English History Quiz

Before there was an English language, people in parts of Europe, spoke...

• Indo-European

• Chinese

• Simlish

• German

The Indo-Europeans migrated through the Eurasian continent, from present-day India to

• China

• Scandinavia

• America

• Antarctica

The people who settled in the Scandinavian countries, over time, stopped speaking Indo-European and began speaking...

• Germanic

• English

• Old English

• Middle English

In 55 and 54 BCE, who makes contact with the land that is now the United Kingdom (the people there were known as the "Britons!")?

• William of Orange

• Jesus

• Julius Caesar's Army

• George Washington

Under Julius Ceasar, the Romans came in contact with the Britons. They were not coming to conquer the land, necessarily. Instead, they were more focused on acquiring tribute (Taxes) and preventing the Britons from rallying together with the other neighboring Celtic tribes. Over time, Romans brought with them:

• Christianity

• Law

• Literacy

• All of these

After the Roman Empire fell, who conquered the land of Britannia (The UK)?

• Picts and Scots

• The Angles and the Saxons

• The Jutes

• All of these tribes

From 596-878 AD, what ethnic group ruled over all of Britannia?

• The Vikings! (Anglo-Saxons)

• The French!

• The Romans!

• The Celts!

During the 900s, what language FIRST emerged in Britannia?

• Modern English

• Prod-Indo-European

• Welsh

• Old English

For many years between 898-1066, Anglo-Saxons and Scandinavians were occupying the throne of ENGLAND.

• Yes

• No

Who led the Norman Conquest of England in 1066?

• Edward the Confessor

• Harold Godwinson

• William the Conqueror

• Alfred the Great