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WorksheetsReview-Vikings (Student Created)
Total questions: 121
Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What term best describes the Vikings conversion to Christianity?
a)
assimilation
b)
migration
c)
welgeld
d)
saga
2.
What is one common cause for Viking Expansion?
a)
Growing Population
b)
Converting to Christianity
c)
Tributes
d)
Feudalism in France
3.
What three modern day countries make up Scandinavia?
a)
Norway, Britain, Spain
b)
Norway, Sweden, Denmark
c)
Denmark, France, Ireland
d)
Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland
4.
Viking religion before c.1000 was…
a)
monotheistic
b)
Christianity
c)
polytheistic
d)
nonexistent
5.
Runes were NOT used for...
a)
magic charms
b)
rune sticks
c)
graffiti
d)
sagas
6.
What is technique did the Vikings use for their longships?
a)
Norse Lapstrake
b)
Norse Woodwork
c)
Iceland Lapstrake
d)
British ships
7.
Longships were NOT...
a)
stable
b)
without a sail
c)
maneuverable
d)
fast moving
8.
What is a saga?
a)
short message
b)
historical account
c)
long stories spread orally
d)
graffiti
9.
Why, politically, did Viking expansion end?
a)
Vikings converted to Christianity
b)
overpopulation
c)
internal conflict in Scandinavia
d)
Europeans learned how to respond to raids
10.
What was the period of climate change that began c. 950 called?
a)
warm period
b)
heat period
c)
cold period
d)
hot period
11.
Why were the monasteries the Vikings favorite target?
a)
They were wealthy
b)
They were easy targets
c)
Vikings were not Christian
d)
All options
12.
What was the most profitable part of Vikings trade economy?
a)
raiding
b)
slave trade
c)
agricultural trading
d)
wood trading
13.
Define tribute
a)
payment made for peace, security, or protection
b)
people giving up their culture for another culture.
c)
a statement you could check or provide with evidence
d)
a particular attitude towards a subject
14.
What are characteristics of Viking art?
a)
Small/portable objects
b)
Large objects
c)
Heavy furniture
d)
House architecture
15.
What is the payment made by one leader to another for peace or protection?
a)
Tribute
b)
Thing
c)
Saga
d)
Wergeld
16.
What region were the Vikings originally from?
a)
Russia
b)
France
c)
Iceland
d)
Scandinavia
17.
What is the Viking meeting of free men called?
a)
Group
b)
Thing
c)
Circle
d)
Saga
18.
What term best describes long stories of Viking history?
a)
Poem
b)
Story
c)
Saga
d)
Text
19.
What type of material was abundant in Scandanavia?
a)
Wood
b)
Metal
c)
Gemstones
d)
Gold
20.
What is a different name for Viking?
a)
Danes
b)
Norse
c)
Northmen
d)
All the above
21.
Where did the Vikings believe they would go, after dying in battle?
a)
Valhalla
b)
Midgard
c)
Asgard
d)
Hel
22.
Where were Vikings orginally from?
a)
Norway
b)
Denmark
c)
Sweden
d)
All of the above
23.
Which of the following was NOT a reason Vikings migrated?
a)
Climate Change
b)
Not enough land
c)
They were conquered
d)
Poor farming in Scandanavia
24.
Which is NOT a political reason the Vikings left
a)
Conquered
b)
Population needs
c)
Desire for new settlements
d)
Political unrest at home
25.
What geographic feature of Scandinavia would have helped make Vikings good ship builders?
a)
Heavily forested
b)
Assimilation
c)
Tribute
d)
Population pressures
26.
Which is NOT a reason why the Viking Age started?
a)
Growing population
b)
Desire for new settlements
c)
Too much farm area
d)
The Medieval Warm Period
27.
Where did the Vikings create new kingdoms?
a)
Ireland
b)
Britain
c)
France
d)
All of the above
28.
What is NOT a characteristic of Viking ships?
a)
Very maneuverable
b)
Slow
c)
Can go up shallow rivers
d)
Not waterproof
29.
Where did the first viking raid take place?
a)
France
b)
Spain
c)
Africa
d)
England
30.
By when had most Viking lands converted to Christianity?
a)
c. 1000
b)
c. 1200
c)
c. 1400
d)
c. 800
31.
What was the economy of the Viking homeland leading up to the Viking age?
a)
Graffiti
b)
Democratic
c)
Sagas
d)
Gift Economy
32.
What is the historical significance of Iceland's Althing?
a)
Sagas
b)
Rule of right
c)
Rule of might
d)
The oldest continuous existing representative gov't in the world
33.
