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The Anglo-Saxon Conquest of England

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In 670, which part of England did the West Saxons capture?

a)

Exeter

b)

Bedford

c)

Sussex

d)

London

e)

Margate

2.

In 577, where else did the Saxons capture aside from Wiltshire?

a)

Circencester

b)

Gloucester

c)

Bath

d)

All are correct

3.

When did the Roman army leave England?

a)

477 AD

b)

1830

c)

2019

d)

1945

e)

1948

4.

Who may have been called the Superbus Tyrannus of the Saxon kingdom in England during the 5th century?

a)

Vortigern

b)

Kaiser Wilhelm II

c)

George VI

d)

George V

e)

William IV

5.

Who is the most famous Anglo Saxon king of England?

a)

Alfred the Great, King of the Anglo-Saxons and Wessex

b)

George VI of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, Emperor of India, First Head of the Commonwealth

c)

George V, King of the United Kingdom, the British Dominions, and Emperor of India

d)

Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia

e)

Nicholas II, Emperor of All the Russias, Tsar of Russia, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Finland

6.

Who installed the Jutish leader, Hengist, as King of Kent in the 5th century?

a)

Vortigern

b)

Alexander III, Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland

c)

Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and monarch of many other states of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

d)

Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and founder of Habsburg- Lorraine dynasty

e)

Edward VII of the United Kingdom and Ireland and Emperor of India

7.

Which king of the Anglo Saxons came to Sussex in 477?

a)

Aelle of Sussex

b)

Nicholas I of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland

c)

James II of England and Ireland, and James VII of Scotland

d)

Frederick III, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia

e)

Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias, Saint Nicholas the Passion Bearer, Tsar of Kazan, Tsar of Astrakhan, King of Poland, Tsar of Siberia, Tsar of Tauric Chesonesos, Tsar of Georgia, Lord of Pskov, and Grand Duke of Smolensk, Lithuania, Volhynia, Podolia, and Finland, Prince of Estonia, Livonia, Courland and Semigalia, Bialystok, Tver, Yugra, Perm, Vyatka, Bulgaria, and other territories

8.

Which King of the Celts was thought to have defeated the Anglo-Saxons in the Battle of Mount Badon?

a)

King Arthur, a legendary British leader

b)

Ivan IV Vasilyevich, Ivan the Terrible, or Ivan the Fearsome, Grand Prince of Moscow, and Tsar of All Rus'

c)

Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias, Nikolai II, Nicholas II of Russia, Tsar of Kazan, Tsar of Astrakhan, King of Poland, Tsar of Siberia, Tsar of Tauric Chersonesos, Tsar of Georgia, Lord of Pskov, and Grand Duke of Smolensk, Lithuania, Volhynia, Podolia and Finland, Prince of Estonia, Livonia, Courland and Semigalia, Samogitia, Bialystok, Karelia, Tver, Yugra, Prem, Vyatka, Bulgaria, and other territories

d)

Paul I, Emperor of Russia

9.

Who was killed in the Battle of Hatfield in 632 AD?

a)

Edwin, King of Northumbria, Deira and Bernicia

b)

Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias, Tsar of Kazan, Tsar of Astrakhan, King of Poland, Tsar of Siberia, Tsar of Tauric Chersonesos, Tsar of Georgia, Lord of Pskov, Grand Duke of Smolensk, Lithuania, Volhynia, Podolia, and Finland

c)

George VI, King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, Emperor of India, and King of Ireland

d)

George V, King of the United Kingdom, the Irish Free State, the other Commonwealth Realms, and Emperor of India

e)

George II, Duke of Brunswick- Luneburg(Hanover), King of Great Britain and Ireland, and Archtreasurer and Prince- Elector of the Holy Roman Empire

10.

Which Anglo- Saxon man did Pope Honorius send to convert the West Saxons from West Hampshire to Christianity?

a)

Birinius

b)

John

c)

Jeff

d)

Jet

e)

Peter