Anglo-Saxon Questions

Where did the Anglo-Saxons come from?

Where did the Anglo-Saxons settle?

Why were many of them sailors?

What religion did they practice?

What relations did they have with other tribes?

When did the Anglo-Saxons arrive?

What is a cyning?

Around 600 a.d., how many Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were there? What were their names?

Who was the “bretwalda”?

What would happen if an Anglo-Saxon killed someone?

What currency did King Offa make?

Who was King Harold?

What was the fine for breaking into some one’s house?

What did most Anglo-Saxons do for a living?

When did the Romans invade Britain?

How long did the Romans rule southern Britain?

Why were Roman cities walled?

What happened to the Roman buildings?

What did the Anglo Saxons homes look like?

What did Anglo-Saxon clothes consist of?

What kinds of jobs did Anglo Saxons perform?

What was Anglo-Saxons had writing called?

How many trees did it take to build one Saxon house?

What did poor people drink out of?

How often did war occur between kingdoms?

Why were slaves necessary for Anglo-Saxons?

If you owned land as a Saxon, did that mean you were rich?

Did they have schooling in the Anglo-Saxon villages?

Did women have any rights?

What kind of celebrations and traditions did they have in the Anglo-Saxon village?

How did they make their clothing?

Were the art schools for the Saxons?

What animals were domesticated at the time?

Why did a child’s grave have bones of a dog in it?

How much did the British pay the Anglo Saxons to fight for them?

How did the Anglo-Saxons get their name?

Why didn’t Britons fight the Anglo-Saxons when they were invaded?

Why did the Anglo-Saxons civilization grow?