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Viking Invasions

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many kingdoms were there in England in the 8th Century?

a)

6

b)

5

c)

7

d)

13

2.

In what year did the Vikings first invade England?

a)

800

b)

345

c)

720

d)

793

3.

Which of these was not a country that the Vikings came from?

a)

Norway

b)

France

c)

Denmark

d)

Sweden

4.

Why were Vikings so good at sailing and building ships?

4 lines
5.

Why were longboats so perfect for attacking the coastal towns?

4 lines
6.

Where in England did the Vikings invade in 793?

a)

Lindisfarne Monastery

b)

Canterbury Cathedral

c)

Columba Monastery

d)

Augustine Convent

7.

What made the Vikings so frightening to those they attacked?

4 lines
8.

Which word means a person with no religion or one that is not Christian, Muslim or Jewish?

a)

scholar

b)

marauder

c)

Heathen

d)

vigilant

9.

Which word means something worrying that makes you think something bad will happen?

a)

desecrated

b)

warrant

c)

marauder

d)

ominous

10.

Which word means to damage or destroy a holy/sacred place such as a church?

a)

desecrate

b)

obtain

c)

tribulation

d)

insightful