Starter quiz
- Complete the sentence: The ______ of Anglo-Saxon women have various objects that give clues about their lives and status.
- 'graves' ✓
- Which statements relate to the discovery of domestic items in female graves?
- They were only allowed to stay in their homes.
- They controlled access to the home. ✓
- The only thing they were allowed to do was look after their families.
- An important job for women was looking after their families. ✓
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- What are girdle-hangers?
- Items used to display jewellery
- Items that symbolise keys ✓
- Items used to hang clothes from
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- What was the brooch found in an Anglo-Saxon female grave made of?
- gold ✓
- garnet ✓
- wood
- silver ✓
- stone
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- How do historians know that women could be seen as important in Anglo-Saxon society?
- The findings in certain graves showed that they were important. ✓
- There are many paintings of important Anglo-Saxon women.
- There are lots of things written about important Anglo-Saxon women.
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- What word means 'to represent or stand for something else'?
- 'symbolise' ✓
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