История Великобритании. Тематические упражнения.

A SHORT HISTORY (TILL 1095)

(pages 7-11)

LISTENING

Insert the missing words:

1)    They lived in villages in wooden or _________ houses.

2)    Then in AD 43, _____________ Roman soldiers ___________ England from the area of Europe that is now Italy

3)    The religion of _____________ came to England in Roman times too

4)    Towns now had clean water and _________

5)    … The Romans had always _________ them

6)    The 4 main kingdoms were __________, Mercia, East Anglia and Wessex

7)    In the ________ system, the richest and the most important person was the king

8)    The __________ gave some land serfs

9)    The Catholic _________ was very powerful

10)                       Knights also fought as a sport in competitions called jousting ____________

READING

Match the date with the event/period/person

1)      AD 43	a)      The Anglo-Saxon king Edward ruled England
2)      Second century AD	b)      Soldiers went to other countries to fight
3)      After AD 250	c)      The Vikings came to England
4)      AD 411	d)      All the Roman soldiers had left England
5)      AD 793	e)      The fight between Anglo-Saxon and the Vikings
6)      AD 600	f)       Roman soldiers started to leave England
7)To 1042	g)      The Anglo-Saxons came to power/ They had seven kingdoms
8) By 1042	h)      William the Conqueror came to power
9) October 1066	i)       40000 Roman soldiers inventer England
10)   1095 – 1291	j)       Hadrian’s wall was built

VOCABULARY

Find the definition of these words using the book or glossary at the end of the book

Tribes

Sewers

Hadrian’s wall

To defeat (use the dictionary)

Nobles

Peasants

To invade (use the dictionary)

Feudal system

Domesday Book

Hundred Years War