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Fill in the Blank:
1. The Roman name for the island of Great Britain was _______________. The Roman name
for northern Great Britain was _______________ , and the Roman name for southern Great
Britain was _______________. There were two Celtic names for Ireland: _______________
and _______________.
2. Future Roman dictator _______________ _______________ invaded Britain twice, once in
_______________ BC and again in _______________ BC. At the time, the Roman Empires
goal was not to conquer Britain, but to conquer _______________. In the end it was
Emperor _______________ , not _______________ , who conquered Britain for Rome.
3. _____________s Wall marked the Roman Empires northernmost border for about _____
centuries. The wall stretched from _______________ _______________ in the west to
what is now the town of _______________ in the east a distance of about ___________
miles. The wall averaged about _______ feet high and _______ feet thick. The Romans
defended their wall by building a _____________ at every milepost.
4. The three Germanic tribes that migrated to Great Britain the _______________ , the
_______________ and the _______________ all came from mainland Europes
_______________ Peninsula.
5. Sailors know the seas from 40 - 50 South latitude as the _____________ _____________
; the seas from 50 - 60 South as the _____________ _____________ ; and the seas from
60 - 70 South as the _______________ _______________ .
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Medieval, Week 2:
Great Britain
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Week 2, page 2
Short Answer:
1. List the six Celtic nations.
2. What trees and plants were especially sacred to the druids?
3. How did the captured Caratacus convince Emperor Claudius not to kill him?
4. Why didnt the Romans allow Queen Boudicca to inherit her husbands kingdom?
5. Why did Roman generals like Magnus Maximus, who were responsible for defending
Britannia, make their emperors nervous?
Short Essays:1. Describe the tactics that the crafty, experienced Romans used to defeat Queen Boudicca.
2. Describe the Romanized Britons feelings for the Roman Empires culture. Then describe
the Romanized Britons feelings for Angle and Saxon culture. What happened to Britains
culture after the Angles and Saxons defeated the Romanized Britons?
3. What did Arius mean when he said There was a time when the Son was not? What
church-wide council condemned Arius as a heretic? What creed did this council produce?
Research Essay:At a military outpost called Londinium, the Romans built a wooden bridge over the
River Thames. What happened to this bridge during Boudiccas Revolt?
Londinium went on to become the city of London. When did London get its first stone
bridge? What medieval king started work on London Bridge, and what medieval king finished
it? Describe the medieval version of London bridge. When did London replace this medieval-
era bridge with a more modern one?