Vikings Final UPDATED Actual Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Vikings Final UPDATED Actual Questions
and CORRECT Answers
What is the major campsite called, where the Vikings desecrated the Mercian royal shrine of
St. Wigstan? - CORRECT ANSWER- Repton
What do know that Vikings used as weapons from archaeology finds? - CORRECT
ANSWER- -swords, axes, spe...
Vikings Final UPDATED Actual Questions
and CORRECT Answers
What is the major campsite called, where the Vikings desecrated the Mercian royal shrine of
St. Wigstan? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Repton
What do know that Vikings used as weapons from archaeology finds? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- -swords, axes, spears, lances, bows, arrows, wooden shields, and defensive
body armor
What were the purposes of lances, spears, and swords? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- cuts and
poking
What were axes used for? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -bring down shields and slash the
enemy
What was the most prestigious and expensive weapon? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- iron
sword
Describe the most common type of swords. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 90 cm long double
edge blade fitted w/ upper and lower guards
What did the wood of ash tree provide? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- strength and flexibility
What was the most common type of arrowheads? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- arrowheads
of iron
Where was the only helmet found from the Viking age? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Gjermundbu
What was the most common armor? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- leather
, Describe Viking radiing in England, Ireland, and the western Frankish kingdom. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- -progression of small seasonal raiding at end of 8th century
-larger raids to conquest and permanent settlement in 9th century
Where did it seem like there was already Viking presence? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Northern Islands of Scotland
When did the size of fleets (raiding) increase? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- mid-19th century
What was the Viking's fighting style like? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- based around the
shield wall with some use of missile weapons
Describe Viking ship warfare. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -used ships well suited for the
ocean but shallow enough to go far up rivers and streams
-ships large enough to carry significant number of men, weapons, loot, etc.
-park-and-raid
-divided forces: land & waterways
-land move quicker
-ships carry supplies safe from counter attacks
What was the Danelaw treaty? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Viking king Guthrum set up
treaty with Alfred the Great
-set up boundary between Viking dominated eastern part of England and the Anglo-Saxon
western part
How were silver hoards significant? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -cultural memory of the
area
-early form of Viking banking
-instability
What was the common interpretations of weapons found in rivers? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- -losses during war
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