Early Britain (Chapter 3) Life in the UK Test 2021 🇬🇧

in this video we'll be covering everything you need to know for early britain if you like this video please do give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel and if you'd like to learn more about my full life in the uk test course head to uk lifeprep.com link in the description below let's jump in during the stone age the first people to live in britain were hunter-gatherers who came and went following animals which they hunted they were able to come to britain via a land bridge which connected mainland europe to britain but around 10 000 years ago britain became permanently separated by the channel the first farmers arrive around 6 000 years ago most likely from southeast europe they built houses tombs and monuments two famous ones still standing today are stonehenge in the english county of wiltshire as well as scarabray on orkney which is an island off the coast of mainland scotland stonehenge as you can see here is an arrangement of giant rocks that were most likely used for seasonal ceremonies and scarabrae is a well-preserved prehistoric village things i'd remember from this section would be who the first people were that came to britain when the first farmers came to britain and where they came from and the two famous stone age sites and where they are located looking at some typical questions the first question reads who were the first people to live in britain in what we call the stone age we saw that these were hunter-gatherers the next question reads which of the following is a famous stone age site in the uk looking at the options the only stone age site we can identify is stonehenge following the iron age was the bronze age which started around 4 000 years ago and as the name suggests it was a period when people started using bronze people of the bronze age lived in round houses and buried their dead in round burrows here you can see a roundhouse which is literally a house and here is a round burrow which is also literally a round burrow there typically aren't that many questions on material in this section but i have seen the occasional rare one about where people buried their dead during the bronze age so i'd suggest you remember that one to be safe looking at a typical question the question reads where did people of the bronze age bury their dead we saw that this was in round burrows following the bronze age was the iron age which is a period when people started making tools and weapons out of iron people of the iron age also minted the first coins in britain and inscribed the names of iron age kings on these coins they continued to live in round houses and these were grouped into settlements called hill forts which they sometimes defended maiden castle is an impressive hill fort that can still be seen today here is an aerial photograph of maiden castle the language spoken during this period was part of the celtic family things i'd remember from this section would be when the first coins were minted and what was inscribed on them and the language spoken during the iron age looking at some typical questions the first question reads which language was spoken by the people during the iron age we saw that this was celtic the next question reads what was inscribed in the first coins to be minted in britain during the iron age we saw that it was the names of iron age kings in 55 bc julius caesar leads a roman invasion of britain which is unsuccessful about 100 years later in ad43 emperor claudus leads a new roman invasion which is successful during this invasion there is resistance from native british tribes and one of the most famous was a tribal leader known as bodica she is still remembered today and there is a statue of her on westminster bridge by houses of parliament the romans never conquered the north of britain and emperor hadrian built a wall to keep out the pics who were ancestors of the scottish people here we can see some remnants of hadrian's wall hadrian's wall had many forts and the forts of house deads and vindalonda can still be seen today the romans built roads public buildings created a structure of law and introduced new plants and animals the romans left in ad410 after being in britain for around 400 years things i'd remember from this section would be who led a rebellion against the romans which roman emperor built a wall and who it was aimed at keeping out the two forts along hadrian's wall which can still be seen today what the romans did during their time in britain and how long the romans remained in britain for looking at some typical questions the first question reads who is remembered for their rebellion against the romans we saw this was bodica the next question reads hadrian's wall was built to kept out who we saw that this was depicts the next question reads the romans remained in britain for 200 years true or false we saw that they remained in britain for 400 years and therefore this statement is false following the romans leaving britain was invaded again by tribes from northern europe known as the jutes angles and saxons and by ad600 anglo-saxon kingdoms were established in britain sutton who is a famous burial place for one anglo-saxon king who is buried with his treasure and armor in a ship under a mound of earth christian missionaries arrive in the third and fourth centuries to preach about christianity the most famous of these missionaries was saint patrick and saint columba from ireland and saint augustine from rome who later became the first archbishop of canterbury things i'd remember from this section would be what christian missionaries did who the three famous early christian missionaries were and who the first archbishop of canterbury was just a note in later videos we will look in more detail about what exactly the archbishop of canterbury is but for now you just need to remember who the first one was looking at some typical questions the first question reads what are saint augustine and saint columba known for we saw that they were christian missionaries the next question reads who was the first archbishop of canterbury we saw that this was saint augustine the vikings come from denmark norway and sweden in ad-789 the vikings posed a threat to the anglo-saxons so they're united under king alfred the great who defeated them in the north the continuous threat of viking invasion also caused the people there to unite under kenneth mcalpin and the term scotland was used to describe that country anglo-saxon kings continued to rule what is now england except for a short period when danish kings ruled and the first of these was knut things i'd remember from this section would be which king the anglo-saxons united under and which king the scottish people united under looking at some typical questions the first question reads who united the anglo-saxon kingdoms and defeated the vikings we saw that this was king alfred the great the next question reads who was kenneth mcalpin we saw that he was the scottish king william duke of normandy from northern france successfully invades britain earning him the title william the conqueror he defeats king harold at the battle of hastings in 1066 and this marks the last successful foreign invasion of britain this battle is commemorated on an impressive embroidery called the bayer tapestry which can still be seen in france today it's around 70 meters long and here's a section of it william the conqueror sent his men all over england to draw up lists of people and the land and animals they owned and this was compiled into what is called the doomsday book which still exists today this topic seems to always be assessed in the life in the uk test so i'd suggest you remember pretty much everything here including the two names of william the name of the battle where he defeats king harald the year of the norman conquest the fact that the norman conquest was the last successful invasion of britain what the bayer tapestry is and what the doomsday book is looking at some typical questions the first question reads which two records provide information during the time of william the conqueror we saw that both the doomsday book and bayer tapestry both still exist today and provide information on this time the next question reads when was the last successful foreign invasion of britain we saw that this was during the norman conquest which was in 1066 hi there my name is dan and i hope you enjoyed watching i've posted this video for free on youtube and if you've liked what you've seen and want to access my full life in the uk test course then head to uk lifeprep.com link in the description below in my course i've completely stripped down the official guide and cut away all the nonsense to focus on what you actually need to know for the questions that are actually asked having prepared for the test myself i know firsthand how painful it is going through 150 pages of dense facts and not having a clue the types of questions you'll get asked 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Length: 10min 20sec (620 seconds)

Published: Tue Jan 26 2021