Vikings 2.1 Part 2

Question 1

What is the main reason Viking villages were built close to water?

Answer 1

To make it easy to unload ships

Question 2

When at home, where did Vikings urinate and deficate?

Answer 2

An outdoor hole in the ground

Question 3

Where did Vikings tend to sleep?

Answer 3

On raised benches

Question 4

What is the link between Australian bedrooms and Vikings?

Answer 4

“Doona” comes from the Norse word, “dunn”, meaning feather down.

Question 5

What is “The Osberg”?

Answer 5

A ship

Question 6

How long was “The Osberg”?

Answer 6

22 metres

Question 7

“Doona” comes from the Norse word, “dunn”, meaning feather down.

Answer 7

Things

Question 8

Before the 12th century, Viking laws were not what?

Answer 8

Written down

Question 9

Which of the following options were punishments for those who were unable to pay the fine required by the thing?

Answer 9

Death and Banishment

Question 10

Traditionally, what was the Viking economy based on?

Answer 10

Agriculture

Question 11

Stashes of foreign coins found in modern-day Sweeden have provided evidence that the Sweedish Vikings were trading as far as where?

Answer 11

Russia and Central Asia

Question 12

What sis the Vikings usually do with their dead?

Answer 12

Cremated and then buried the remains

Question 13

The traditional stories Vikings told about their gods, the creation of the world, etc. were known as the Viking what?_

Answer 13

Sagas

Question 14

Match the god/goddess with his/her role.

Odin:

Answer 14

King of the gods; responsible for magic, poetry and war

Question 15

Match the god/goddess with his/her role.

Frigg:

Answer 15

Goddess of women and the home

Question 16

Match the god/goddess with his/her role.

Freya:

Answer 16

Goddess of beauty; rose a chariot, pulled by two cats.

Question 17

Match the god/goddess with his/her role.

Freyr:

Answer 17

God of Fertility, peace and harvests

Question 18

In Viking mythology there were “nine worlds”, connected to each other by the “world tree” known as Yggdrasil. Match the world to its description.
Asgard:

Answer 18

Home of the Norse gods, full of halls and palaces. The most splendid was Valhalla, the hall of slain battle heroes. They were taken there by beautiful women on horseback: the Valkyries, Odin’s messengers.

Question 19

In Viking mythology there were “nine worlds”, connected to each other by the “world tree” known as Yggdrasil. Match the world to its description.
Alfheim:

Answer 19

Home of the Light Elves, where the god Freyr lived

Question 20

In Viking mythology there were “nine worlds”, connected to each other by the “world tree” known as Yggdrasil. Match the world to its description.
Vanaheim:

Answer 20

Home of the Vanir gods, an older group of gods, who, for a time, battled the gods of Asgard

Question 21

In Viking mythology there were “nine worlds”, connected to each other by the “world tree” known as Yggdrasil. Match the world to its description.
Midgard:

Answer 21

The Earth, the world of humans; a rainbow bridge linked it to Asgard

Question 22

In Viking mythology there were “nine worlds”, connected to each other by the “world tree” known as Yggdrasil. Match the world to its description.
Svartalheim

Answer 22

Home of the Dark Elves, who live underground

Question 23

In Viking mythology there were “nine worlds”, connected to each other by the “world tree” known as Yggdrasil. Match the world to its description.
Nidaverllir:

Answer 23

Home of the Dwarfs, who live underground and were talented craftspeople

Question 24

In Viking mythology there were “nine worlds”, connected to each other by the “world tree” known as Yggdrasil. Match the world to its description.
Jotunheimr:

Answer 24

Home of the rock giants, who threatened both humans and the Asgard gods; their king was Thrym, a frost giant

Question 25

In Viking mythology there were “nine worlds”, connected to each other by the “world tree” known as Yggdrasil. Match the world to its description.
Muspelheim:

Answer 25

Home of the fire giants. Its ruler, Sutr, will set Yggrdasil on fire at Ragnarok and kill Freyr

Question 26

In Viking mythology there were “nine worlds”, connected to each other by the “world tree” known as Yggdrasil. Match the world to its description.
Hel:

Answer 26

The cold, misty underworld, where everyone except heroes went after death. For people who broke laws, it was a place of punishment.