

Egbert claimed the kingship of Wessex, but the people supported another man. Egbert fled to Charlemagne.

Question 21

How did this experience influence him and affect English history?

Answer 21

Egbert was impressed by and learned from the many innovations of Charlemagne. He returned to England and established there, the sytem of Charlemagne. He persuaded or forced the petty kings to recognize his rule as the first king of a unified England.