What two geographic features of Scandinavia would have helped make Vikings good ship builders?
a)
heavily forests & long coastlines
b)
open land & rivers
c)
warm weather & forests
d)
cool weather & rivers
34.
What does the word 'Viking' actually mean?
a)
to visit
b)
to go on a raid
c)
a ship
d)
to trade
35.
What is one POLITICAL reason the Viking age ended?
a)
Europe learned how to defend themselves
b)
Vikings couldn't build anymore longships
c)
Vikings ran out of supplies to sail
d)
Europe had a larger military
36.
Which country did the vikings NOT go to?
a)
Greenland
b)
Iceland
c)
England
d)
China
37.
Which of the following GEOGRAPHIC reasons explains the Viking Expansion?
a)
Sea level rose
b)
Climate change
c)
Medieval warm period
d)
All of the above
38.
What is one ECONOMIC reason the Viking age ended?
a)
Climate Change
b)
Europe re-organized their military and politics
c)
Cultural Diffusion
d)
Vikings converted to Christianity
39.
Which was NOT a place where the Vikings made settlements?
a)
North America
b)
Greenland
c)
Iceland
d)
South America
40.
What was a GEOGRAPHIC reason why the viking age started?
a)
climate change
b)
more food
c)
too hot
d)
less water for traveling
41.
What did some groups of people decided to offer the vikings to avoid being raided?
a)
ships
b)
women
c)
insults
d)
tributes
42.
Which is NOT a reason the Vikings left Scandinavia?
a)
They needed more land.
b)
They wanted to create maps
c)
Other places were better for farming
d)
Internal conflict
43.
What can tone in a historical source tell you?
a)
The information is accurate
b)
The information is factual
c)
How the author feels about the subject
d)
The information is inaccurate
44.
True or False: Vikings faced political unrest in their homeland.
a)
true
b)
false
45.
Which of the following is NOT a type of movement the Vikings had?
a)
Raiding
b)
Religious
c)
Exploring
d)
Settling
46.
Did Vikings actually wear horned helmets?
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
Only some of them did
d)
Only the most important ones did
47.
Early on, Vikings primarily attacked what buildings along England's coast?
a)
Palaces
b)
Farms
c)
Monastaries
d)
Trading posts
48.
Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons Vikings moved?
a)
Population increase
b)
Food shortages
c)
Poor soil
d)
Poor leadership
49.
Which of the following is NOT an example of technology the Vikings had?
a)
horned helmets
b)
trade route knowlege
c)
Large ships
d)
long weapons
50.
Which word means "the quality of being believable or trusted?"
a)
Bias
b)
Objectivity
c)
Credibility
d)
Evidence
51.
What technique did vikings use to create worthy sea-faring ships?
a)
Norse Lapstrake
b)
Carvel Built
c)
Caravan Structure
d)
Danish Split
52.
Which of the following means "particular slant or attitude the author takes towards the subject"
a)
Bias
b)
Objectivity
c)
Credibility
d)
Evidence
53.
Which of these correctly describes assimilation?
a)
The process in which people defend their culture
b)
The process in which people adopt another culture
c)
The process in which people steal another culture and destroy it
d)
The process in which people learn about new cultures while keeping their own
54.
What were the vikings favorite targets?
a)
Monasteries
b)
poor people
c)
hard to get targets
d)
other vikings
55.
Which of the following means "not influenced by personal feelings, thoughts, or interpretations?"
a)
Bias
b)
Objectivity
c)
Credibility
d)
Evidence
56.
Why did Vikings target monasteries?
a)
they hated christians
b)
they hated outsiders
c)
monasteries are rich
d)
they didn't raid monasteries
57.
What is NOT a social position in the Viking Society?
a)
Jarls
b)
Karls
c)
Thralls
d)
Falls
58.
What was a GEOGRAPHIC reason that the Vikings migrated?
a)
Converted to Christianity
b)
Medieval Warm Period
c)
Founded new colonies
d)
Wanted to claim territory somewhere else
59.
What system did France develop after Viking attacks?
a)
democracy
b)
feudalism
c)
communism
d)
monarchy
60.
What is one characteristic of Norse longboats?
a)
Hollow bottom
b)
Built-in cannons
c)
A single large sail
d)
Space for water to escape the boats
61.
What were the Viking ships made from?
a)
Copper
b)
Titanium
c)
Wood
d)
Metal
62.
What were the Vikings known for?
a)
Biggest religious monasteries
b)
Advanced shipbuilding technology
c)
Didn’t like starting problems with other populations
d)
Being lazy
63.
True or False: Poor soil was a reason for Viking Expansion.
a)
true
b)
false
64.
