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29 Cards in this Set
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Stonehenge?
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What happened aroung 650-600 BCE? Who moved into England?
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Name 6 barbarian tribes.
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What might Greeks have meant by "barbarian"?
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What is an entomologist?
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Someone who studies insects.
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Why should you be scared to "work" with Dr. Tomomania?
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Who was Boadicea? Who is Enya?
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What are Druids? Did they practice human sacrifice?
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What does the verb "to sack" mean?
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What is general knowledge?
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When was Rome sacked ("the end of the world")?
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Who was the first Roman to invade England?
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Under which Roman emperor was England conquered by the Roman armies?
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Around when did the Romans leave England and why?
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When do the Anglos, Saxons, and Jutes move into the neighborhood?
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450
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When and where was Beowulf written?
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What is a vassal? What is the loyalty system of running a society?
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What is the story of Roland?
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Why were the Vikings fun to have visit?
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Who was Leif Ericson?
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What happened in 1066?
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Battle of Hastings; William of Normandy; Norman conquest
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What was the language of the English court and high society for 200 years after 1066?
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Who was Alfred the Great? Why was he Great?
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What are the dates for the European Dark Ages? The Late Antique Period? The High Middle Ages?
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500-1450
200-500 1000-1450 |
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What does glossary mean?
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A list of defined terms
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How old is the oldest manuscript of The Dream of the Rood?
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What is the idea of original sin?
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What is the story of Spartacus? Why do the Romans not mind a little slave rebellion?
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What is a kenning?
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A compound of 2 words in place of another.
* Sea - "whale-road" Body - "life-house" |
