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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn about how Anglo-Saxon society was structured, and what life was like for Anglo-Saxon men and women.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Where did the Anglo-Saxons come from?
Ireland
Correct answer: Northern Germany
Spain
The Roman Empire
Q2.
What is the name of a person who digs up the remains of human activity?
A builder
A historian
Correct answer: An archaeologist
An undertaker
Q3.
What do archaeologists dig up that has helped historians build a picture of what happened when the Anglo-Saxons arrived?
The books they wrote
The roads they built
The ruins of houses they built
Correct answer: Their graves
Q4.
What kinds of things have been found in Anglo-Saxon graves?
Correct answer: Jewellery and weapons
The books they wrote
The clothes they wore
The food they ate
Q5.
What does the archaeology suggest happened to the local British population when the Anglo-Saxons arrived?
Correct answer: The Anglo-Saxons and the local British population co-existed and married each other.
The local British population killed the Anglo-Saxons.
The local British population moved out of the areas that the Anglo-Saxons moved into.
The local British population was killed by the Anglo-Saxons.

5 Questions

Q1.
What happened to the quality of life in Britain when the Romans left?
Life got better, then worse.
Life got much better.
Correct answer: Life got much harder.
Life stayed the same.
Q2.
Where is Beowulf set?
Life in Anglo-Saxon England
Correct answer: Life in medieval Denmark
Life in medieval France
Life in the Roman Empire
Q3.
Whose laws are the earliest to have survived that tell us a lot about Anglo-Saxon life?
King Alfred's
Correct answer: King Ine's
King Penda's
King William the Conqueror's
Q4.
What is the name of the group of important Anglo-Saxons who advised King Ine?
The Government
The Great Council
The Parliament
Correct answer: The Witan
Q5.
What was the wergeld?
Gold that was captured during war
The money paid to persuade the Vikings to leave.
The money paid to the king
Correct answer: The value of a person that varied depending on how important you were.