Celts and Romans
What was the first place that the Celts conquered and what was the date.
Stonehenge and it was around 40 A.D.
What wall was put up as a fortification and who was it against.
Hadrian's Wall
Picts and Scots
what langues do the Jutes bring?
Germanic/Dutch Dialect
who came from what sea and what sea cost was it what country and invaded what country?
Angles
North sea
Germany
England
Who speaks simular dialects and what is that dialect?
Angles
Saxons
Jutes
it is Dutch (low german)
Who established trade with Britain.
Romans did with the Britain.
Rome occupies Britain for 400 years which brings what? (5things)
strongholds that becomes towns
routes that became roads
temples, baths, gymnasiums were built all over
Latin
Christianity
What are the languages that form the Old English
Celtic
Latin
German
Dutch
who chaged the word of English
Angles did
How many Anglo-Saxon words are used today and what are some examples
45,000
wife, child, house, meat,eat, drink, fight, sleep, God
What year did the roman invasion take place and who did they claim it for?
43 A.D. and it was for the Roman Empire
Why does Britain go crzy?
the romans leave
What tribe was the Angles and Saxons?
Germanic Tribe
Who was driven into what place and what were the people called there? and what did that name mean
Celts
Wales
Wealas (welsh)
Meaning foreigners
What was used in oral stories and songs
alliterations (tongue twisters)
What were the three options that the Celts are given?
Enslave
Go north
Die
who attacked the rest of the enslaved Celts?
Picts and Scots
Who was related to the Jutes? What made up their trib?
Germanic tribes
family clans
Who was the legendary King Arthur
Wealas chieftain
Why were only a few manuscripts survived?
They were hard to carry.
they were fragile
they were hard to preserve
they got damaged easily.
What are a few English words from the early Celts which are mostly locations (5)
Lincoln
London
Trent
River Thames
Who hires a tribe and what was the tribe
Celtic chieftain does.
Denmark called the Jutes which arrive in 499
What were the four distinct classes? with definition
earls- ruling warlords (upper class)
freeman- thanes and barons-hold land of the king (lowest grade of nobility)
churls- serfs-(peasants)
thralls-(slaves)
what were the characteristics of the Angles and Saxons (9)
pagan-not Christian or believed in many gods
believed in the afterlife
wear brightly colored clothing
did metalwork on weapons and battle gear
wore jewelry
mainly farmers and hunters
Barbaric to outsiders
stong family ties
death in battle was the highest honor
What was established in year 597
Christianity
Latin
monasteries
education
written literature