Answer the questions below using the information from the reader above: 1. When did Viking raids begin and what were their main features?|
2. How did Viking raiding parties change over time?
3. List three features of Viking longships that made them well-suited to 'hit and run' raids.
4. Explain the terms Danegeld and Danelaw.
Look at Source 1: A modern artist drawing depicting a typical Viking attack and weapons used
5. What features of a Viking attack has the artist depicted in Source 1?
Look at Source 2: An extract from Abbo's War of Count Odo with the Northmen in Reign of Charles
the Fat, in which a monk named Abbo recorded his view of the Vikings attacks on Paris in November
885
6. Use Source 2 to identify:
a. Two terms used for Vikings
b. Evidence that the Vikings posed a serious threat to the Parisians
C. The result of the Viking attack on Paris
Look at Source 3: A modern replica of a Viking longship, with dragon head, from the Roskilde
Museum
7. Identify three features of Viking Longships as shown in source 3
Look at Table 1: Three different stages in the styles of Viking raids
8. Explain the stages and development of Viking raids between c. 790 - 911.