Invasion

Which is correct?

• A - Normans

  B - Picts and Scots

  C - Vikings

  D - Anglo-Saxons

• A - Vikings

  B - Anglo-Saxons

  C - Picts and Scots

  D - Normans

• A - Picts and Scots

  B - Normans

  C - Anglo-Saxons

  D - Vikings

Answer explanation

Why did the Anglo-Saxons come to Britain? Can choose more than 1 answer

• They came looking for new land to farm.

• They wanted to find out about British life.

• They were invited to help defend the Britons from invading Picts and

  Scots.

• They came in search of metals including iron, bronze, silver and gold.

What is a monastery? Can choose more than 1 answer.

• A large building made for kings.

• A place where kings would feast, drink and celebrate.

• A collection of buildings where monks lived.

• A place where monks prayed to God, helped others and carried out

  work, including studying, writing and farming.

What was the job that most Anglo-Saxons did?

• Weaving

• Farming

• Jewellery making

• Blacksmith

True or false:

The Vikings stayed for a long time when they first invaded Britain.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The three Viking ships arrived and Vikings all came out. Beaduheard, the reeve of Dorchester arrived thinking they were traders. He was them killed by the Vikings along with other people in the area. The Vikings then left again.

What words that we use today from the Anglo-Saxon times can you remember? For example, one is bird.

Answer explanation

Brother

Sister

Bird

Fish

Rain

What did the Vikings attack first when they invaded Britain the second time?

• Castles

• Monasteries

• Villages

Answer explanation

They attacked monasteries as they were an easy target with no defence, and they had lots of precious and expensive objects.

What did the Anglo-Saxons do to try and stop the Vikings from invading? Can choose more than 1 answer.

• They paid them Danegeld.

• They gave them precious pottery.

• They got an army to chase them down.

• They signed a treaty to share England.

Answer explanation

The Anglo-Saxons first tried to fight back.

They then paid them to leave their villages. This payment was called Danegeld.

The Anglo-Saxon leader Alfred the Great gathered a large army to chase into a fortress.

Alfred the Great signed a peace treaty with the Viking leader Guthram, sharing England between the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings.

How was the life of Anglo-Saxons and Vikings similar?

Answer explanation

They were both farmers.

Children used to help their parents work.

The King was the top of the hierarchy.

They were both pagans at some point. The Anglo-Saxons were converted to Christianity when monks arrived and built monasteries.

What were King Athelstan's most significant achievements? Can choose more than 1 answer

• He created strict laws.

• He made England one Kingdom.

• He created market towns.

Answer explanation

He was also the first king to have his face on a coin!