Vikings 2.1 Part 1

Question 1

What were Viking warrior chiefains called?

Answer 1

Konungr

Question 2

What were the three main social groups of Viking society?

Answer 2

Jarls, Karls, Thralls

Question 3

What was the name of the Viking social class made up of powerful noblemen?

Answer 3

Jarls

Question 4

What was the name of the Viking social class made up of slaves, criminals and the poorest of the poor who did most of the hard work and had no rights under law?

Answer 4

Thralls

Question 5

What is the name of the Viking social class that made up the majority of the populations and were mostly farmers and craftsmen?

Answer 5

Karls

Question 6

A Viking woman’s main duty was to do what?

Answer 6

Look after the children and manage the home

Question 7

What is thought to be the boundary between men’s and women’s social roles?

Answer 7

The threshold of the home

Question 8

Why were Viking women typically independent people?

Answer 8

With their husbands so frequently away, they had to be to keep things running.

Question 9

What did Viking women wear at the shoulder to hold up their aprons?

Answer 9

Broaches

Question 10

How were noble Vikings’ attire different from peasants’?

Answer 10

They wore many more jewels and precious metals.