Chapter 13.1

Question 1

Who were the earliest known inhabitants of the British isles

Answer 1

The Celts

Question 2

A special group of celts who acted as teachers, judges, and priests

Answer 2

Druids

Question 3

A monument for observance and sacrifice in England

Answer 3

Stonehenge

Question 4

Which Germanic tribes Invaded Britain when Rome fell

Answer 4

Angles, Saxons, and Jutes

Question 5

Celtic hero remembered for poetry and prose

Answer 5

King Arthur

Question 6

England’s name comes from which Germanic tribe

Answer 6

Angles

Question 7

Greatest Saxon poem

Answer 7

Beowulf

Question 8

Who began the task of converting the anglosaxons

Answer 8

Augustine

Question 9

The most influential church leader was _____

Answer 9

The Archbishop of Canterbury

Question 10

Who else attempted to invade Britain

Answer 10

The Danes

Question 11

Who was England’s first king

Answer 11

Alfred the great

Question 12

Who finally took over England and became king but was still quite popular

Answer 12

Canute the Dane

Question 13

Which two leaders fought for the throne in the battle of Hastings

Answer 13

Harold Godwin and William the conqueror

Question 14

Who won the battle of Hastings

Answer 14

William the conqueror

Question 15

King william’s census of everything he had was called the _____

Answer 15

Domesday book

Question 16

Who became known as the lion of justice

Answer 16

Henry I

Question 17

What was the exchequer

Answer 17

A group of nobles who looked after the government finances