What religion did the Vikings convert to?
a)
Judaism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Christianity
d)
Islam
65.
Why did Vikings stop raiding monasteries?
a)
They had already raided them all
b)
They became Christians
c)
They didn't need to valuables anymore
d)
The monasteries got heavy security
66.
What was the over-lapping plank technique Vikings used to build their ships?
a)
Prakkar planks
b)
Clinker built
c)
Viking-way
d)
Knarr built
67.
What is a reason that farming didn’t work well for the Vikings?
a)
They didn’t want to farm
b)
They didn’t know how to farm
c)
The climate didn’t support it
d)
They couldn’t get the resources to farm
68.
What was the Vikings favorite targets?
a)
Big cities
b)
Monasteries
c)
Small kingdoms
d)
Banks
69.
Who is Leif Erikson?
a)
First European in North America
b)
First Canadian in Europe
c)
First American in Europe
d)
First American in Canada
70.
Analyzing manner of presentation should include considering…
a)
word choice
b)
tone
c)
type of language
d)
all of the above
71.
True or False: Denotation means the emotional or cultural meaning attached to a word
a)
true
b)
false
72.
What was a geographic reason why the Viking Expansion began?
a)
Rising sea levels
b)
Heavily forested
c)
Population growth
d)
All of the above
73.
What is one reason why historians believe Viking raids stopped ?
a)
Europe learned how to respond
b)
Population growth
c)
Rise of sea levels
d)
Vikings became polytheistic
74.
Early Vikings were what religion?
a)
Polytheistic
b)
Christanity
c)
Judaism
d)
Islam
75.
How can the tone of a source affect how it’s interpreted?
a)
It can't
b)
the tone can change the main idea
c)
the tone can tell us how the author felt about the subject
d)
the tone can change the context
76.
What is one geographic reason that caused the Vikings to expand?
a)
Climate change during the Medieval Warm Period
b)
To create more long ships
c)
They were forced out by the Romans
d)
There weren't enough people
77.
What was the role of women in Viking culture?
a)
Depended on other women
b)
Had more choices than other European women
c)
Did work outside
d)
Had to follow a strict list of duties provided by their husband
78.
What was one reason the Viking age ended?
a)
Europeans figured out how to respond to Viking attacks
b)
climate change
c)
Medieval Warm Period
d)
Rising sea levels
79.
What made vikings good at raiding?
a)
Long history as traders
b)
Knowledge of sea routes
c)
knowledge of other culture groups
d)
All of the above
80.
How did some places avoid the vikings raiding them?
a)
paying tributes
b)
asking them to stop
c)
evacuating the land
d)
hiding from them
81.
What can the tone of language in a primary source tell historians about the source?
a)
Main idea
b)
Origin of source
c)
Type of source
d)
Author's attitude
82.
What are some characteristics of Viking art?
a)
Large & nonwearable
b)
Made only out of metal
c)
Small & portable
d)
Had no detail
83.
What is one ECONOMIC reason the Vikings decided to expand?
a)
They were paid to leave their homeland
b)
To create more longships
c)
To expand trade routes
d)
Collecting tributes was easier if they expanded
84.
Which is not true about viking religion?
a)
polytheistic
b)
not formalized or centralized
c)
no other supernatural beings besides gods or goddesses
d)
most historical info from a single source
85.
What is the definition of objectivity?
a)
Not influenced by personal feelings, thoughts, interpretations or prejudice; based on facts
b)
A statement you can check or prove with evidence
c)
Confirmed or supported, especially with new or different evidence
d)
The quality of being believable or trusted
86.
What clue about Viking culture can we get from what is known about their religious belief?
a)
They were warlike
b)
Not based on fighting
c)
Based on current life
d)
Not based on any of their gods or goddesses
87.
Which of the following is a characteristic of a Viking longboat?
a)
Very unstable at sea
b)
Fast moving
c)
Non symmetrical
d)
Very slow
88.
Which of the folowing is NOT a characteristic of Viking geography?
a)
access to the sea
b)
heavily forested
c)
long, straight trees
d)
hot climate
89.
Why did Vikings often target monasteries?
a)
They were easy targets
b)
They held large amounts of goods
c)
They were poorly defended
d)
All of the above
90.
What is the historical significance of Iceland’s Althing?
a)
Longest standing representative government
b)
It was during the period after the fall of Rome
c)
It was the Vikings first meeting
d)
It was where the Runic Alphabet was created
91.
What geographic reasons caused Viking expansion to end?
a)
Established settlements in Europe
b)
Established new colonies
c)
Climate change
d)
All of the above
92.
