Vikings UPDATED Actual Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Vikings UPDATED Actual Questions and
CORRECT Answers
How many percent of the population in Scandinavia in the Viking Age can rightfully be
designated "Vikings"? - CORRECT ANSWER- 10%
When did the Viking Age begin according to standard Anglo-Scandinavian scholarship? -
CORRECT ANSWER- 793 wit...
Vikings UPDATED Actual Questions and
CORRECT Answers
How many percent of the population in Scandinavia in the Viking Age can rightfully be
designated "Vikings"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 10%
When did the Viking Age begin according to standard Anglo-Scandinavian scholarship? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 793 with attack on a monastery in Landisfarne
What do we call the influence from the south that brought Christianity, new societal
organizations and new systems of government? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Roman
Influance
What do we call the method for dating archaeological finds that is based on tree-rings? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Dendrochronology
What is a bracteate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A gold medallion
There are 4 zones of influence in continental Europe, which have impact on the Viking Age in
Scandinavia. Which one is zone 3? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Saxony
Which Scandinavian king ruled over England? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Cnut the great
What is a "wic" also known as an emporium? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An early trade
port in western Europe
When did Haraldr blue-tooth erect the Jelling stone? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 965 AD
What is a Trelleborg? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A ring-fort
What are the Svear? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A Swedish Tribe
, What was the maximum percentage of the Scandinavian population living in towns in the
Viking Age? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1-2%
Which town is probably the oldest in Scandinavia? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Rebe
Where is Birka located in Scandinavia? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Sweden
What is Vestlandet? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Haraldr fine-hair's old power base
Where did Haraldr fine-hair have his primary rivals when he was assembling Norway? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- More and Trondelag
What do we call the family unit in the Viking Age? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An ego-
centered family unit
What kind of person was buried in the Fyrkat 4 grave? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A volva
Who described the Rus on the Volga river? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Ibn Fadlan
Which Rus leader lost his head and ended up as a Pescheneg drinking cup? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Sviatoslav
When was the earldom of Orkney established according to written sources? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Late 9th century
In which region does the Scandinavian language spoken by Vikings develop into "Old Norse"
in the 1100s? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Iceland and western Norway
What do we also call the Elder FUTHARK? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The 24-
FUTHARK
How many "aettir" or families are the runes organized in? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 3
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