Economic
What was one of their main trading goods?
Livestock
What religion did the Vikings believe in?
They believed in Norse gods and mythology, it was a pagan religion
What was one of their main uses?
Powerful weapons like battle axes
what type of government did they have?
They did not have a central government.
What were men expected to be?
Warriors.
Where did they get their currency?
They made their own currency and coinage
What did they sacrifice to the gods?
Horses
Where did the Vikings originate?
Scandinavia and then migrated to better farmland.
What size groups did they have? and who led them?
Small groups would join together and were led by a chief or king
Who were the hardest workers?
Slaves who were taken in raids, they could save up to buy out of freedom
What did they trade for?
silver, silk, spices, wine, glass, pottery, and jewelry.
What did they change their religion too?
Later became Christians
How did they travel?
They traveled mainly and preferred traveling by boat.
What was an important factor in their government?
Laws and democracy
what were the classes?
three classes, the nobles or jarls, the middle class or Karls, and the slave or thralls.
Who did they trade with?
Monotheistic or Polytheistic?
Polytheistic
Where did they first migrate too?
Northern Scotland and Eastern Europe.
Who was able to vote?
Free MEN, not WOMEN
What were women expected to be?
Women were family people, they did all the housework.
What did they sell/trade?
sold honey, tin, wheat, wool, iron, fur, fish, leather, and walrus ivory.
What were their guardian and their name?
yggdrasil, a giant tree.
What did they typically wear?
padded leather shirts with iron breastplates. Wealthier people could afford chainmail.
Who assisted the council?
The chief the community
What happened when men were away?
Women took over