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The Vikings

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  • Q1
    What time period was the Viking age?
    500 - 100 BC
    AD 700 - 1100
    AD 1400 - 1700
    AD 1990 - 2020
    30s
  • Q2
    What type of vessel did the Vikings famously travel in?
    sailboat
    rowboat
    canoe
    longboat
    30s
  • Q3
    The Vikings came from Scandinavia. What three countries make up this area of the world?
    Iceland, Greenland, Canada
    France, Germany, Switzerland
    Norway, Sweden and Denamrk
    Russia, Norway, The Netherlands
    30s
  • Q4
    What does the word Viking mean?
    a pirate raid
    raider
    Norwegian
    sailor
    30s
  • Q5
    True of False - The Vikings wore horned helmets
    False
    True
    30s
  • Q6
    When was the first recorded Viking raid in Britain?
    AD 787
    78 BC
    AD 687
    AD 890
    30s
  • Q7
    Many kingdoms in Northern England fell to the Vikings. Wessex did not. Who was the leader of Wessex?
    Mrs Westwood
    Alfred the Great
    King Wessex
    The Norse
    30s
  • Q8
    What made the Anglo-Saxon monasteries a desirable target for Viking raids?
    All of these
    they were filled with jewels, gold and books
    monks had no weapons
    there was food, drink, cattle and clothes
    30s
  • Q9
    After years of fighting, the Vikings and King Alfred made an agreement to split Britain. What was the Viking territory called?
    The Norse Kingdom
    England and Wales
    Danelaw
    Vikingland
    30s
  • Q10
    Many 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?
    Smethwick
    London
    Derby
    Birmingham
    30s

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