Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots

Question 1

abandoned

Answer 1

been left permanently

Question 2

defenceless

Answer 2

without any protection

Question 3

dominant

Answer 3

the controlling, strongest person,
influence or thing

Question 4

missionary

Answer 4

a person sent on a mission to
promote a religion

Question 5

pagan

Answer 5

a person having beliefs different
from the main world religions

Question 6

reliant

Answer 6

depending on something or
someone to continue

Question 7

heptarchy

Answer 7

a state made up of seven
autonomous (independent) regions

Question 8

laden

Answer 8

heavily loaded

Question 9

sporadic

Answer 9

scattered, occurring in irregular
intervals

Question 10

vanquish

Answer 10

to defeat totally

Question 11

viewpoint

Answer 11

a person’s opinion

Question 12

migration

Answer 12

movement from one part to
another

Question 13

Prefix / suffix / root:
-ary

Answer 13

collection of, relating to

Examples include: library, visionary, dictionary

Question 14

Prefix / suffix / root:
-ic

Answer 14

relating to

Examples include: artistic, democratic, enthusiastic

Question 15

Prefix / suffix / root:
hept

Answer 15

seven

Examples include: heptagon, heptathlon, heptathlete

Question 16

Prefix / suffix / root:
arch

Answer 16

ruler or leader

Examples include: patriarch, archbishop, arch-rival

Question 17

Prefix / suffix / root:
-ant

Answer 17

tending to

Examples include: observant, assistant, reluctant

Question 18

Idiom:
need to taste the bitter to appreciate the sweet

Answer 18

you appreciate the good times more if you have been through
tough times

Origins of this saying can be found in Anglo Saxon manuscripts –
He never knows the pleasure of sweetness, who never tastes
bitterness. There is also evidence of a similar saying in ancient
Buddhist writings.