Vikings - Retrieval (Week 3)

Which was the only English kingdom that did not fall to the Vikings?

• Northumbria

• Wessex

• East Anglia

• Mercia

What were the Viking lands known as?

• Piratelaw

• Vikinglaw

• Danelaw

• Raiderlaw

Why did to Vikings come to Britain? Tick all that apply

• For marriage in order to start a family.

• For silver and gold.

• For farmland as the land in Scandinavia was not suitable for farming.

• Tradition. Family land in Scandinavia was left to the eldest son only.

Look at the following Kings. In which order did they reign?

• Edward the Confessor.

• King Alfred the Great.

• Aethelred II (The Unready)

• King Canute.

When did the Viking and Anglo Saxon era end in England?

• 1066

• 936

• 1723

• 1036