Lesson Y7-U01-L02

Who Were the Anglo-Saxons Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 1

20 questions

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Lesson Y7-U01-L02, Who Were the Anglo-Saxons: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 History (National Curriculum), Unit 1: Year 7: England pre-1066, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. In roughly which year did the Romans leave Britain?

    • Around AD 450
    • Around AD 43
    • Around AD 1066
    • Around AD 410

  2. Name one of the three main Anglo-Saxon peoples.

    • Romans
    • Vikings
    • Angles
    • Normans

  3. Which group of people is the word 'England' taken from?

    • The Angles
    • The Normans
    • The Vikings
    • The Saxons

  4. Which modern countries did the Anglo-Saxons mainly come from?

    • France and Spain
    • Norway and Sweden
    • Germany and Denmark
    • Italy and Greece

  5. What does the historical term 'Heptarchy' mean?

    • Five armies
    • Seven kingdoms
    • Three brothers
    • Ten villages

  6. Which kingdom was in the south-west of England?

    • Wessex
    • Mercia
    • East Anglia
    • Northumbria

  7. Which kingdom covered the Midlands?

    • Mercia
    • Sussex
    • Kent
    • Wessex

  8. What is a historical inference?

    • Direct quote
    • Primary source
    • Random guess
    • Reasoned conclusion

  9. What is the study of past human life through physical remains called?

    • Genealogy
    • Etymology
    • Geology
    • Archaeology

  10. Why might an account written 300 years after an event be less reliable?

    • Too short
    • Written in Latin
    • Printed on paper
    • Not present

  11. Why did Britain become easier to invade and settle after AD 410?

    • Plague ended
    • Built new walls
    • No Roman army
    • King surrendered

  12. Which of these is a push factor for migration?

    • Flooding
    • Better jobs
    • Good farmland
    • Empty land

  13. Which of these is a pull factor for migration?

    • Overcrowding
    • Free farmland
    • War at home
    • Crop failure

  14. Why do historians use push and pull factors to study migration?

    • To blame kings
    • Multiple reasons
    • Only one cause
    • Always about gold

  15. What does the term 'Heptarchy' describe about pre-1066 England?

    • United country
    • Viking towns
    • Seven kingdoms
    • Roman provinces

  16. Which kingdom was founded by Jutes and based in Kent?

    • Kent
    • Mercia
    • Northumbria
    • Wessex

  17. Which Anglo-Saxon people settled in Kent and the Isle of Wight?

    • Jutes
    • Angles
    • Normans
    • Saxons

  18. Which monk named the main Anglo-Saxon peoples in his writing about the English?

    • Bede
    • Alfred
    • Augustine
    • William

  19. Where was the historical homeland of the Angles located?

    • Northern Germany
    • Northern Scotland
    • Western Spain
    • Southern Italy

  20. Which modern country did the Jutes come from?

    • Denmark
    • Norway
    • Poland
    • Belgium

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