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CHAPTER 11 – Saxons Settlement and Buildings

A. Fill in the blanks with the correct answers

 
1. By 650 CE, three great kingdoms emerged and each was ruled by a powerful
________________
2. The Saxons built their villages near ____________________ like food, water, fuel and materials
3. The village is surrounded by _____________________ for protection from wild animals and
enemies
4. The Saxons did not like _________________________ so they built their own small villages
5. The village consisted of small group of __________________built around a larger
___________________
6. The walls of the huts were made up of _______________________ planks with thatched
_________________________
7. In the evening, the people gathered in the hall to ___________________
8. The fire in the hall was not only for cooking, it was also used for _______________________
and __________________________

natural resources – high walls – wooden – light

king – warmth – roofs – hall – cook - houses – Roman’s building - eat

B. Research at home

1. Using the internet and the map of Britain, try to find 3 towns which were built in Saxon times.
(Clue: look at the names)

a. ____________________________________________________

b. ____________________________________________________

c. ____________________________________________________
2. Seven kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon Britain