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  • Why could Viking ships bounce in the waves during storms?
    Because they were flexible
  • What goods did the Vikings find in monasteries and priories?
    They found gold, silver treasures, plates, candlesticks and beautiful books. They also took monks as slaves.
  • What language did they use to write Norse Sagas?
    They written in the Old Norse Language
  • Why did the Vikings raided monasteries and priories?
    because they were rich and undefended.
  • Why is the Viking violent fame questioned?
    Because raid descriptions were often written by people who were far away from what happened.
  • What places did the Vikings visit?
    England, Scotland, Ireland, Northern and Central Europe and Russia
  • What were the Vikings' main types of ships?
    The Knarr and the longship
  • What was a Knarr?
    It was a type of Viking Ship used for moving cargo and animals
  • What kind of things did the Vikings receive in exchange for the goods they traded?
    They got silver, gold, silk, glass and fine pottery.
  • Why did the Vikings want to die in battle?
    Because they believed that dying honourably in battle would lead them to an afterlife as a hero
  • Why are Vikings believed to be violent?
    Many sources describe them as violent?
  • Where was the first planned Viking raid?
    It was in the island of Lindisfarne.
  • What are Norse Sagas?
    They are long poems that tell stories aboit Norsemen and Vikings.
  • What did the Vikings use to navigate?
    Thge sun and stars and landmarks when they were in sight of the shore.
  • Why do archaeologist think that the Vikings travelled to Canada?
    They found remains of a Viking settlement called l'Anseaux Meadows.
  • When were the Norse Sagas written?
    They were written in about the 13th century.
  • What kind of ships did Vikings use for raiding and Why?
    They used longships, because they were fast light and easy to move for raiding.
  • What sort of evidence did the archaeologists find to show trhat the Vikings travelled to other countries?
    They found hoards that might have come from distant lands.
  • What products did Vikings traded from Scandinavia?
    They traded products such as amber, ivory and animal furs.  They also traded slaves.
  • Where did the first Viking trip to ENgland land?
    It landed in Portland.
  • Why did the monks abandoned Lindisfarne island?
    Because as they were easy targets, Vikings atacked them all the time.
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