1. in the year 400 ce the and were ruled by romans. (select all that apply) a. anglo-saxons b. britain c. celts 2. when the roman empire crumbled, four tribes (angles, saxons, jutes, frisians) sailed across the water, did away with the celts, and formed in the british isles. a. germanic; clans b. germanic; kingdoms c. nordic; clans 3. the germanic language of the anglo saxons became the common language, what we call a. old english b. german c. modern english 4. in the 700’s a series of invasions began - ultimately splitting the island in half - and bringing a new language influence, old norse. a. nordic b. germanic c. viking 5. in 1066 the brought war again to the british isles. as a result, for three centuries french was the language of the british royalty. a. germanic conquest b. norman conquest c. irish army 6. the french also brought roman catholic clergymen with them, which brought words to the language. a. french b. latin c. nordic 7. the connotation of nobility and authority has persisted around words of origin a. french b. germanic c. latin 8. the connotation of “real people”, the “salt of the earth” has persisted around words of origin. a. anglo-saxon b. germanic c. latin 9. a british judge, sir discovered the connections between languages and ancient sanskrit language - that certain words were all part of the same language family. a. william wallace b. william jones c. william smith 10. english, danish, and dutch languages are all part of the same category of languages - the tongues. a. germanic b. nordic c. anglo-saxon 11. the germanic tribes, the ancestors of english, include these four tribes:and (select all that apply) a. jutes b. angles c. british d. saxons e. frisians 12. the languages the four tribes spoke blended together and came to be known as anglo saxon (or old english). a. true b. false 13. anyone who knows modern will understand the basic principles of old english and its structural difference from the english we speak today. a. english b. german c. french question 14 (1 point) it’s the word that convey much of the grammar in old english. (not the prepositions) *it’s the of the words, not the word order, that conveys the meaning. a. endings; meaning b. endings; origin c. endings; form 15. many of the basic of our language (words like the, this, that, i, me, him, it) are anglo-saxon words. a. words b. tools c. nouns