Starter quiz
- In what year did the last Roman soldiers leave Hadrian's Wall?
- 43 CE
- 367 CE
- 401 CE ✓
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- What tribe did the Scots from Ireland combine with to attack Roman Britain?
- Picts ✓
- Jutes
- Saxons
- Angles
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- Starting with the earliest event, put these events into chronological order.
- 1⇔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.
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- Which parts of Britain were less Romanised towards the end of Roman rule?
- South-East England
- South-West England ✓
- Wales ✓
- The Midlands
- The North ✓
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- The Romans did not control most of Scotland. The main tribe who did were called ...
- 'Picts' ✓
Exit quiz
- The year 410 CE marked the end of Roman rule in which area?
- North Africa
- Britain ✓
- The Middle East
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- Match the words with their definitions.
- seaborne⇔people who travel or use transport over sea ✓
- migrate⇔to move from one place to another ✓
- fearsome⇔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
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- Which Roman emperor decided that the Romans should leave Britain?
- Arcadius
- Magnus Maximus
- Claudius
- Honorius ✓
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- Starting with the earliest, put these events in chronological order to show the Anglo-Saxons' arrival in Britain.
- 1⇔Some Roman soldiers left Britain to defend the Empire.
- 2⇔The Scots and Picts began to attack the Roman settlements in Britain.
- 3⇔Anglo-Saxon warriors were invited to Britain by the Romans to help them fight.
- 4⇔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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Key learning points
- 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.
Common misconception
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.
Keywords
Migrate - to migrate is to move from one place to another
Seaborne - seaborne people are those that transport or travel by sea
Fearsome - someone who is fearsome is frightening or terrifying
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