English history study guide
1. Who were the "Angles?" The Germans are the angles.
2. Who were the "Saxons?" The Vikings are the Saxons.
3. What language did these people speak? They spoke English.
4. Who settled England first? Spain settled England first.
5. What language did the Gaels and Britons speak? They spoke Gaelic.
6. Who ruled the isles for six centuries? The Romans ruled.
7. Who wrote the poetry of the Gaels? The druids wrote poetry.
8. The Britons ruled the isles for six hundred years until they were invaded by whom? The Romans invaded it.
9. Who invaded the isles in 449? The angles and the Saxons invaded.
10. What would an Anglo Saxon "earl" be like today? A business man or rich land owner.
11. What would a "churl" be? A teacher, blue collar worker.
12. What would a "thrall" be? Slaves
13. Where were Mercia and Wessex located? In the southern part of England.
14. What was "Tui" the Germanic God of? He was a Germanic stone god.
15. What king converted the region to Christianity? King ethelburg.
16. Who was the first scholar to record the history of the English people? Bede.
Study guide #2
1. Knights lived by what code? What did this code mean? In other words, what was expected of knights who lived by this code? Chivalry and they were expected to protect woman and children and obey the king.
2. Who dominated life in Western Europe during Medieval times? The church.
3. What does the word Norman denote in French? North man which refers to the Vikings.
4. Who was the leader of the Normans that attacked Angland?
5. What is a fief? A grant of land for people to live own thats owned by the king.
6. What is Feudalism. A king own and controls all.
7. Who lived in manors? Nice houses that knights live in.
8. What does the Magna Carta state? No taxation without representation.
9. Why was Archbishop Beckett murdered? He became a Christian marter.
10. Why do people travel to Canterbury? A pilgrimage to pray.
11. What system replaced the feudal system? The guild system.
12. What were labor unions known as? Guilds
13. What French author wrote The Legend of Arthur? Jeffery geo monmouth.
14. What author wrote Le Morte de Arthur? Thomas Mallory.
15. What universities began during the middle ages? Oxford and Cambridge.
Study guide #3
Study Guide worksheet#3
1. What does the French word "renaissance" denote? It means rebirth.
2. How did the church change during this period? People started questioning, opposing, and stopping buying favors from the church. The protestant reformation which was based on the system of indulgences.
4. Explain the system of "indulgences." People would pay the church for there crimes.
5. Who wrote The Defender of the Faith? A hypocrite king Henry the eigth.
6. Who killed Richard III? Henry the second.
7. What Scottish Queen was beheaded for treason? Queen Mary of Scotts.
8. Why was Thomas More beheaded? He was a catholic who refused to leave England when Catholics were being kicked out.
9. Why is the English Renaissance known as "The Elizabethan Era?"
Queen Elizabeth was into the arts.
