The Vikings❌

Question 1

What was Denmark,Norway and Sweden in the 8th century called?

Answer 1

Scandinavia

Question 2

What were vikings good at?

Answer 2

Shipbuilding and had great navigational skills

Question 3

Who were vikings?

Answer 3

Farmers and fishermen

Question 4

What was the name of the boat that the vikings used?

Answer 4

Longships

Question 5

Why ere longboats so successful?

Answer 5

They were capable of crossing stormy seas but still shallow enough to sail up rivers

Question 6

When was the first Viking attack in Ireland?

Answer 6

AD 795

Question 7

What did the Vikings try to aim for?

Answer 7

Rich monasteries

Question 8

What county’s in Ireland were pillaged and burned that year?

Answer 8

Co. Antrim and Co.dublin

Question 9

What did the Vikings establish in the mid-ninth century?

Answer 9

Longphorts and camps

Question 10

What were the camps used for?

Answer 10

They were used as a base for raids

Question 11

What did long phorts turn into?

Answer 11

Important trading posts and eventually large towns

Question 12

What county’s in Ireland were once long phorts?

Answer 12

Wexford,Waterford,limerick.dublin

Question 13

What were easy targets for raiders?

Answer 13

Early Christian Irish monasteries

Question 14

What were Christian monasteries to the pagan Vikings?

Answer 14

A non sacred place that was isolated and was full of treasures

Question 15

Why did the Vikings capture?

Answer 15

Slaves and cattle

Question 16

What did the Vikings do with the things they captured?

Answer 16

For cows they captured them for food and for slaves they were sold