Anglo-Saxon culture: buildings, art and literature (OCR GCSE History B (Schools History Project)): Quizzes
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What was the primary material used for Anglo-Saxon buildings?
What was the primary material used for Anglo-Saxon buildings?
Wood
What was the Anglo-Saxon word for building?
What was the Anglo-Saxon word for building?
Timbe
What were the roofs of sunken featured buildings thatched with?
What were the roofs of sunken featured buildings thatched with?
Straw
What may have been used as a heating system in sunken featured buildings during winter?
What may have been used as a heating system in sunken featured buildings during winter?
Decomposing straw in the pit
Which feature could framed buildings have that sunken buildings typically could not?
Which feature could framed buildings have that sunken buildings typically could not?
A second storey
Which cultural influence was evident in Anglo-Saxon longhouses?
Which cultural influence was evident in Anglo-Saxon longhouses?
Scandinavian
What social function did longhouses serve besides housing wealthy people?
What social function did longhouses serve besides housing wealthy people?
Feasting halls
What type of structure, besides churches, was built with stone?
What type of structure, besides churches, was built with stone?
Noblemen's halls
Who mainly used tents in Anglo-Saxon England?
Who mainly used tents in Anglo-Saxon England?
Armies and traders
What did the Fuller Brooch represent?
What did the Fuller Brooch represent?
The five senses
What material was the Franks Casket made from?
What material was the Franks Casket made from?
Whale-bone
What type of writing appeared mostly on the Franks Casket?
What type of writing appeared mostly on the Franks Casket?
Anglo-Saxon runes
What characterized the colors used in Anglo-Saxon manuscript illumination?
What characterized the colors used in Anglo-Saxon manuscript illumination?
Bright and vivid
Which cultures influenced Anglo-Saxon art?
Which cultures influenced Anglo-Saxon art?
Celts and Franks
In which manuscript does the poem Beowulf survive?
In which manuscript does the poem Beowulf survive?
Nowell Codex