Worksheets -- Teacher Edition/ANSWERS

Chapter 1

1. Druids  2. Julius Caesar  3. Britons   4. London...Thames   5. Emperor Hadrian   6. Constantine   7. St. Patrick   8. Germanic tribes (Ostragoths, Visigoths, Vandals)  9. The Middle Ages    10. middle; millennium; middle;  500-1500.

Chapter 2

1. the Picts and Scots in Scotland beyond Hadrian's Wall   2. the Jutes   3. Angles, Saxons, and Jutes    4. British;  English.      5.a

Chapter 3

1. Anglo Saxon    2. Languages always simplify over time.    3. Thou, Thee, Ye, You    4. (b) complex    5. Sanskrit;  India    6. Indo-European Language (or family of languages)    7. the Grimms -- Jacob and Wilhelm    8. it's usually the shorter word    9. German dictionary is larger    10. We do! Those who speak English

Chapter 4

1. Roman Catholic Church    2. Roman;  Rome    3. pope    4. the English Channel    5. Archbishop of Canterbury    6. Latin    7. runes; Roman    8. abbot, altar, cleric    9. (1) Tew  or Tiu (2) Woden (3) Thor (4) Frigg or Freya   10. Latin    11. illuminated    12. todæg (the writing of the a-e letter is important and then the "g" is the other thing that varies from modern English)    13. hwil    14. "absolute power corrupts absolutely"    15. The Venerable Bede, or St. Bede    16. Roman Catholic Church    17. Beowulf    18. whale-road;  body-cave    19. caesura    20. two    21. alliteration    22. (c) first known English poet   

Chapter 5

1. Vikings    2. Beserkers    3. brothers;  scholar    4. The Anglo Saxon Chronicles; English     5. Danelaw    6. King Canoot      7. begins with "sk"    8. skin; sick; rear    9. syntax and/or grammar    10. word order

Chapter 6

1. North or Norse    2. Norse;  French    3. D-Day    4. Hastings    5. French    6. Soup du jour    7. 1066    8. Latin;  Rome     9. They were abandoned and no longer kept up.

Chapter 7

1. 1066;  Renaissance    2. 40    3. fit (or bit, sit, etc.)      4. (b)    5. whale;  while;  whistle;    queen    6. pork;  French    7. (1) Latin (2) Norse (3) French      8. 40 -- 50%     9. The Hundred Years War    10. Geoffrey Chaucer;  Canterbury Tales     11. John Wycliffe    12. Scholars and priests    13. Middle English    14. þ (letter thorn should be drawn here)    15. analytical    16. women

Chapter 8

1. movable type    2. The Bible    3. wooden blocks    4. read    5. William Caxton    6. London    7. spelling;   pronunciation      8. The Great Sound Shift

Chapter 9

1. 1000 years; 500;  1500    2. Renaissance;  rebirth    3. ancient Greeks and Romans    4. Latin    5. Greek    6. Byzantine     7. Muslim Turks    8. Bible    9. Iliad    10. 24,000    11. oldest    12. printing press    13. auto-- self; graph-- write    14. (1)ph;  (2)ps;   (3)pn;   (4)ch;   (5)X       15. a new word 

Chapter 10

1. 95 Theses;  Wittenberg    2. printing press    3. Protestant    4. Purgatory    5. an indulgence    6. Sola Scriptura-- Scripture alone;   Sola Fide -- by faith alone     7. (c)      8. Translating the Bible into common German      9. (1)Latin  (2)Norse   (3)French   (4)Greek      

Chapter 11

1. (b)     2. Catholic Church and its clergy    3. Any scripture in English    4. (c)    5. (a)    6. (b)    7. Latin    8. Greek; the first English New Testament translated from the original language of Greek    9. 80%    10. 90%    11. Anglo Saxon    12. Jehovah    13. (Student chooses 2 phrases here)    14. a payment or offering for one's sin    15. (c)

Chapter 12

1. To have a son who could inherit the throne    2. in order to get a divorce    3. Sir Thomas More;  John Fisher    4. Convocation of Canterbury    5. (c)    6. heresy    7. a son/heir    8. king of England, Henry VIII

Chapter 13

1. Geneva     2. (c) Eliz. I    3. "Bloody;"   she executed so many Protestants        4. The Virgin Queen    5. Protestant    6. James I    7. Elizabethan     8. (b) and (c) should be circled      9. translation;   notes      10. Apocrypha     11. yes    12. London    13. Algonquian     14. Victorian    15. 2 euphemisms should be listed here by the student    16. 1611; Shakespeare    17. religious/holy/or sacred    18. literary;  established    19. William Tyndale

Chapter 14

1. (b)    2. rules    3. (student's own words)    4. 20,138      5. 8,000     6. cliche: trite or overused words or expression    7. (student's choice)    8. (c)    9. any four of: botany, astronomy, law, medicine, geography, history, politics and literature      10. eleven;   nine     11. fatal flaws;  villain      12. sin

Chapter 15

1. Continent    2. The sun never sets on the British Empire     3. (student contributes)    4. Any 2 of these: elevator/lift; line up/queue up; gas/petrol; faucet/tap     5. industry and technology     6. toilets    7. concrete to abstract     8. scholars or educated elite;  everyone     9. 80%      10. English

Back to teacher page

Back to student page

Home page