The Anglo-Saxons come to Britain | History | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

In what year did the last Roman soldiers leave Hadrian's Wall?
- 43 CE
- 367 CE
- 401 CE ✓
What tribe did the Scots from Ireland combine with to attack Roman Britain?
- Picts ✓
- Jutes
- Saxons
- Angles
Starting with the earliest event, put these events into chronological order.
- 1
  
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  The Romans successfully conquered Britain.
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  Hadrian's Wall was built.
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  The Roman Empire split into East and West.
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  The last Roman soldiers left Hadrian's Wall.
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  The Romans left Britain.
Who were the Britons?
- The Romans who conquered Britain.
- The Celtic people of Southern Britain. ✓
- All the people left on the island of Britain when the Romans left.
Which parts of Britain were less Romanised towards the end of Roman rule?
- South-East England
- South-West England ✓
- Wales ✓
- The Midlands
- The North ✓
The Romans did not control most of Scotland. The main tribe who did were called ...
- 'Picts' ✓

The year 410 CE marked the end of Roman rule in which area?
- North Africa
- Britain ✓
- The Middle East
Match the words with their definitions.
- seaborne
  
  ⇔
  
  people who travel or use transport over sea ✓
- migrate
  
  ⇔
  
  to move from one place to another ✓
- fearsome
  
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  frightening or terrifying ✓
One reason the Anglo-Saxons left their homeland was because their ______ was often flooded.
- 'farmland' ✓
Why were the Anglo-Saxons invited to Britain by the Romans?
- to help fight the Scots and Picts ✓
- to help with farming
- to help build ships and boats
- to trade goods with them
Which Roman emperor decided that the Romans should leave Britain?
- Arcadius
- Magnus Maximus
- Claudius
- Honorius ✓
Starting with the earliest, put these events in chronological order to show the Anglo-Saxons' arrival in Britain.
- 1
  
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  Some Roman soldiers left Britain to defend the Empire.
- 2
  
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  The Scots and Picts began to attack the Roman settlements in Britain.
- 3
  
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  Anglo-Saxon warriors were invited to Britain by the Romans to help them fight.
- 4
  
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  The final Roman soldiers left Britain.
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  The Anglo-Saxons came to take over large amounts of land in Britain by force.

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While the Picts and Scots attacked Roman Britain by land, seaborne Germanic invaders began to attack the east coast.
The Romans left Britain in 410 CE due to problems elsewhere in the empire and they could no longer maintain control.
With no Romans to defend Britain, Angles, Saxons and Jutes increased their attacks from the sea, pouring into Britain.
These Germanic tribes wanted to migrate to and settle in Britain because of its rich farmland.
Anglo-Saxons were able to defeat the Britons because they were skilled and experienced warriors with fearsome weapons.

The Anglo-Saxons are called that because only Angles and Saxons came to Britain.

'Anglo-Saxon' is a term historians use to describe all the groups of tribes who came to Britain from Europe around this time.