QUIZ: The Dark Ages / Beowulf - Historical Background and Context

Which of the words in the list is the correct term for the definition shown below? (ELAGSE11-12L4; DOK1) The state that exists when one person or group has power over another.

• inventive
• ascendance
• pagan
• hereditary

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the words in the list is the correct term for the definition shown below? (ELAGSE11-12L4; DOK1) The process of adopting the language and culture of a dominant social group or nation, or the state of being socially integrated into the culture of the dominant group in a society.

• illiterate
• inventive
• assimilation
• ascendance

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the words in the list is the correct term for the definition shown below? (ELAGSE11-12L4; DOK1) unable to read or write

• inventive
• hereditary
• ascendance
• illiterate

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Which of the words in the list is the correct term for the definition shown below? (ELAGSE11-12L4; DOK1) (of a person) having the ability to create or design new things or to think originally

• hereditary
• inventive
• ascendance
• assimilation

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The English language seems to begin when who leaves Britain? (ELAGSE11-12RL9; DOK2)

• The Romans
• The Angles
• The Saxons
• The Jutes

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which of the following is NOT one of the three tribes who formed the Anglo-Saxons? (ELAGSE11-12RL9; DOK2)

• Angles
• Saxons
• Jews
• Jutes

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

What was the official language of the church that was spoken by Christian missionaries? (ELAGSE11-12RL9; DOK1)

• English
• Latin
• Flemish
• Spanish

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why do we know so little about the people of this era? (ELAGSE11-12RL9; DOK2)

• A great fire destroyed all the records.
• Records were kept in a language that modern historians can not decode.
• The people of this time period were illiterate, so historical records were not written down.
• Computer databases do not go back that far.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is the main reason the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms came and went so quickly? (ELAGSE11-12RL9; DOK2)

• Tribes were always at war with other tribes, and kings were defeated and replaced frequently.
• Voting took place at the end of each month.
• A warrior could not become king until he was old, and people did not live long lives during this time period.
• A rule was put in place that stated a king could not serve more than one year on the throne.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the social structure of Anglo-Saxon society from top to bottom? (ELAGSE11-12RL9; DOK2)

• king, lower class ceorls, upper class thanes, slaves
• upper class thanes, lower class ceorls, king, slaves
• slaves, upper class thanes, lower class ceorls, king
• king, upper class thanes, lower class ceorls, slaves

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10