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1 The Dawn of Britain History Test English IV Instructions: On the answer sheet NOT on the test, please write out your answers neatly and completely. If you change an answer, please erase or white out the previous answer completely. Take your time, and good luck! 1. Britain became an island when the water levels rose from the last. a. Stone Age c. Bronze Age b. Ice Age d. Iron Age 2. A(n) dug out and thereby created the English Channel. a. Megaflood c. Earthquake b. Tsunami d. Ice Age 3. Britain has had continuous settlement since years ago. a. 100,000 c. 29,000 b. 50,000 d. 11, The people who settled Britain last were able to cross over onto the island by means of a land bridge we call. a. Nottingham c. Kittyland b. Doggerland d. Welsingham 5. Between the winter of 3807BC and the spring of 3806BC, the settlers of Britain built the first to cross the marshes. a. Monorail c. Foot bridge b. Land bridge d. Motorway 6. Seen as early as 3300BC, a is just a simple, banked ditch that often surrounded a particular area protectively. a. Henge c. Sewer b. Dam d. Moat 7. Made from many different types of materials,, simple geometric structures, are still pondered over today. a. Crop Circles c. Sky Scrapers b. The Pyramids d. Stone Circles 8. Two of the largest, most famous examples of #6 and #7 are called and. a. Stonehenge and Avebury b. Avebury and Shropshire

2 c. Stratford and Manchester d. Manchester and Stonehenge 9. The Age came about when people began mining for and making tools from copper. a. Bronze c. Silver b. Gold d. Iron 10. The Age followed the era referred to in #9 when people began experimenting with different blends of metal and discovered that they could make stronger weapons and tools from a zinc, nickel, and ore mixture. a. Gold b. Bronze c. Silver d. Iron 11. circumnavigated the British Isles in 330BC and created the first record of the people, agriculture, and landscapes of the times. a. Glomicus of Rome c. Socrates of Greece b. Pytheas of Massilia d. Seamus of Britain 12. The first settlers in Britain were the from modern day Spain and Portugal. a. Americans c. Iberians b. French d. Germans 13. The second group of people (consisting of many different tribes) to make their way into the island s population was the. a. Iberians c. Germans b. Celts d. Americans 14. The settled in the regions that are now England, Wales, and the Scottish lowlands. Their most famous descendent is King Arthur. c. Picts b. Gaels d. Belgae 15. The settled in modern day Ireland, the Scottish highlands, and the Isle of Man. c. Picts b. Gaels d. Belgae 16. The claimed modern day Scotland as their home, and were able to keep it through their keen battle tradition of covering themselves in blue paint and fighting off invaders gallantly. b. Gaels c. Picts d. Belgae

3 17. The Atrebates and settled in a small area on the Thames River and originally came from Gaul looking for slaves around 100BC. c. Picts b. Gaels d. Belgae 18. The Roman general,, led his troops onto the island from Gaul in 55BC. a. Nero c. Claudius b. Caesar d. Agricola 19. King, the ruler of the southern part of Britain around 50AD, was a Roman sympathizer whose death led his two sons, Caratacus and Togodumnus, to conquering neighboring tribes. a. Cunobelinus b. Ethelbert 20. Of the two sons, is killed in battle early on. a. Caratacus b. Togodumnus c. Raedwald d. Edward 21. The other son,, manages to drag the Romans all around Britain before being given up to them by the traitorous Queen of the Brigantes, Cartimandua. a. Caratacus b. Togodumnus 22. Emperor is the head of the Roman Empire during this second attempt to neutralize Britain. a. Caesar c. Paulinus b. Claudius d. Agricola 23. He is appealed to by, who is angry that his tribe was conquered by the two sons and who then ran to Rome for help. a. Verica c. Suetonius b. Nero d. Paulinus 24. In 58AD, Emperor Nero appointed a new governor of Britain,. a. Paulinus c. Verica b. Caesar d. Claudius 25. After the death of King Prastagus, the Iceni people are greeted by a Roman tax collector,, looking to claim Rome s half of the king s estate as promised in his will. a. Caratacus b. Togodumnus

4 c. Decianus d. Nero 26. The tax collector and his soldiers rape the princesses of the tribe and flog their queen. Their queen,, proceeds to burn three major Roman cities to the ground: Londonium, Camulodunum, and Verulamium. a. Cartimandua b. Agricola c. Elizabeth d. Boudica 27. The next governor of Britain is a man named who is bound and determined to take Scotland by force. a. Agricola c. Claudius b. Nero d. Caesar 28. The new governor moved north on the in 84AD. They lose the battle against the Romans, but burn their town and fields to the ground in defiance before retreating into the highlands of Scotland. b. Caledonians c. Germans d. Vikings 29. This structure, built in 122AD, was 73 miles long and consisted of many forts and military communities. It was built of stone and provided a good defense against the Roman opposition. a. Antonine s Wall b. Caesar s Wall c. Hadrian s Wall d. Orion s Wall 30. The construction of a similar structure to that in #29 was begun in 142AD. Made of earth and wood and only 37 miles long, was easily overcome by the barbarian opposition. a. Antonine s Wall b. Caesar s Wall c. Hadrian s Wall d. Orion s Wall 31. became the Roman emperor in 306AD, and, in 313AD, he created the Edict of Milan to protect Christians in the empire from persecution. a. Caesar c. Nero b. Claudius d. Constantine 32. In 367AD, takes place, and the beginning of the end of Rome s occupation in Britain occurs. a. The Great Turnover b. The Great Conspiracy

