Anglo Saxon Review

Anglo-Saxon Background

• ­British history, culture, and literature was shaped by a series of invaders with varying cultures and languages.

• ­Those invaders were:

  –Celtic (speaking Gaelic)

  –Romans (speaking Latin)

  –Germans – Jutes/Angles/Saxons –called Anglo-Saxons (speaking German)

Resulted in a new language

• ­Britain's new language then became

  Latin + German = Anglo-Saxon/Old English

• This is the oldest known form of the language which developed into what we speak today!

• Beowulf is the earliest English poem to come to us.

Multiple Choice

An important effect of Christianity's spread throughout Britain was that-

• monasteries no longer had to be located in Italy and France

• Britain became culturally linked to Europe

• the long Roman defensive wall was demolished

• the Anglo-Saxon religion immediately died out

Multiple Choice

The old Anglo-Saxon religion-

• primarily encouraged ethics and earthy virtues such as bravery

• had much in common with the beliefs of Christianity

• advanced an optimistic, cheerful view of life on earth

• offered the hope of eternal reward to the good

Multiple Choice

The Christian monasteries served Anglo-Saxon society by-

• developing innovative agricultural theories and methods

• reforming criminals and housing the homeless

• abolishing the last remnants of Anglo-Saxon religion

• fostering learning and preserving literary works

Multiple Choice

Through the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, King Alfred promoted the use of written- 

• Latin

• Celtic

• Old English

• Danish

Multiple Choice

What are the years of the Anglo Saxon period?

• 1066AD - 1380AD

• 449AD - 1066AD

• 700BC - 43AD

• 43AD - 449AD

Multiple Choice

2.The tribes were the Angles, Saxons and the _____________________________

• Vikings

• Jutes

• Scots

• Picts

Multiple Choice

The ______________ and the _________________were the largest of the three attacking tribes so they were called the Anglo Saxons.

• The Picts and Scots

• Jutes and Angles

• The Angles and the Saxons

• The Vikings and the Angles

Multiple Choice

The Anglo Saxons came from _________________

• Germany, Sweden and France

• Spain, Denmark and Germany

• Germany, Denmark and Netherlands

• Rome

Multiple Choice

The Anglo Saxons invaded and settled in Britain after the ___________________ left the country.

• Romans

• Vikings

• Celts

• Scots

Multiple Choice

The Anglo Saxon soldier wore a type of body armour called the _________________________

• Bulletproof vest

• Helmet

• Grease

• Chain mail