8th form From the History of Britain (part I)

1. Between the sixth and third centuries BC the British Isles _____ by Celtic tribes.

2. These tribes ____ in Southern England.

3. They originally ____ from central Europe.

4. Their culture ___ back to about 1,200 BC.

5. Between 500 and 250, they ____ the most powerful people north of the Alps.

6. Originally, they ____ pagans, with priests known as Druids.

7. They later ____ to Christianity.

8. It was Celtic missionaries who ____ the Christian religion through Scotland and northern England.

9. The Celts ____ as excellent artists for their wonderful jewellery.

10. Their works ___ for decorating crosses and illuminating manuscripts.

11. In AD 43, the Romans ____ southern Britain.

12. It ____ a Roman colony called Britannia.

13. The Romans set up their capital in London and _____ major cities in Bath, Chester and York.

14. The cities ____ beautiful buildings, squares and public baths.

15. Fine villas ____ for Celtic aristocrats who accepted Roman rules.

16. The Roman invasion ____ not completely peaceful.

17. In AD 60, three cities, including London, ____ by one of the British tribes.

18. And the Romans ___ stop it brutally.

19. The tribes of Scotland also never ____ fighting against the Romans.

20. In AD 122, a long wall to defend the border between England and Scotland ____ by Emperor Hadrian.