5 c. The Great Hoopla d. The Great Insurgency 33. A is a tribe who pledges its allegiance to Rome in return for being left alone. This tactic worked well for Rome s quest to stamp out the resistance. a. Sissy tribe c. Play dead kingdom b. Client tribe d. Client kingdom 34. In the year, Britain officially severs its ties to Rome. a. 408AD c. 411AD b. 409AD d. 412AD 35. The next round of invaders are the from Holland/the Netherlands, the from Germany, and the from Denmark. (Make sure you put these in the correct order!!) a. Jutes, Saxons, Vikings c. Angles, Saxons, Jutes b. Saxons, Angles, Jutes d. Saxons, Jutes, Angles 36. The Anglo Saxons create a counsel of elders who are responsible for most of the political decisions of the tribe called the. a. The Honchos c. The Counsel b. The Witan d. The Wigwam 37. The Anglo Saxons believe in, which is their word for the idea of fate and destiny. a. Wyrd c. Werd b. Wird d. Ward 38. The price of man,, is a concept the Anglo Saxons introduce to Britain. a. Wergin c. Wergild b. Wergam d. Wergal 39. They established and maintained the, which is seen throughout their literature in stories like Beowulf. a. Man Law b. Alpha Male Complex c. Heroic Ideal d. Manly Concept 40. Many of the things we know about Britain s Anglo Saxon past come from the discovery of a large burial mound at in a. Sutton Hoo c. Doggerland b. General Lee d. Macedonia 41. After much research, it was decided that this burial mound was that of the King of East Anglia,, who ruled between 600AD 624AD. He is known as the first king in

6 England to be baptized and receive Christian teachings. a. Ethelbert c. Albert b. Raedwald d. Grant 42. In 597AD, the Roman cleric,, came to England as a missionary and baptized King Ethelbert of Kent. a. Constantine c. Augustine b. Claudius d. Chernobyl 43. In 664AD, King Oswy of Celtic Northumbria led a counsel of his peers at what is known today as The at. This meeting is important because it was the meeting that marked the turning point of the Britain s religious beliefs, as they left behind their Celtic allegiance and pledged their support to the Roman way of doing things. a. The Synod at Whitby Abbey b. The Gathering at Westminster Abbey c. The Meeting at St. Paul s d. The Symposium at Grace Abbey 44. In 731AD, the Venerable becomes an important historian when he writes The Ecclesiastical History of the English People. a. Mede c. Sede b. Crede d. Bede 45. From Scandinavia, the are the next group of people to invade Britain between the 8 th and 9 th centuries. a. Normans c. Vikings b. Germans d. Spanish 46. They establish on the eastern coast of the island. a. Essex b. Danelagh c. Kent d. Mercia 47. The king of Wessex during this time was, who was able to establish a truce between his shrinking region and the Scandinavian expanding region. a. Edward the Conqueror c. Alfred the Great b. Henry the Eighth d. Jose the Conquistador 48. In 892AD, the king of Wessex ordered the composition of the, which documented the history of the recent peoples of Britain. a. The Wessex Times c. The Kent Tribune b. The British Guardian d. The Anglo Saxon Chronicles

7 49. In 1042AD, the Scandinavian invaders elect a king of their new territory named. He is generally disliked because of his favoring of the Normans. a. Edward the Confessor c. Harpo the Has Been b. Groucho the Marx d. Armond the Lover 50. Despite his disfavor from the people, he manages to leave behind one of the greatest buildings in all of England,, built between 1045AD and 1050AD. a. Parliament c. Buckingham Palace b. Westminster Abbey d. The Tower of London 51. The Scandinavian king finds his greatest opposition in his father in law, the Earl of Wessex, whom he has exiled in a. Goodman c. Gordon b. Godwin d. Gawin 52. When this king dies in 1066, he leaves, the son of the Earl of Wessex, in charge. a. Harold IV c. Harold II b. Harold III d. Harold I 53. Harald Hardrada, King of Norway and claim to have rights to the throne. a. William of Wallace c. William the Wonderous b. William of Shatner d. William of Normandy 54. On 14 October 1066, the occurs. a. Battle of London b. Battle of Kent c. Battle of Hastings d. Battle of Suffolk 55. The balance of power in Britain is forever changed when the man mentioned in #53 becomes. a. William the Mastermind c. William the Discoverer b. William the Conqueror d. William the Powerful Bonus Questions: (From the video on the History of the English Language) 1. Which letter is at the beginning of most all the alphabets in the world? 2. By the year 2000, the professor claimed that there would be over how many hundreds of thousands of words in the English language? 3. The professor gave his lecture from Raleigh, where he is part of the faculty of which college/university?

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