The Vikings
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- Q1What time period was the Viking age?500 - 100 BCAD 700 - 1100AD 1400 - 1700AD 1990 - 202030s
- Q2What type of vessel did the Vikings famously travel in?sailboatrowboatcanoelongboat30s
- Q3The Vikings came from Scandinavia. What three countries make up this area of the world?Iceland, Greenland, CanadaFrance, Germany, SwitzerlandNorway, Sweden and DenamrkRussia, Norway, The Netherlands30s
- Q4What does the word Viking mean?a pirate raidraiderNorwegiansailor30s
- Q5True of False - The Vikings wore horned helmetsFalseTrue30s
- Q6When was the first recorded Viking raid in Britain?AD 78778 BCAD 687AD 89030s
- Q7Many kingdoms in Northern England fell to the Vikings. Wessex did not. Who was the leader of Wessex?Mrs WestwoodAlfred the GreatKing WessexThe Norse30s
- Q8What made the Anglo-Saxon monasteries a desirable target for Viking raids?All of thesethey were filled with jewels, gold and booksmonks had no weaponsthere was food, drink, cattle and clothes30s
- Q9After years of fighting, the Vikings and King Alfred made an agreement to split Britain. What was the Viking territory called?The Norse KingdomEngland and WalesDanelawVikingland30s
- Q10Many towns and cities in Britain that were founded by the Vikings can still be spotted today. Which modern town or city was settled by the Vikings?SmethwickLondonDerbyBirmingham30s