The Anglo-Saxons: Year 4 Multiple Choice Quiz (Assessment Tool)

Who were the Anglo-Saxons?

• A. A united group of people who migrated to England from Germany

• B. A mix of tribes from Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. The three biggest were the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes

• C. A group of people from Anglia and the Saxons from Germany. They joined together to become the 'Anglo-Saxons'

• D. People who came from Denmark on Viking longships

Who were the early settlers in Scotland that the Romans were unable to defeat?

• The Anglo-Saxons

• The Picts

• The Irish

• The Vikings

According to legend, who was the Anglo-Saxon King that left some cakes to burn while he was dreaming of defeating the Vikings?

• King Aethelberht

• Edward the Confessor

• King Alfred the Great

• Harold Godwinson

What is King Cnut remembered for?

• Ordering the tide to stop coming in

• Swimming across the Channel

• Burning cakes

• Ordering his men to stop the tide coming in

Who was defeated at the Battle of Hastings in 1066?

• King Cnut

• Harold Godwinson

• Edward the Confessor

• William of Normandy