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Ruthless people who were skilled at loathing |
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| Where didthe vikingscome from? What was there homeland? |
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| Vikings came from the North. There home land was Scandanavia |
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| What did the Europeans call the vikings? |
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| During what time period where the vikings attacking large parts of Europe? |
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| What were the favorite targets of the vikings? |
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| Seacoast towns,churches,Monasteries |
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| Describe the longship and explain why the ship proved to be succesful |
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| It had a long bow and decorated with a dragon and it was succesful because it was flat and it was easy to get out and get in for fast attacks |
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| Berserkers were people who drug themselves for battle |
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| What were the areas that were attacked by the vikings? |
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| Vikings went for people's arms and legs |
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| What is the name of the viking letters? |
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| What deos the word rune mean? |
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what kind of material did vikings write on? |
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| why did vikings quit using there written language? |
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| who was Erik the red? what was his claim of fame? |
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| erik the red was banished from ice land and Norway his fame was finding greenland |
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| Who was Leif Erksson? What was his claim to fame? |
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| He was Erik the red's son and his fame was finding the new found land |
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| There settlement on the new found land |
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| what proof is that the vikings landed in North America? |
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They have found stuff that only vikings used |
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What eventually brought an end to viking raids? |
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| There conversion to christianity |
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