The Anglo Saxon Period

Great Britain has been invaded and settled by all of the following peoples except —

• Normans
• Vikings
• Romans
• Greeks

After the Romans evacuated their troops, Britain was left with —

• A strong army
• An infrastructure with roads and architecture
• A stable government

An important effect of Christianity’s spread throughout Britain was that —

• a. monasteries no longer had to be located in Italy and France
• b. Britain became culturally linked to Europe by having a common religion
• The long Roman defense wall was demolished.

Celtic religion had all the following characteristics except —

• Priests called druids
• ritual dances and human sacrifices
• worshiping the ancient Greek gods of wisdom.

Anglo-Saxon life was dominated by —

• devotion to monastic principles and beliefs
• Close allegiances between leaders and followers.
• industry and dedication to a strict work ethic

The old Anglo-Saxon religion —

• advanced an optimistic, cheerful view of life on earth
• Had much in common with Christianity.
• primarily encouraged ethics and earthly virtues such as bravery

Anglo-Saxon poets held an honored position in society primarily because they —

• preserved heroic deeds in the collective memory of the people
• became great warriors for their lords
• painstakingly copied old manuscripts

The Christian monasteries served Anglo-Saxon society by —

• fostering learning and preserving literary works by writing them down
• developing innovative agricultural theories and methods
• Burning down old Anglo-Saxon places of worship.

Through the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, King Alfred promoted the use of written —

• Old English
• Latin
• Greek

The years of war between the Anglo-Saxons and the Danes came to an end with the —

• departure of the Romans after the collapse of the Roman Empire
• acceptance of Christianity by both groups under Alfred the Great
• the evolution of a modified Greek form of government.