The Conquest of Britain
The Celts came from what modern day country?
What is Ireland
What century did the Romans accept Christianity and introduce them to Britain?
What is the 4th century
Where did the Vikings come from?
What is Denmark
What is English referred to as?
What is a “Planetary Language”
What caused another change in language two centuries after the rule of Egbert?
What is Normandy conquest of England
Who came after the Celts in Britain?
Who were the Romans
Who fled the Anglo-Saxons?
Who were the Celts
What did the Vikings do when they arrived at new settlements?
What is sacked and plundered monasteries, and stole sacred religious items
In 449 A.D., Teutonic Plunderers sailed across the water and invaded where?
What is the Islands of Britannia
Where did the new conquerors come from?
What is Normandy
How long was the Roman rule in Britain?
What is 300 years
What did the Celts take with them?
What is Christianity
Who was the king with the epithet “the Great”, and was the only English King to receive that name?
Who was Alfred the Great
Why did thh Teutonic People think Britannia was a good place to take over?
What is they thought the land was useful, and thought it would be easy to conquer
What was the battle in which the Saxon’s and Danes were captured?
What is the Battle of Hastings
Why did the Romans leave Britain?
What is had to defend Rome from attacks.
Who converted King Ethlbert of Kent to Christianity?
Who was Saint Augustine
How did Alfred the Great earn his name?
What is by defending further Danish attack
What did the Teutonic People bring with them to Britannia?
What is Anglo-Saxon or Old English
What caused another change in Old English involving the French?
What is many French words were used by Normans flooding their vocabulary
Where did the Anglo-Saxons come from and when?
What is present day Germany, and A.D 400
What did the church by Augustine promote?
What is peace and helped unify the English people
When was the truce between the Saxons and the Danes made?
When was A.D. 886
What was England named in 827 A.D.?
What is Britannia
French words emerged in the language that we now call _____?
What is Middle English