English History and Culture Quiz

English Identity

• The English people speak English.
• The English largely descend from two main historical population groups: the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings.
• The Anglo-Saxons were a group of Germanic tribes who came to Britain from the continent in the 5th and 6th centuries.
• The Vikings were Norse seafarers who raided and settled in Britain from the 9th century onwards.

The Kingdom of England

• The Anglo-Saxons established the Kingdom of England in the 10th century.
• The term 'Angelcynn' is an Old English ethnonym that means "the English people" or "the English nation".
• The event that led to the establishment of the Kingdom of England was the unification of various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, such as Wessex, Mercia, and Northumbria, under a single ruler.