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Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 15mins
Before the Germanic tribe invasions, the inhabitants of Britain spoke a ....... language.
modern
Celtic
Bostonian
local
The Germanic tribes, the ......., the Saxons, and the Jutes invaded Great Britain.
Angles
Triangles
Americans
French
The version of English that was spoken between 450 and 1100 AD was .......
modern English
Old English
futuristic English
Late Modern English
The most famous work of literature in Old English is .......
Romeo & Juliet
The English Bible
The Canterbury Tales
The song of Beowulf
The highlighted letter in the photo is an example of a language device.
alliteration
tragic hero
kenning
caesura
"England" and "English" come from the name of the tribe of .......
the Cherokee
the Angles
the Saxons
the Jutes
Through the book The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, King Alfred promoted the use of written .....
Latin
Celtic
Old English
Danish
Which 3 Germanic tribes invaded after the Romans?
Normans, Vikings, and Jutes
Angles, Saxons, and Britons
Angles, Saxons, and Gaels
Angles, Saxons, and Jutes
What year did the Norman Conquest take place?
937
1066
1016
1166
Who was the leader of the Normans during the Norman Conquest?
William
Harold
Alfred
Hardrada
What peoples did the Normans originally come from?
Franks
Anglo-Saxons
Vikings
Celts
What was the main battle between the English and Normans?
Battle of Hastings
Battle of Normandy
Battle of Stamford Bridge
Battle of Pevensey
What is the popular name for William the Duke of Normandy?
William the Great
William the Conqueror
William the Confessor
William the Wise
What is the name of the tapestry which shows the story of the Norman conquest?
The Bayeux Tapestry
The Bayiux Tapesrty
The Beyoux tapestry
Which of these changes did William bring to England?
he caused a change of language
he replaced English nobles with Norman lords
he built many castles
he did all of these things
How did William control the country?
He allowed the Saxon nobles to keep their land
He gave land to the Church
He gave land to the Norman nobles and imposed the feudal system
Who was the top leader in the land with the feudal system?
the Pope
the barons
the king
the nobility
