Starter quiz
- Which Empire ruled over Britain before the Anglo-Saxons arrived?
- Viking Empire
- Roman Empire ✓
- Ancient Greek Empire
- Islamic Caliphate
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- Why did the Anglo-Saxons choose to come to Britain?
- Their farmland kept flooding. ✓
- There was gold buried there.
- They kept getting attacked by the Romans.
- They wanted to spread their religion.
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- Some Anglo-Saxons were invited to Britain by the Romans to fight off the Scots and a group called...
- 'The Picts' ✓
- Emperor Honorius decided that the Romans should do what?
- invade Ireland
- call a truce with the Scots and Picts
- leave Britain ✓
- attack the Anglo-Saxons
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- Why did the Romans choose to invite the Anglo-Saxons to help them fight?
- The Anglo-Saxons were fearsome fighters. ✓
- They had been allies for a long time.
- They knew the Anglo-Saxons did not like who the Romans were fighting.
- They both believed in the same religion.
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- Anglo-Saxons is a term that historians use to discuss the Angles, Saxons and what other tribe from Europe?
- the Romans
- the Celts
- the Goths
- the Jutes ✓
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Exit quiz
- What is the term given to a place that is ruled by a king or queen?
- 'A Kingdom' ✓
- What tribes of people from Europe began to arrive in Britain in the early 400s CE?
- Angles ✓
- Saxons ✓
- Picts
- Goths
- Jutes ✓
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- What were the key features the tribes were looking for in order to establish communities when they arrived in Britain?
- tall, rocky mountains
- fertile farmland ✓
- sources of water like rivers ✓
- thick, dense forests
- vast caves
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- Where in Britain did the Angles mainly choose to settle in?
- the south-west
- Kent
- the east coast ✓
- Wales
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- Which of the following was not an Anglo-Saxon kingdom?
- Mercia
- Wessex
- Essex
- Northumbria
- Powys ✓
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- Starting with the earliest, sort these events into chronological order.
- 1⇔The Romans left Britain.
- 2⇔Angles, Saxons and Jutes arrived in Britain.
- 3⇔Anglo-Saxon tribes began to establish communities in Britain.
- 4⇔The Anglo-Saxon communities became distinct kingdoms.
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Key learning points
- In places where the Anglo-Saxons defeated the Britons, they built their own villages and established new kingdoms.
- No single king ruled over all the Anglo-Saxons.
- The Angles, Saxons and Jutes took over and settled in different areas.
- The Anglo-Saxons established seven kingdoms – Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Sussex and Wessex.
- These kingdoms waxed and waned in their power over one another.
Common misconception
Some pupils may believe the kingdoms were part of one united kingdom of England.
The Anglo-Saxon kingdoms had their own ruler and England was not a united kingdom or nation at this point.
Keywords
Settlement - a settlement is a place where people choose to begin a community
Establish - to establish something means to set it up to last a very long time
Kingdom - a kingdom is a country or area ruled by a king or queen
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