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5.1 Part One The Early and Medieval HistoryChapter Five HistoryExercises for Part One The Early and Medieval HistoryI.Fill in the blanks The Celts ,who began to arrive in England about B.C.,may originally have come from eastern and central Europe,including present day , ,and . The Celtic language is the basis of both and languages. The Roman army ,commanded by ,invaded England in 55 B.C. The Romans also brought the new religion , ,to Britain. The laid the foundations of the English state. Alfred built a naval force and later became known as . were taken as the early natives in British history, because their language was assimilated into the English language. The Celts’ language serves as the language origin of the and . The Celts created their own civilization of which the most shining example was the historical in Wiltshire. In 55 B. C. commanded the Roman army to invade Britain, but failed because of the Celts’ resistance and bad weather. Three groups of the Germanic tribes from the European continent came to England in succession: , , and . Until in did the Roman succeeded in conquering what is now England. The Romans introduced the system of governing, intending to make England transform into a society. The Roman traders and soldiers brought their own religion — to Britain The Roman influence upon Britain was too limited to change the and of the ordinary native people. The Romans had to withdraw from England to fight against the Germanic invasion of the Roman Empire in . made a notable contribution to literature because his writings and translations have been taken as the beginning of prose in Britain. The nobles ,also known as barons or the king’s tenants-in-chief, made up the . William the Conqueror built the in London as a military fortress. The Normans continued to speak their French languages for about three centuries after the conquest while their English subjects spoke their English tongue, which linguists call . II.Translate the following terms into Chinese Britons the Emperor Claudius Hadrian ’s Wall the Antoine Wall recorded history the Anglo-Saxon Conquest King Arthur Alfred the Great Edward the Confessor Normandy Ⅲ.Define the following terms. 1. the Roman Conquest 2. the Anglo-Saxon Conquest 3. the Heptarch 4. the Viking invasions 5. the Norman Conquest Ⅳ.Multiple choice. 1. The Celtic tribes migrated from eastern and central Europe to the British Isles from about . A. 500 B. C. B. 750 B. C. C. 200 A. D. D. 750 A. D. 2. The invasion marked the beginning of the recorded history in Britain. A. Roman B. Anglo-Saxon C. Danish D. Norman 3. The language is what we call the Old English. A. Scottish B. Welsh C. Anglo-Saxon D. Jutes’ 4. The process of feudalism in Britain started from the conquest. A. Norman B. Roman C. Celts D. Anglo-Saxon 5. Without the protection and control of the in 5th century,, the English king invited the Jutes to help him drive out the Scots. A. Normans B. Romans C. Anglo D. Saxon 6. The Anglo-Saxons carried out the system in which the arable land was fairly distributed among the villagers. A. village B. Governing C. draining D. cultivating 7. King Alfred attached great importance to education and religion by establishing schools and repairing churches, especially to the culture. A. French B. English C. German D. Latin 8. , the Duke of Normandy, was known as the Conqueror and became the first Anglo-Norman king of England. A. Alfred B. William C. Edward D. Richard 9. After the conquest of England, William distributed the lands to the followers in order to secure his own authority. A. French B. English C. Norman D. Roman 10. The ____ became the upper class, while the turned into the lower class. A. Normans, Anglo-Saxons B. Romans, Anglo-Saxon C. Normans, Scots D. Romans, Jutes Ⅴ.Translate the following terms into English. 1. 凯尔特人 2. 罗马帝国 3. 阿尔弗雷德国王 4.征服者威廉 5.条顿教 6.枢密院 7.世俗裁判者 8.开放式农耕 9.多神论 10.智者团 Ⅵ.Answer the following question in a few sentences What is the Anglo-Saxon Conquest? What was the contribution of King Alfred the Great? What's the influence of the Norman Conquest?
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