Uncovering the Dark Ages

What is the study of past human life by digging up and examining things people left behind called?

• Chronicle

• Archaeology

• Interpretation

• Synod

Fill in the blank: A written account of important or historical events is known as a ______.

• A) Synod

• B) Chronicle

• C) Pilgrim

• D) Saint

Which area was controlled by the Vikings and their laws?

• Danelaw

• Synod

• Chronicle

• Archaeology

Fill in the blank: A person who makes a journey to a sacred place for religious reasons is called a ______.

• Saint

• Pilgrim

• Historian

• Viking

What does the term 'Reliability' refer to in historical sources?

• How old a source is

• How trustworthy a source is

• The length of a source

• The author of a source.

Fill in the blank: A meeting of Church leaders is known as a ______.

• A) Synod

• B) Chronicle

• C) Danelaw

• D) Pilgrim

Who left Britain in 410 AD after their empire collapsed in the West?

• The Vikings

• The Romans

• The Anglo-Saxons

• The Normans

Fill in the blank: The Anglo-Saxons were a mix of tribes from Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands and began settling in England around ______.

• 410 AD

• 450 AD

• 793 AD

• 1066 AD

Which group began raiding England in 793 AD?

• The Romans

• The Normans

• The Vikings

• The Anglo-Saxons

Fill in the blank: Abbess Hild founded a monastery in Whitby where a synod was held in ______ to decide the date of Easter.

• 664 AD

• 793 AD

• 410 AD

• 1066 AD