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1
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Where did the Vikings come from?

A

Norway, Denmark, and Sweden

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What did the Vikings want when they raided places?

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gold, slaves, land

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3
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Where did they fight?

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across Europe

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4
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Did they try to settle America?

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yes

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5
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What happened When they tried to settle America?

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they were defeated by the indians

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6
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What was the defeat by the indians the start of?

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the decline of the vikings

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7
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When did the vikings come about?

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end of the 8th century

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8
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Who did the vikings attack?

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defenseless villages

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9
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How much taller were the vikings than most people?

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nearly a foot

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10
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Why were they so much taller than the other people?

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they ate a lot of protein

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11
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What is their motto?

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I want what you have and i will kill you in order to take it

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12
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What did the vikings master?

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boat building

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13
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When did the vikings usually strike?

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dawn

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14
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Did they have horns like everybody depicts them?

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no

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15
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Where did the ideas of them having horns come from?

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ancient relics conducting fertility rights

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16
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What kind of people were the vikings?

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homebodies

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17
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How was the life of a viking women?

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very good

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18
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What could viking women do?

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own property and divorce without the husbands consent

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19
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When did you start training?

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7

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20
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How did the kids learn how to fight?

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their fathers passed down the skills

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21
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On top of building ships and fighting skills, what were kids taught?

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how to read stars, wind, and seabirds

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22
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Most of the time what were vikings?

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farmers

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23
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How were the vikings paid at first?

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they got it from booty they recovered

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24
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DId the vikings have a uniform?

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no they dressed how they want

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25
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How did guys choose what they dress?

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each guy dressed themselves

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26
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What were the most priced vikings possesions?

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their weapons

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27
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How were spears produced?

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quickly and cheaply

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28
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What was their favorite two weapons?

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sword and battle ax

29
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What was a beautiful sword to a person?

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the ultimate battle symbol

30
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What was the sheild like?

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circular, made of wood, had theu own symbol on it as a way of their identification and a way to personalize it

31
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During the second part of the viking rains what were the vikings paid with?

A

a regular salary from the king

32
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WHat was the most popular thing to drink?

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beer and ale

33
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why was water not very popular to drink?

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it was unclean and they got sick.

34
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What did they call their raiding?

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called it going A VIKING or going blundering

35
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When relaxing what did the vikings do?

A

listened to narrative poems

36
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How do we know about the Vikings?

A

through the poems

37
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What is another one of their motto’s?

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better die than live your life as a wimp

38
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What was the pagan belief?

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death on battle was glorious and you would directly go into the afterlife

39
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How were the Vikings able to rush into battle with no fear?

A

halucinigan msuhrooms

40
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What phrase coems from the halucinigans mushroom thing?

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going berzerk

41
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Were all Scandinavians Vikings?

A

no

42
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How was rapping?

A

widespread

43
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What was one of the ways the Vikings had good success?

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They would rade them take everything and make them pay a price to not do it again. Then in two years they would attack again.

44
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WHy did the Vikings start to move to look fo rmore areas?

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they heard that bwinters in england werent as bad as scandinavia

45
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What part of britian did the vikings atke over?

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everything north of london

46
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When id the vikings come to Englan?

A

865 AD

47
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When was the battle of AShdown?

A

877

48
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What role did women have in fighting?

A

they took care of the soldiers and sometimes fought

49
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What was the Vikings advantage?

A

their mobility

50
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How was the Alcohol content in beer back then compared to Today?

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much lower, today it is 4-6 percent

51
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Would children drink?

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yes

52
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What did sheilds have on them?

A

animals and leather

53
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What places were commonly attacked by vikings?

A

british isles and france

54
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How much were they paid from the birtish isles and france in order to stop looting them?

A

7000 pounds of gold and silver.

55
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What was the best defense against the Franksih calvary?

A

going down or across the river

56
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What was the vikings defenseive wall called?

A

skall board

57
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What was the skall used for?

A

both offensively and defensively

58
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When someone would get hurt in battle who survived?

A

the ones with minor injuries

59
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Who did they believe the skall board was developed by?

A

their god of war

60
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How long did the people think the viking s would be around for?

A

forever

61
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In What way was Charlemagne an exceptional Ruler for his Time?

A

He tried to promote education so his people can be smarter. He tried to better the area he ruled.

62
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What role did Charles Martel play in preserving Christianity in WEstern Europe?

A

He defeated the Muslims at Tours

63
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Why do you think the Vikings left their homelands and invaded the lands of western europe, iceland, greenland, and north america?

A

they wanted to expand their land and find more trade routes

64
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What was used for money during the middle ages?

A

farm goods

65
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Why did a society based on trade become a society based on agriculture during the middle ages?

A

Barbaric Invasion off set trade

66
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Who were the Moors?

A

Spanish muslims

67
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What was the only taxable form of wealth in the middle ages?

A

land

68
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Villa was latin for?

A

farms

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