Unit 1 Test Review Flashcards

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1
Q

witan/thanes

A

men who held land granted by the king and who were 100% loyal to him

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2
Q

when does england become apart of Roman territory?

A

52 BCE

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3
Q

why is hadrian’s wall built?

A

to keep the scots isolated in the north

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4
Q

when did Anglo-saxons convert to christianity?

A

597 CE

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5
Q

where did saxons come from?

A

Holland and Belgium

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6
Q

where did saxons settle?

A

southern england

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7
Q

where did the angles come from?

A

north germany and denmark

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8
Q

where did the angles settle?

A

northumbria

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9
Q

jutes were…

A

less organized than the saxons and are believed to have been a mixture of germanic people

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10
Q

where did the jutes settle?

A

in the area of kent

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11
Q

thanes

A

early barons who were granted status based on military service

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12
Q

churles/serfs

A

bonded servants and worked the land for for military protection

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13
Q

where was social life?

A

mead hall and scops and bards entertained the crowd with songs and stories

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14
Q

wergild

A

man price: meaning that every person had a value and if you killed a man their family could kill you or the family’s

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15
Q

bretwalda

A

high king

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16
Q

what was anglo-saxon religion?

A

pagon

17
Q

druids

A

priests

18
Q

wyrd

A

fate

19
Q

church brought….

A

education and written literature to society

20
Q

when do anglo-saxons end?

A

mid 1,000’s

21
Q

who overpowered the anglo-saxons ?

A

romans and their reign ends

22
Q

who raided in the late 8th century?

A

vikings

23
Q

in 871…

A

alfred the great becomes king of wessex

24
Q

what is sutton hoo?

A

anglo-saxon burial ground for kings

25
Q

anglo-saxon literature was…

A

an oral based literature

26
Q

oral tradition focused on…

A

brave and heroic deeds

27
Q

what is the only surviving full length epic?

A

Beowulf

28
Q

metonymy

A

name of one thing is substituted for the name of something else

29
Q

synedoche

A

substitute a part for a whole

30
Q

caesura

A

when the verse line is divided into two halves separated by a rhythmical pause

31
Q

anglo-saxons took over the brytons then came…

A

the angles, saxons, and jukes

32
Q

what were the two different tribes?

A

brytons and gales

33
Q

what did druids do?

A

preserve people’s myths and legends by reciting long poems

34
Q

when did the anglo-saxon era begin?

A

900 BCE

35
Q

monsteries

A

centers of religious life