Viking Farms Quiz

What was the longhouse used for in the early part of the Viking Age?

• Living quarters and stores for food and tools

• Living quarters and a workshop

• Living quarters and stalls for animals

• Living quarters only

What was the longhouse used for later in the Viking Age?

• Living quarters only

• Living quarters and stalls for animals

• Living quarters and a workshop

• Living quarters and stores for food and tools

What was the role of hired hands on Viking farms?

• To build longhouses

• To help run the farm

• To look after sheep

• To make tools

What was the main reason for Viking farms to be self-sufficient?

• To avoid trade routes

• To produce all their own food and tools because they were isolated

• To isolate themselves from other farms

• To avoid hiring slaves

What skills did the Viking farmer need to have?

• Cultivating crops and breeding animals

• Carpentry and blacksmithing

• Building longhouses and making tools

• All of the above

What was the role of slaves on Viking farms?

• To build longhouses

• To look after sheep

• To help run the farm

• To do the least desirable jobs

When would farms group together as a village?

• When they wanted to avoid isolation

• When there was a successful trade route

• When they wanted to be self-sufficient

• When they needed hired hands

What was the least desirable job for slaves on Viking farms?

• Building longhouses

• Breeding animals

• Cultivating crops

• Looking after sheep