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Before the first Roman invasion ______ tribes lived on the island called Britain. celtic
90%
Britain’s new name under Roman rule was _________. Britannia
70%
Who was the first emperor in Roman history to build a wall in order to separate the “barbarians” from the Romans ? ________ Hadrian
70%
The Anglo-Saxon migrations gave the larger part of Britain its new name, England, “the land of the _______”. Angles
50%
Give the name of the king who eventually managed to a large army of Danish Vikings plundering Britain in AD 878. __________ Alfred the Great
40%
There are some very beautiful ___ glass windows in Canterbury Cathedral. stained
40%
Stonehenge, a series of circles made of blocks of stone and built about 2300 BC, is located in ______ England. southern
30%
In Roman Britain very rich Romans and Britons lived in ____, which in the 4th century were rebuilt with a large number of rooms grouped around a courtyard. villas
30%
In the Vth century tribes of the ______, ________, and _______ invaded Britain. Angles, Saxons and Jutes
20%
The first Archbishop of Canterbury was ________, a Roman missionary. Augustine
20%
We learn about the invaders thanks to the book written by a Saxon monk, called _____. Bede
20%
The Vikings founded __________, __________ and the first _______ state. Dublin/Normandy/Hedeby/Novgorod/Kiev and the first Russian state
20%
The Hinton St Mary ______ is one of the most striking pieces of evidence for Christianity in Roman Britain. It was designed as a floor or pavement in a Roman villa and includes one of the earliest known portraits of Christ. mosaic
20%
In 1939 archeologists discovered an Anglo-Saxon ship, which was built to carry the dead into the afterlife. The archeological site is located in ________. Sutton Hoo
20%
Celtic art was mainly __________, whereas “Barbarian” art was based on _____ and __ ___motifs. abstract, zoomorphic, geometric
10%
The _____ discovered in 2017, depicting a scene of a man fighting a lion while his children watch in fear, provides evidence of Roman executions in the British Isles. bronze key handle
10%
At one time, people thought that Stonehenge was a temple of ____ who were ____. druids, priests
10%
Place names as _____, _____, and East _____ remind us of different groups of Saxon settlers. Essex, Sussex, and East Anglia
10%
The city of London during Roman times comprised vital public buildings and places:______, _________, and ________ . forum, basilica and baths
10%
Some of the above tribes, like those in the south-west, lived in fortified villages called ________. hillforts
10%
The Vikings who settled in Britain lived on farming. The remains of the Viking farm were found at Ribblehead in_______. north England
10%
After 2400 BC the arrival of new groups of people in southeast Britain is marked by the first individual graves, furnished with _______ containers. pottery
10%
The inheritance of land by _______ was one of the reasons for the Vikings’ expansion. primogeniture
10%
Queen Elizabeth II _____her father as reigning monarch in 1952. superseded
10%
It was discovered that the Stonehenge could be used as a _____ to predict such things as _____. temple, weather
10%
The newcomers were called _______. the Beaker People
10%
The Romans gave rise to many cities on the British Isles. Towns and cities with porta and castra in their names were places where the Romans settled: for example ____, _______. Winchester, Portsmouth
10%
A silver object with an animal design, found with the high-status female in an Anglo Saxon burial in Wendover. ___________ Zoomorphic ring
10%
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