*Vikings*

Question 1

When is the Vikings first come to raid?

Answer 1

789

Question 2

How long did the Vikings raid for?

Answer 2

More than 70 years

Question 3

When did the Vikings start to invade?

Answer 3

865

Question 4

Where did the Vikings land to invade?

Answer 4

East-Anglia

Question 5

Where did the Vikings first raid?

Answer 5

Kingdom of Wessex

Question 6

What was the Viking army called?

Answer 6

The Great Army

Question 7

What Anglo-Saxon text claimed tens of thousands of Vikings were in the army?

Answer 7

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Question 8

What did The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle say about the Viking invasion?

Answer 8

It claimed there were tens of thousands of Vikings in the army

Question 9

How many Vikings invaded, according to The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle?

Answer 9

Tens of thousands

Question 10

When was York captured?

Answer 10

866

Question 11

What was York used for?

Answer 11

A base for attacking and conquering (also became centre of trade)

Question 12

When did Vikings attack Wessex?

Answer 12

878

Question 13

What were the 4 kingdoms?

Answer 13

Northumbria, Mercia and East Anglia & Wessex

Question 14

Who was the King of Wessex?

Answer 14

King Alfred

Question 15

Where did the Vikings attack in 878?

Answer 15

Wessex

Question 16

What treaty was signed between the Vikings and King Alfred (Wessex)?

Answer 16

The Treaty of Wedmore

Question 17

What was The Treaty of Wedmore?

Answer 17

Agreed a boundary between the lands of Wessex and Viking lands (Danelaw).

Question 18

What was the name of Viking lands?

Answer 18

Danelaw

Question 19

What was Danelaw?

Answer 19

The name of Viking lands

Question 20

What was the Viking leader’s name in 878?

Answer 20

Guthrum

Question 21

What did Guthrum do in 878?

Answer 21

Baptised
Took his army away to settle in East Anglia

Question 22

When was Guthrum baptised?

Answer 22

878

Question 23

When did Guthrum take his army away to settle in East Anglia?

Answer 23

878

Question 24

When was the Viking leader baptised?

Answer 24

878

Question 25

When did the Viking leader take his army away to settle in East Anglia?

Answer 25

878

Question 26

What was king Alfred’s son’s name?

Answer 26

Athelstan

Question 27

When was England brought back under Saxon rule?

Answer 27

937

Question 28

Who won the victory to bring England back under Saxon rule?

Answer 28

Athelstan

Question 29

What battle was won by Athelstan in 937?

Answer 29

Battle of Brunanburh

Question 30

What battle brought England back under Saxon rule?

Answer 30

Battle of Brunanburh

Question 31

Saxon King Edgar’s rule?

Answer 31

959-975

Question 32

Who ruled 959-975?

Answer 32

Saxon King Edgar

Question 33

King Edgar: Saxon of Viking

Answer 33

Saxon

Question 34

When did Viking raids begin again?

Answer 34

991

Question 35

Who was king when Viking raids began again?

Answer 35

King Ethelred (Saxon King)

Question 36

Name of the massacre of all Danes living in English territory?

Answer 36

St Brice’s Day massacre

Question 37

When was the massacre of all Danes living in English territory?

Answer 37

St Brice’s Day November 13th

Question 38

When was St Brice’s Day massacre?

Answer 38

St Brice’s Day November 13th

Question 39

When did Viking attacks increase in response to St Brice’s Day massacre?

Answer 39

1013

Question 40

When do the Saxons surrender and the Danes?

Answer 40

1016

Question 41

What happens in 1016?

Answer 41

The Saxons surrender and the Danes

Question 42

Who becomes King in 1016?
Saxon or Dane?

Answer 42

King Cnut
Dane

Question 43

When did King Cnut rule?

Answer 43

1016-1034

Question 44

Why was York important?

Answer 44

York was the centre of where Vikings settled and therefore the centre of trade