United KingdomHistory 19 · History
True or false? The Anglo-Saxons conquered the whole of Britain, including the mountains of Wales and Scotland.
- aTrue
- bFalseCorrect answer
Why?
False. By around AD 600 Anglo-Saxon kingdoms covered much of what is now England, but parts of the west, especially the mountains of Wales and Scotland, stayed free of Anglo-Saxon rule.
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