1. An Introduction to Britain
Liu Peifu & Li Peng
Quiz 5: History till 1066 the Roman Conquest
An Introduction to Britain

2. History from ~ till 1066
1. Who came to today's Britain？and when? what did they do? from very early times till What is the biggest Stonehenge located? It was believed to the relics of ____ about 3500 years ago. 3. What were the three Celtic tribes who came to today's Britain? 4. The Celts were ancestors of today's ___, the ___ and the Welsh, and their languages was the basis of Welsh, and ____. 5. Romans ruled Britain during ___ till ___. 6. The first Roman invasions came between __ and __ B.C. 7. There is a statue of the queen of Iceni of East Anglia named ___, who led her people fight against the invasion by Romans.

3. 1. Romans realized they could not conquer the tribes in Scotland and built ___ to keeps the Picts from invade the areas they had conquered. 2. Romans built a network of towns. Cities ending -caster and -cester（Latin word for camp) in English nae of places such as ___, ____. 3. The Roman capital was ___ and York was created as a northern ____. 4. Romans were very good at building architecture, many of which can be seen today, such as many ___, between large towns and bath, temples, amphitheatres,and beautiful villas. 5. Romans brought a new religion, ___, to today's Britain. 6. Roman impact on Britons was limited because they treated the Britons as slaves, and never ___ with the Britons. Anglo-Saxon destroyed much what Roman left. 7. Roman left Britain about ____AD.
What was the official title of the country from 1801 to 1927?

4. To continue 3 Anglo-Saxons came
1. The three northern tribes that came to today's Britain were Angles, Saxons and ___. 2. During fifth till 7th centuries, Jutes built kingdoms near today's K___(first letter given, same below); the Saxons built kingomd in E___, S___, and W___; while the Angles built kingdoms in East A____, Mercia and N____; Hence the term H____. 3. In 829, Egbert, king of ____, actually united the tribes and became the first English king. 4. The Anglo-Saxon brought their religion to Britain. In the English vocabulary ___, ___ and ___ became from their gods of Tiu, god of war, Wooden, king of heaven, and Thor, the god of storms, Freya, goddess of peace.

5. To continue 3 Anglo-Saxon impact
1. The Anglo-Saxons laid the foundation of the English state and became the ancestors of today's ____.
2. Firstly, they divided the country into ___, with shire courts, shire reeves, sheriffs, responsible for administering law.
3. Secondly, tey devised the narrow-strip, ___ farming system which was used up to the 18th century.
4. Thirdly, they estalished the ___ system.
5. They created the ___ to advise the king, which became the basis of Privy Council.
6. In 596-7, Pope Gregory I send St. ____ to Enland to convert the heathen English to Christianity, who became the first ____ of Canterbury b/o his success in converting the king of Kent and his nobles.

6. To continue 4: Norman Conquest
1. William, Duke of ___ defeated the English king Harold in the battle of Hasting in 1066, and was crowned king of England in W___ Abbey on Christmas, This is known as the ____ Conquest.
2. William I took all the land and gave it to his Norman ___ who swore loyalty to him and provided military service to the king in times of war.
3. William also replaced the weak Saxon rule with a strong Norman government, firming establish f___ system in England. As William the Conqueror still ruled part of France, the English relations with the ____ were strengthened, the civilization and commerce were ___. Norman-French culture, l___, m___ and architecture were introduced. The church in England was brought into ____ connection with Rome.
4. What can you see/learn from the Norman Conquest? hint: its impact on British people.
5. Norman-French vocabulary impact on today's English, can you think of some words? (Dual-systems)
(Queen public?, BBC, holiday?. Medal ?) for question 6
Read the lines for Q 7

7. Decline of feudalism
1. four major events that caused the fall of feudalism in Britain? 2. When were the Hundred Years War between France and England? what were the causes?(MC: claim for the French throne, territory dispute, Flanders, Scotland problem) 3. What was the real cause for the Black Death? what was its major impact? 4. What does Magna Carta stand for? 5. What were the major contents of Magna Carta? 6. What kind of impact of Magna Carta? 7. What were the two parties of the Wars of the Roses(the color of their roses)? Why did they fight the wars?

8. The Bourgeois Revolution
1. What were the stages of the Bourgeois Revolution? when did it start and end? 2. What were the causes for the revolution? 3. What were the two parties in the First English Civil War? Who did they support? 4. Why do some historians say the English Civil War were truly the Puritan Revolution？ 5. What was the Commonwealth of England? 6. What was the Glorious Revolution? and its causes? the impact( also discuss the Bill of Rights)? 7. What makes the Glorious Revolution a real revolution? why? 8. Who was the beheaded English king? Why did English return to monarchy after they beheaded their king in 1649?

9. 1. The English Civil Wars were also called ___
1. The English Civil Wars were also called ___. 2They ___ the feudal system in England, shaking the ___ of the feudal rule in Europe, 3. and it is generally regarded as the beginning of the ___ history. 4. The Bill of Rights is considered the cornerstone of the ___. 5. ___ was tha last Catholic King to have ruled the Kingdoms of England, Wales and Ireland. 6. William III was ____ by birth. 7. ____ was one of the commanders of the New Model Army which defeated the royalists in the English Civil Wars.