Quiz  /  Anglo-Saxons

  • 1. 
    Where did the Saxons originally come from?

  • Northern Germany
  • Northern Africa
  • Italy
  • Southern France

  • 2. 
    What country did the Anglo-Saxons form from 550 to 1066?

  • England
  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy

  • 3. 
    Which Anglo-Saxon kingdom began to dominate in the 800s?

  • Britain
  • Northumbria
  • Danelaw
  • Wessex

  • 4. 
    What peoples began to invade and settle in England in the 800s?

  • Germans
  • Danes
  • Moors
  • Dutch

  • 5. 
    What was a churl in Anglo-Saxon England?

  • A freeman
  • A sport enjoyed by the nobles
  • A type of weapon
  • A lord who reported to the king

  • 6. 
    What were the nobles called who owned land and reported to the king?

  • Churls
  • Earls
  • Knights
  • Thanes

  • 7. 
    What king of Wessex defeated the Danes and established a treaty with them?

  • King Aethelwulf
  • Charlemagne
  • King Aethelred
  • Alfred the Great

  • 8. 
    After the treaty was established, what was the name of the land where the Danes lived?

  • England
  • Ireland
  • Scotland
  • Danelaw

  • 9. 
    What was the wergild in Anglo-Saxon England?

  • A fine paid by someone who injured or murdered another person
  • A siege weapon used to knock down the walls of castles
  • A game played by the nobles and thanes
  • A council of thanes that advised and elected the king

  • 10. 
    What event brought the end of the Anglo-Saxon rule of England?

  • Norman Conquest
  • Wars of the Roses
  • Battle of Ashdown
  • Black Death
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