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Question 27

Select all that apply. Which features describe a Viking longship?

  1. Several banks of oars stacked one above another.
  2. A deep, rounded cargo hull that needed a harbour to unload.
  3. One square sail, with a row of oars along each side.Correct answer
  4. A long, narrow hull that sat shallow in the water.Correct answer

Explanation

The longship was built for reach and speed rather than cargo, so it had a slim hull drawing very little water, driven by a single square sail and by one row of oars on either side. The broad deep-hulled ship is the closest trap, because Norse crews did build such vessels for carrying goods, but that was a separate type of ship and it could not do the work described here.

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