Anglo-Saxon Place Names

How many kingdoms was Anglo-Saxon Britain divided into?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

Which of these place names means "West Saxons"?

• Sussex

• Northumbria

• Mercia

• Wessex

Which of these place names means "the place the Angles first settled in"?

• Wessex

• Sussex

• Mercia

• East Anglia

Which of these Anglo-Saxon kingdoms still exists today?

• Wessex

• Mercia

• Kent

The suffix '-ford' means that this place is...

• open land

• a river crossing

• an island

• a farm

Which of these is the correct name for a place in Britain today?

• Birmingham

• Birmingbury

The suffix '-mere' (as in 'Windermere', a place in the Lake District) means what?

• water

• ocean

• pool or lake

• wet

Where did some British people go to to escape the Anglo-Saxon invaders?

• Scotland and Ireland

• Wales and Cornwall

• Cornwall and France

• Wales and Ireland

Which of these is not one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms?

• Kent

• London

• Sussex

• Northumbria

Kent was named after the people called 'the Kentings'. From which tribe did they come?

• Jutes

• Angles

• Saxons

• Scots