Vikings Exam November

Question 1

What were Vikings refered to?

Answer 1

Norse/ Scandinavian explorers, warriors, merchants and pirates

Question 2

Where and when did the Vikings raid, trade, and explore and settle

Answer 2

Europe, Asia, North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid 11th century.

Question 3

Where did the word Viking come from

Answer 3

Old language called “old Norse “ it means “a pirate raid”

Question 4

What ship did the Vikings use

Answer 4

Longships

Question 5

What isle did the Vikings conquer

Answer 5

British isles

Question 6

What was the most important animal for the Vikings

Answer 6

Horse

Question 7

What games did the Vikings do in their extra time

Answer 7

Play games, enjoyed music, poetry, sports, crafts like woodcarving and metal work.

Question 8

Who would be a part of the Viking families

Answer 8

Children, parents and grandparents

Question 9

What would happen when the eldest son took over the farm

Answer 9

He became th head of the family, became responsible for the well-being of them all, he provided the food the family needed

Question 10

What would happen if a slave-owner killed one of his own slaves

Answer 10

It was not regarded as murder but if a free-man killed a slave belong to someone else he had to pay the price of a slave compensation, the amount was about the same as for a farm animal

Question 11

What would Viking children do

Answer 11

They did NOT go to school, helped their parents at work, learned about history, religion and law from stories .

Question 12

At what age would children become adults

Answer 12

15 or 16 years old

Question 13

The role of Viking women

Answer 13

The lady of the house hold (wife) had to see to it that the food lasted during the winter, she would make most if the food eg:butter, cheese, dried and smoked meat and fish for storage,she was expected to know about herb for making medicine and to care for the sick and wounded , farm animals were her responsiblity, and when the husband went trading, hunting or “Viking” she would run the farm in his absence, in rich families the wife would have servants and slaves to help her

Question 14

What was a viable sign of women authority

Answer 14

Wearing the keys to the food chests ant her waist.

Question 15

When would girls get married

Answer 15

Ages 12-15

Question 16

What were married women expected to do

Answer 16

Run the household

Question 17

What was the marriage between the families regarded as

Answer 17

An alliance between the two families for mutual help and protection

Question 18

What was in the women’s drowry

Answer 18

They brought cloth of linens and wool, spinning wheel, a loom and bed.
Richer women would have jewelry of sliver and gold, farm animals, even farms as a part of drowry

Question 19

Rules about property in a marriage

Answer 19

Everything she brought remain hers and did not fully become part of her husbands estate, her children would in turn inherit the property as a part of there maternal inheritance

Question 20

Why would divorce happen

Answer 20

If the husband mistreated her or he was too lazy to be a good provider or insulted her family she could divorce him

Question 21

How could you become divorce

Answer 21

She would call witnesses , in ground of the witnesses she stood and the front door, at the couples bed and then declared herself divorced fro, her husband .

Question 22

What would happen with the children in divorce

Answer 22

Babies and toddlers automatically stayed with the mother , bigger children were divided between between parents according to wealth and status of birth families.

Question 23

Why did Viking women have more legal rights than most women in Europe at the time

Answer 23

Because of her right to property, inheritance and divorce, children were also protected by the law as members of the family, and their rights to inheritance even after a divorce

Question 24

What was the most important cultivated crop?

Answer 24

Grain

Question 25

What were the other not as important cultivated crops

Answer 25

Barley, wheat, rye, buckwheat

Question 26

What did Vikings use in most of their meals

Answer 26

Grain/flour, either as bread or porridge or as an addition to soups and meats

Question 27

What were some vegetables that the Vikings grew

Answer 27

Peas, horse beans, onions, carrots, angelika, hops, parsnips

Question 28

What food what obtained from livestock

Answer 28

Eggs, milk, fat, a little bit of meat(not daily),

Question 29

Food obtained from the wild

Answer 29

Fish, game, bird eggs, acorns, seeds, nuts, berries and roots

Question 30

Viking men clothes

Answer 30

Long woolen shirt, long cloth trousers, sash around, a three quarter coat with belt, socks and soft leather boots or shoes.For battle, a male chain and iron helmet

Question 31

Viking women clothes

Answer 31

Long linen dresses, plain or pleated dress, over the dress a long woolen tunic, like a (apron)held up by a pair of broaches, I’ve the tunic a shall, legs and feet’s with woolen sock and leather shoes, in winter hats and cloaks for both men and women

Question 32

Viking houses

Answer 32

Viking usually lived in the countries not in towns, in the country they lived in long houses which has one large room, walls of wood, roof covered with turf, in area which there were few trees the walls were made peat
(Soil from rotting plants)

Question 33

Furniture

Answer 33

Benches around the walls they were used for sitting and sleeping, they were covered with furs, skins or cloths, beds were only in wealthier houses, in the middle there was a central fire for light and heat, there was a hole in the roof to let out the smoke, wooden chest were used to store blankets, furs and other household goods

Question 34

Viking baths

Answer 34

Saturday was bath day, there was a separate sauna or bath house

Question 35

Viking beliefs

Answer 35

World is fiat, they beloved in different gods who would help them against evil forces, the gods lived in Asgard and they needed to treat their gods well, sacrificeing a valuable animal puts gods in a good mood, the beloved that the law represented the balance between good and evil and imbalance could mean disaster

Question 36

Gods names

Answer 36

Thor, Oden, Loki

Question 37

Myths about Vikings 1

Answer 37

Vikings did NOT wear helmets with horns, how thus myth came about is that Christians in Europe added details to pictures of Vikings to make them look more barbarian and pagan it the Norse god thor did wear wings on his helmets

Question 38

Myth 2

Answer 38

Viking pillaged as their only way of living, only a very small percentage of Vikings were warriors, most were craftsmen, farmers and traders even Vikings that went to the sea, only a few were pillagers, many were explorers and crosses the Atlantic and reached America 500 years before Columbus

Question 39

Myth 3

Answer 39

Vikings were blood thirsty and barbarian, Vikings raids were violent but the age was violent as well, Vikings enjoyed the reputation they had because people were scared of them, one thing about Vikings is that they were very violent towards Christian monosaccharides and holy sites and destroyed things of religious value

Question 40

Myth 4

Answer 40

Vikings had tresses(2 plats in their hair)they shaved the back half of their head entirely and the front of their hair was left to grow long.

Question 41

7 most important gods and goddesses

Answer 41

Odin
Frigg 
Thor
Loki
Freya 
Balder
Hel