History Quiz - Anglo Saxon Invaders (Answers)
A major theme in KS2 history is the Anglo Saxon culture. This is the first of four quizzes on the subject focussing in particular on the Germanic invaders of Britain in the early Middle tribes - Angle, Saxon and Jute.
The Anglo Saxon and Jute invaders were Germanic peoples who raided Britain after the Romans had left. Eventually they settled and farmed the land. They were comprised of three Germanic tribes - the Angles from Angeln (in modern Germany), the Saxons from Lower Saxony in Germany, and the Jutes, possibly from the Jutland peninsula (in modern Denmark). These tribes formed new kingdoms in Britain such as East Anglia, Mercia, Northumbria, Wessex, Sussex, Essex and other minor kingdoms. These were all merged together in the 10th Century and became the new nation of England.
Take this quiz to find out what you know about the Anglo Saxon and Jute Invaders of Britain.
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Why did the Anglo-Saxons come to Britain?
Bede was a monk in the 8th Century
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The ancestors of the English originated in modern day Germany and Denmark
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Picts and Scots colonised what is now Scotland and Jutes, Angles and Saxons colonised what is now England
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These were abandoned in 410 when the Romans left Britain
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The Saxons settled in the South - Essex, Sussex, Wessex and Middlesex are all named after them
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The Angles founded kingdoms in the Midlands (Mercia), East Anglia and the North of England (Northumbria)
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At first they helped him but later attacked him and took his land
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No one knows if the stories about King Arthur are true
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The Anglo Saxons only conquered what was to become England
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All of the kingdoms of the Anglo Saxons were united by King Æthelstan in 927
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