Lesson Y7-U01-L03

Anglo-Saxon Life, Faith and Justice Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 1

20 questions

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Lesson Y7-U01-L03, Anglo-Saxon Life, Faith and Justice: 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. Who was at the very top of Anglo-Saxon society?

    • The ceorls
    • The king
    • The thegns
    • The thralls

  2. In Anglo-Saxon society, what was a ceorl?

    • High bishop
    • Wealthy lord
    • Free farmer
    • Enslaved person

  3. In Anglo-Saxon society, what was a thrall?

    • Town mayor
    • Free farmer
    • Unfree person
    • King's advisor

  4. What was the name of the king's advisory council in Anglo-Saxon England?

    • The Parliament
    • The Jury
    • The Witan
    • The Senate

  5. What was wergild in Anglo-Saxon law?

    • Military fine
    • Land tax
    • Man-price payment
    • Church tithe

  6. What was oath-helping in Anglo-Saxon trials?

    • Guilty confession
    • King's pardon
    • Trial by fire
    • Character witness

  7. What was the Anglo-Saxon system for raising a community alarm called?

    • The Witan
    • Hue and cry
    • Trial by ordeal
    • Wergild fine

  8. In which year did the monk Augustine land in Kent to begin converting the Anglo-Saxons?

    • 597 AD
    • 1066 AD
    • 410 AD
    • 793 AD

  9. Which king of Kent was baptised first, which encouraged his people to follow him?

    • Aethelberht
    • Alfred the Great
    • William the Conqueror
    • King John

  10. Which free peasant group in Anglo-Saxon society carried out farming and paid rent?

    • Ceorls
    • Thegns
    • Earls
    • Thralls

  11. What did Anglo-Saxon thegns owe their king in return for land?

    • Heavy taxes
    • Free labour
    • Military service
    • Religious tithes

  12. Why was the hot-iron ordeal held inside a Christian church?

    • Medical safety
    • Royal decree
    • Divine judgement
    • Public convenience

  13. Under wergild, whose killing carried the highest compensation payment?

    • An outlaw
    • A thegn
    • A slave
    • A ceorl

  14. Why was the oath-helping system disadvantageous for poor strangers?

    • Lack of friends
    • Foreign language
    • High court fees
    • Inability to read

  15. What flaw made Anglo-Saxon trial by ordeal unreliable for justice?

    • Police bias
    • Reliance on luck
    • Written evidence
    • Jury corruption

  16. Why did Christian missionaries focus first on converting the king?

    • Subjects copied kings
    • Pope ordered it
    • Kings paid best
    • Monks feared war

  17. What was the main purpose of the Witan council?

    • Advising the king
    • Collecting taxes
    • Commanding armies
    • Judging criminals

  18. What did the wergild system reveal about Anglo-Saxon society?

    • Roman influence
    • Unequal justice
    • Democratic rights
    • Absolute equality

  19. Why should historians approach Bede's conversion accounts with caution?

    • Christian bias
    • Poor grammar
    • Modern forgery
    • Missing pages

  20. In the cold-water ordeal, what outcome proved the accused was innocent?

    • Sinking
    • Swiming
    • Floating
    • Refusing

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