Pearson Anglo-Saxons L3-5

What term is used to describe the seven kingdoms of England around 600 CE?

• The Monarchy

• The Heptarchy

• The Septarchy

• The Dynasty

Which two kingdoms were the biggest in the Heptarchy?

• Wessex and Mercia

• Northumbria and Mercia

• Essex and Kent

• Sussex and East Anglia

Which kingdom became the most powerful and eventually ruled over all of England?

• Northumbria

• Mercia

• Wessex

• Essex

What source contains stories about some of the kings who ruled the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms?

• The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

• The Heptarchic Annals

• The Royal Sagas

• The Medieval Records

Who is known as the 'Father of English History'?

• King Alfred the Great

• Gildas

• Bede

• An anonymous monk

What did Bede write about in his work "An Ecclesiastical History of the English People"?

• The history of the Roman Empire

• The church and the history of people in England

• The history of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

• The events that took place between the fourth and tenth centuries

In what year was "An Ecclesiastical History of the English People" written?

• 410 CE

• 1066 CE

• 730 CE

• 871 CE

Who had the idea to write down a list of all the events that took place between the fourth and tenth centuries, which is known as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle?

• Bede

• Gildas

• King Alfred the Great

• An anonymous scribe

Why is it difficult to be sure of exactly what was happening in Anglo-Saxon Britain during the fourth to tenth centuries?

• The events were recorded in a different language

• The events were not considered important at the time

• The events were recorded years or centuries after they happened

• The events were only passed down orally

Historians have a good understanding of what life was like in Anglo-Saxon Britain.

• True

• False