Dark Ages Chronology

Question 1

When did the Romans leave?

Answer 1

410 AD

Question 2

When was Britain invaded by Angles and Saxons, who joined to become Anglo-Saxons?

Answer 2

400-700 AD

Question 3

When was England made up of small Kingdoms, ruled by Anglo Saxon war lords?

Answer 3

600-800 AD

Question 4

What happened in 800 AD?

Answer 4

Viking raiders from Norway ransack England’s coast, and some colonies are set up as the Anglo-Saxons can’t cope.

Question 5

What happened in the mid ninth century?

Answer 5

Viking and Anglo-Saxons fought and the Vikings ruled most of Northern and Central England by the end of the 10th century. The Anglo-Saxons ruled the South.

Question 6

What did the Vikings call the portion of land they had at the end of the 10th century?

Answer 6

Danelaw

Question 7

What did the Anglo-Saxons call the South of England they ruled at the end of the 10th century?

Answer 7

Wessex

Question 8

What time did King Canute rule, uniting England and Norway?

Answer 8

The beginning of the eleventh century

Question 9

What period of time did the Vikings from King Canute rule?

Answer 9

1015-1042

Question 10

What time did King Canute’s line stop ruling England and Edward the Confessor, an Anglo-Saxon, return?

Answer 10

1042