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Worksheets7.1 Who were the First English people?
Total questions: 61
Worksheet time: 45mins
In chronological order, list the three periods of the Stone Age
(a)
What is the name when a person moves from one country to another?
(a)
Which of these is an example of an early English artefact?
Stone Tools
Trap door
Fish spear
Halberd
Musket
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What is the name given to the area of land which once linked England to the rest of Europe?
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In what year was this land flooded?
(a)
Which sea now covers this land?
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What are people called who dig up artefacts from the past?
(a)
What is the Middle Stone Age also known as?
(a)
Give two examples of human artefacts found in Doggerland.
Fish hooks
Mammoth bones
Bronze tools
Arrow heads
Give two examples of animals that were found in Doggerland
Woolly Rhino
Horses
Woolly mammoth
Kangeroos
What word would you use to describe the people of Doggerland’s hunting habits?
(a)
What word is used to describe how the Doggerlanders moved around a lot?
(a)
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Who were the migrants who settled from Rome in 43CE?
(a)
Name 2 ideas which helped to improve public health, in England, brought by the Romans.
Amphitheatre
Circus
Baths
Sewers
Which of these are included in the Roman's 4 humours?
Yellow Bile
Black Bile
Blood
Phlegm
Red Bile
Who was Aesclepius?
A famous Roman doctor
The Roman god of healing
The famous Greek doctor
The Roman god of war
Who was Hippocrates
A famous Roman doctor
The Roman god of healing
The famous Greek doctor
The Roman god of war
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When did Alfred become king?
871 CE
871 BCE
1987
6000 BCE
On which day did the Vikings attack Alfred’s Wessex?
The Twelve day of Christmas
Easter Sunday
Last Wednesday
Christmas Day
What was the name of the agreement Alfred made with the Danes which split England?
(a)
Who was the Viking leader forced to be baptised after being defeated by Alfred?
(a)
What was the name of the part-time Anglo-Saxon army made up of mostly peasants?
Feed
Frird
Fird
Fyrd
What was the name of the fortress towns Alfred told to be built?
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What language did Alfred translate old Anglo-Saxon texts into?
(a)
What book did Alfred ask to be written to tell the story of the Anglo-Saxons?
The Domesday Book
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The Bible
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What was the name of the invaders who came from Scandinavia?
The Hunter-Gatherers
The Romans
The Anglo-Saxons
The Vikings
When were the Vikings forced to stop their invasion of England, having been defeated by the armies of Wessex?
878 CE
878 BCE
1987
871 CE
What word most strongly links to domestic?
In the countryside
At war
In the home
In the town
What is the name of the old Viking stories which tell the tales of Odin and Thor?
(a)
Which of these was a Viking goddess?
Freya
Odin
Loki
Thor
Which of these are examples of women and men being treated as equal to men? (Hint: more than one)
Both men and women could divorce their partners
Both men and women could inherit from each other
Both men and women could own a business
Both men and women had equal say in political matters
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What was the name of the people who migrated to England after the Romans?
Nomads
Anglo-Saxons
Vikings
Normans
What word, starting with P has to do with how a country is ruled.
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What word, starting with D, means to do with the home?
(a)
Which industry/ business were Anglo-Saxon women most likely to be involved with?
Metalwork
Carpentry
Textiles
Military
Name one item commonly associated with the production of clothes in Anglo-Saxon England
Sewing machine
Loom
Spindle Whorl
Distaff
Name the Anglo-Saxon woman who made decisions about how people should worship God.
(a)
Name the Anglo-Saxon woman who ruled Mercia when her husband died.
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What is the name of the building where monks lived in Anglo-Saxon England?
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What do historians call the clues they use to find out about the past?
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What is an inference?
An historian's best guess at the past
When an historian makes a guess at the meaning of a source
When an historian describes the past
When an historian explains the past
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What was the name of the Empire that dominated modern day Malaysia and Indonesia when the Anglo-Saxons occupied England?
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Around when did the Srivijayan Empire start?
43CE
600CE
871CE
1066 CE
Name one of the capitals of Srivijaya
Palembang
Tokyo
Malaysia
Jakarta
What was the name of the river that ran through Srivijaya?
Amazon
Melayu
Thames
Yangtze
Name one of the other nations that challenged the power of Srivijaya (Hint: just one word- don't write empire at the end of it)
(a)
What language did they write in Srivijaya?
Javanese
Sanskrit
Hieroglyphs
Ogham
What religion did the people of Srivijaya follow?
Buddhism
Mahayana Buddhism
Hinduism
Islam
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Name the three most powerful earldoms of Anglo-Saxon England by 1060.
Northumbria
Wessex
Mercia
Wales
Name one Anglo-Saxon God
(a)
Who was the most powerful in Anglo-Saxon England?
A Thegn
An Earl
A Coerl
A Peasant
What was the name of the fine that Anglo-Saxons had to pay if they had broken the law?
(a)
What was used to plaster the walls of Anglo-Saxon peasants houses?
Polyfilla
Cement
Plaster
Wattle & Daub
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