What is one GEOGRAPHIC reason the Viking age started?
a)
Exceeded population capacity
b)
Poor soil
c)
Medieval warm period
d)
All of the above
93.
Which of the following was NOT characteristic of longships?
a)
long and large
b)
maneuverable
c)
stable at sea
d)
slow
94.
The Vikings used a runic alphabet to do what?
a)
Write legal documents
b)
Insult other Vikings
c)
Ransom notes
d)
Graffiti and inscriptions
95.
What is NOT a possible reason for Vikings outward expansion?
a)
Over population
b)
Climate change
c)
Wanting more settlements
d)
Coastline not long enough
96.
What allowed Viking boats to be “as fast as lightning”?
a)
Long, straight keels and one large sail
b)
Long straight keels and multiple sails
c)
The will of the men on the boat allowed them to travel fast
d)
They were made out of metal
97.
Why were Vikings able to make good ships?
a)
Good source of lumber
b)
Had power tools
c)
Copied Roman designs
d)
First to use metal
98.
What type of religion did early Vikings have?
a)
polytheistic
b)
monotheistic
c)
formal
d)
none
99.
Which is not a geographical characteristic of Scandinavia?
a)
Forests
b)
Good farmland
c)
Mountains
d)
Long coastline
100.
What characteristics did the Viking long ships have?
a)
Long
b)
Lean
c)
Light
d)
All of the above
101.
Which of the following is not a material used in Viking art?
a)
Wood
b)
Metal
c)
Diamond
d)
Amber
102.
Which of the following is NOT a reasons the Viking age ended?
a)
Founded new colonies
b)
Farming became easier
c)
Used up resources to build boats
d)
Converted to Christianity
103.
The geography of Scandinavia was…
a)
Coastal and mountainous
b)
Flat and inland
c)
Flat and dry
d)
Cold and desolate
104.
What were Viking women NOT allowed to do?
a)
divorce
b)
choose their husband
c)
keep their own property
d)
vote
105.
What is one source that helps us learn about Viking culture?
a)
Sagas
b)
Burial sites
c)
Artifacts
d)
All of the above
106.
Which of the following is NOT true about early Viking Religion?
a)
Monotheistic
b)
Not centralized or formalized
c)
Most historical information comes from a single source
d)
They converted to Christianity after c.1000
107.
Which Viking country has always had a representative democracy?
a)
Iceland
b)
Denmark
c)
Sweden
d)
Finland
108.
Which is NOT a characteristic of Viking ships?
a)
Shallow hulls
b)
Short
c)
Fast-moving
d)
Stable at sea
109.
What was the Viking’s writing system called, and what did they use it for?
a)
They didn’t have a writing system, so they didn’t write anything.
b)
English Alphabet, to write short messages
c)
Cryillic alphabet, to write government documents
d)
Runic alphabet, to write inscriptions & short messages
110.
The Viking meeting of free men or gathering of leaders is referred to as what?
a)
Something
b)
Thing
c)
House
d)
Group
111.
Which of the following was NOT a way Vikings left historical sources?
a)
legal documents
b)
sagas
c)
archeological sources
d)
oral tradition
112.
How did some Europeans convince Vikings not to attack them?
a)
They annoyed the Vikings so much until they never came back
b)
They paid the Vikings
c)
They ran away from the Vikings
d)
They ignored the Vikings until they went away
113.
Which of the following wasn't a part of the viking economy?
a)
Farming
b)
Mining
c)
Fishing
d)
Raiding
114.
Which of the following wasn't a name other groups called the Vikings?
a)
Norse
b)
Rus
c)
Danes
d)
Celts
115.
What was the Viking alphabet called?
a)
Runic Alphabet
b)
ABC alphabet
c)
European alphabet
d)
Scandinavian Alphabet
116.
By what names do other culture groups call the Vikings?
a)
Norse
b)
Danes
c)
Rus
d)
All of the above
117.
Which geographic feature helped make Vikings good ship builders?
a)
Tall trees
b)
Mountains
c)
Tundra
d)
Fields
118.
What were runes NOT used for?
a)
Government documents
b)
Graffiti
c)
Inscriptions on objects
d)
Magical charms
119.
Which is NOT a characteristic of a Viking longship?
a)
Made of split, overlapping wood
b)
Slow moving
c)
Long keel
d)
Symmetrical front to back
120.
What business did Vikings have with the Byzantine emperor?
a)
Farming
b)
Protection
c)
Raiding
d)
Fishing
121.
What does the word Viking mean?
a)
To raid
b)
Sea people
c)
Long ship
d)
Horned ones
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