Questions › Chapter 3: A long and illustrious history
Which people was Hadrian's Wall, in northern England, built to keep out?
- AThe Saxons
- BThe PictsRight answer
- CThe Vikings
- DThe Normans
Answer: The Picts
The Romans never conquered parts of what is now Scotland. Hadrian's Wall was meant to keep out the Picts, who were ancestors of the Scottish people.
From chapter 3 of the handbook, "A long and illustrious history", section "Early Britain". Practice question 42 of 651, written in our own words.