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11th Grade
07/25/2009

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Celts: From when to when were the Celts the inhabitants of England?
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From 500BC - 43BC
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What are some Celtic words that remain in the English Language?
Definition
Dover, Kent, Thames, Wye.
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Romans: From when tp when were the Romans the primary inhabitants of England?
Definition
From 43BC - 450AD
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What are some Latin words that the Romans left in which are still in use in English?
Definition
wine, candle, belt, wall.
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Angles, Saxons and Jutes: From when to when were the A's,S's and J's the primary inhabitants of England?
Definition
From 449AD+
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What event happened regarding language 5000BC?
Definition
Inhabitants north of the Black Sea spoke Proto Into European. Some tribes migrated west and broke into groups who spoke the ancestor languages of Greek, German and Latin.
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When did the Celts emerge from the Rhinelands of Central Europe  as distinctive groups of clands and tribes?
Definition
Between 1000BC and 500BC
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What languages current today have Germanic roots?
Definition
English, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish.
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When did (albeit primative) Greek, Germanic and Latin languages originate?
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in 5000BC
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When did Julius Cesar invade Britain?
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In 55BC
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What happened between 43AD and 410AD?
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The Romans conquered the Celts, and rules until the the early 400's.
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When did the first Jutes land in England?
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Hengist and Horsa, the first Jutes, landed at Ebbsfleet (Thanet) in approximately 420.
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Which areas did the Saxons occupy after migrating to England?
Definition
The area south of Thames and Essex.
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What was unusual about the Angles, Saxons and Jutes after moving to England?
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The Angles, Saxons and Jutes all spoke distinct dialects, but probibly understood eachother.
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What is important about the date range:

450-480?

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The oldest surviving 'Old' English transctiption written in runis letters was dated to here.
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When did St. Augustine come to Britain?
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St. Augustine came to Britain in 597.
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What is important about the Date:

700?

Definition
The first manuscript records of 'Old' English were dated to here.
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What happened in the late 800's?
Definition
The Viking Raids began. The raiders settled north-east of Britain and many Scandinavian words became part of 'Old' English.
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What event occured in the late 800's that changed English dramatically?
Definition
Inflectional endings were dropped, and prepositions were aquired. A more consistant word order was developed.
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Which poem was found to be written in 1000?
Definition
Beowulf.
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When William of the Normans defeat King Harold?
Definition
1066.
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In 1066, England is multilingual. Which languages were spoken during the time?
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English is the majority language, Danish is spoken in the north, Cornish in the southwest, Welsh on the border with Wales, Norman French at court, Latin at church and at school. Most loan words came from Normand and Picardy.
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In 1150, the first surviving *****'s of middle English were found. *****'s =?
Definition
Texts.
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Which person (who helped shape english) lived between 1343 and 1400?
Definition
Geoffrey Chaucer.
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When was English first used in Parliament?

When was the statute of Pleading written, and what did it contain? What was unchanged by it?

Definition
English was first used in Parilament in 1362. The Statute of Pleading (which was written in french) prescribed that English was to replace French in Court. However, records were unaffected by this statute, and records were still to be written in Latin.
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What was translated and published by John Wycliffe for the first time in 1384?
Definition
The Latin Bible was translated to English, and published.
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What monolithic event occured in 1400 that changed a majour aspect of English?
Definition

The Great Vowel Shift occured in 1400. Other events that occured include:

- English spoken instead of French

- English replacing Latin at all schools but Cambridge and Oxford.

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When did Caxton set up his first printing press?
Definition
in 1476, in Westminster.
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Which manuscript from a well known individual was published in  1478?
Definition
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
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The first Dictionary was published in?
Definition
The first dictionary (named Alphabeticall) was published in 1604.
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What were some words left behind by the Anglo-Saxons?
Definition
house, earth, food, sing, night, sleep.
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What are sole Viking words left behind?
Definition
anger, awkward, cake, die, egg, freckle, muggy, reindeer, silver, skirt, smile.
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What are some words left behind by the Normans?
Definition
crown, castle, court, beauty, parliament, army, mansion, gown, banquet, art, poet, romance, chess, colour, duke, servant, peasent, traitor, governor.
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What were some latin words brought into English around the 1300's?
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scripture, collect, immortal, history, library, solar, recipi and genius.
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What were some renaissance words left behind and incorporated into English?
Definition
atmosphere, explain, enthusiasm, skeleton, utopian, bizzare, chocolate, explore, moustache, carnical, macaroni.
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