VIKINGS

How did most Vikings try to get rich?

• By looting other people

• By working as a trader or merchant

• By farming

• By making quality goods

How did Vikings settle an argument?

• By having a holmgang

• By going to court

• By having the law-speaker give judgement

• The gods dueled for their favor

What is the name of the Viking boat?

• A holmgang

• Norsemen

• Longboats

• Long Bows

What is the name of the most violent Viking warriors?

• Vikings

• Berserkers

• Psychos

• Warriors

What was the purpose of the “Thing”?

• To be a thingy thing

• To settle problems and make decisions

• To cause problems and serve punishment

• Where outlaws would gather after being forced to leave town

How did their boats allow them to have a quick getaway after looting a village?

• They were lightweight and had flat bottoms to move quickly

• They were lightweight and had triangular bottoms to cut the water

• They were heavy and that allowed them to move fast

• The jet engines were heavy and they had flat bottoms

The types of weapons and armor that a Viking carried depended on what?

• How rich they were

• How good of a warrior they were

• How weak they were

• What weapons the berserkers ate

How did Vikings view “stealing?”

• If someone does not know they are being robbed, it is stealing

• If someone does know they are being robbed, it is not stealing

• You have to burn the other person's house down before you can take their stuff

• You had to fight and if you won you got their stuff

If you broke the law, you became an ____________. They were forced to live in the wilderness and could be killed if found

• Outlaw

• Criminal

• Fugitive

• Thing

What was the alphabet called?

• Runes

• Holmgang

• Beserker

• Norse