The Viking World
The Viking homeland is in?
Scandinavia
Who are the thralls?
Slaves
Who was the leader of the Viking gods?
Odin
The attack on which monastery signalled the beginning of the Viking era?
Lindisfarne
Which present-day country is Normandy in?
France
What is a fjord
Long narrow inlet of sea between steep cliffs
Viking peasants lived in what?
Longhouses
Name Thor's hammer?
Mjolnir
What is Leif Eriksson famous for?
Discovering America
Who won the battle of Hastings?
William the Conqueror
What is the local assembly called in Viking society?
Thing/ Ting
What is futhark
The Viking alphabet
Who is the goddess of love, war and death?
Freyja
Why did Viking ships have shallow hulls?
So they could travel in shallow water
During the period 1067–1077, a group of Saxon women embroidered a pictorial representation of these events on a piece of linen cloth about 50 centimetres wide and 70 metres long. What is this historical source called?
The Bayeux Tapestry
What were the nobility in Viking society called?
Jarl/ boendr
What is a saga?
A semi-legendary story of Viking history
Where do the Viking gods reside?
Asgard
What was the main form of payment in the Viking world?
Silver
Name the three individuals who fought to be the King of England after Edward the Confessor's death.
Harold Godwinson, Harald Hardrada and William of Normandy
Identify the reason why the law-speaker recited the laws before the thing commenced?
To guide them, at the beginning of each thing a ‘law-speaker’ used to recite by heart the laws of the community. No one wrote these down.
What right(s) did Viking women enjoy that European women didn't?
The right to divorce
According to Norse mythology, there are nine worlds. Which world do humans live in?
Midgard
What did the Vikings demand of their potential victims in payment for not attacking them.
Danegeld
What was the Viking name for the town of York?
Jorvik