Starter quiz
- What is a kingdom?
- a place ruled by an Emperor
- a place ruled by a king or queen ✓
- the ruler of a region
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- When did the Anglo-Saxons begin to arrive in Britain?
- the early 300s CE
- the early 400s CE ✓
- the early 500s CE
- the early 600s CE
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- Complete the sentence: When Anglo-Saxon tribes settled in Britain, they established settlements close to water and with good...
- farmland. ✓
- animals.
- forests.
- treasure.
- buildings.
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- Match the Anglo-Saxon tribe to the area they chose to settle in.
- the Jutes⇔Kent and small parts of the South ✓
- the Angles⇔the East Coast ✓
- the Saxons⇔the South and Midlands ✓
- The seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were Northumbria, Mercia, Essex, Kent, Sussex, Wessex and ...
- 'East Anglia' ✓
- Select all the words that could finish this sentence: The Anglo-Saxon kingdoms all had different ...
- rulers. ✓
- laws. ✓
- traditions. ✓
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Exit quiz
- Who was sent by the Pope to convert the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms to Christianity in 597 CE?
- 'Augustine' ✓
- Match the word to its definition.
- pagan⇔religious beliefs that are different from main religions ✓
- missionary⇔a person sent on a religious mission to another place ✓
- convert⇔to change someone's religious beliefs ✓
- Where did the Scots tribe come from before settling in Britain?
- Ireland ✓
- Wales
- Scandanavia
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- The pagan Anglo-Saxons believed in many gods and goddesses before converting to Christianity. Which of the following were Anglo-Saxon gods and goddesses?
- Saturn
- Thor ✓
- Woden ✓
- Frig ✓
- Tiw ✓
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- What Christian religious festival did Celtic Christians and Roman Christians disagree on the dates of?
- Christmas
- Advent
- Easter ✓
- Epiphany
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- It was decided at the Synod of Whitby that people in Britain would follow…
- Roman Christianity ✓
- a mix of Celtic and Roman Christianity
- Celtic Christianity
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Key learning points
- With the departure of the Romans and the invasion of the pagan Anglo-Saxons, Christianity had declined in Britain.
- The Pope sent Augustine to convert the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms to Christianity in 597CE, starting with Aethelbert of Kent.
- While the Anglo-Saxons settled in Britain, the Scots, a group from Ireland, began to settle in western Scotland.
- Irish missionaries had been converting Scotland and the north of England since the 6th century.
- Two forms of Christianity existed in Britain; the Synod of Whitby ruled Roman Catholic practices would be followed.
Common misconception
Pupils might think that pagan beliefs were polytheistic and all non-pagan beliefs are monotheistic.
Though many pagan religions were polytheistic, there are non-pagan religions that are polytheistic such as Hinduism.
Keywords
Pagan - pagan religious beliefs and practices are those that are different from the main or recognised religions
Convert - to convert someone to a new religion means to change their religious beliefs to that of your own
Missionary - a missionary is a person sent on a religious mission, especially to promote Christianity in foreign countries
Practices - practices are ways of doing something such as religious rituals like prayer
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