The Viking Ships

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1. When did sailing-boats first appear in Scandinavia? 600-700 A.D. 800-900 A.D. 400-500 A.D. 300-400 A.D.

2. What was the private boat-type? Knorr Karv Langskip Epitisbatr

3. What was the knorr used for? Coast-sailing Invading Trading Travelling

4. Broad sails are more effective than tall sails. True False

5. The Vikings had a kind of navy. What was it called? Leidang Batskjald Landnam Skjalgnam

6. What are the two most famous Viking ships, found in mounds in Norway? Borre and Halvdanshaug Tune and Grønhaug Oseberg and Gokstad Storhaug and Klåstad

7. How were sails marked to show that it was a king's ship? All of these Shield Striped Sword and Spear

8. In 1893, Magnus Andersen sailed across the Atlantic with the copy of a Viking-ship. How long did the journey last? 80 days 40 days 112 days 60 days

9. Where did the Vikings sleep when travelling at sea? all over the ship in rooms below deck in tents on deck on deck

10. How did the Vikings transport the ships over land? they carried them divided them into several pieces they did not transport them over land rolled them on logs