History Quiz - Vikings in Britain (Answers)
A major part of KS2 history is about Norse, or Viking, culture. This is the last of four quizzes on the subject and it looks in particular at the Viking invasions of Great Britain.
The Vikings made a series of raids on and invasions of Britain between the 8th Century and the 11th. They came from Norway, Sweden and Denmark, otherwise known as Scandinavia. This lies to the North of Europe, which is where the alternative name for Viking culture, Norse, comes from. Norse attackers raided Lindisfarne, the monastery that held Saint Cuthbert's relics. The raiders killed the monks and captured the valuables. Then the raids turned into invasions. By the 9th Century the Vikings ruled much of Eastern Britain and in the 11th Century England had four Norse kings. They have had an impact on our culture with many of our place names and some words in our language being of Viking origin.
Take this quiz to see how much you know about the Viking invasions of Britain.
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Who were the Vikings?
They stole gold and valuables, murdered the monks and set the church on fire
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Yorkshire was in the kingdom of Northumbria
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This Viking army conquered the North East Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and founded a new Viking country called the Danelaw
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He was killed by the Vikings for refusing to give up Christianity - this made him a martyr and a saint
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Wessex was the only Anglo-Saxon kingdom to withstand the Viking invasion
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Alfred the Great held back the Viking invasion
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This treaty set out the borders between Wessex and the Viking lands
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The Danelaw included Yorkshire, the East Midlands and East Anglia, as well as Essex, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Buckinghamshire
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Edward was the son of Alfred the Great
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In all there were four Viking kings of England: Sveyn Forkbeard in 1013, Canute in 1016, Harold Harefoot in 1035 and Harthacnut in 1040
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