History of English Intro Quiz

Put a circle around the area that the Angles and the Saxons came from

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What year did William Caxton introduce the printing press to Britain?

Who were occupying the British Isles prior to the invasion of the Romans.

• The Jutes

• The Angles

• The Anglo-Saxons

• The Celts

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of these tribes did NOT come from group of Germanic tribes that invaded

• Angles

• Vikings

• Saxons

• Jutes

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Who invaded BEFORE the Normans (1066) and AFTER the Danelaw Germanic tribes in 450AD?

The word 'Essex' comes from the name of which Saxon Kingdom.

• West Saxons

• East Saxons

• East Anglia

• Angle-Land

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

When the Romans left in 410AD, the mix of languages on the British Isles was Celtic languages and...

• French

• German

• English

• Latin

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How many words were borrowed from French after the invasion of William the Conqueror?

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

The period of English between 400AD and 1150AD is known as

• Latin

• Old English

• Ye Olde Englishe

• Early English

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The period of English following the Norman invasion of 1066 is known as...

• Old English

• Early English

• Early Modern English

• Middle English

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A