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Question 30

Select all that apply. Which roles did Scandinavians of the Viking age take in the lands they reached?

  1. They only ever raided and never stayed anywhere.
  2. They raided settlements and monasteries.Correct answer
  3. They traded goods along river and sea routes.Correct answer
  4. They settled and farmed in lands away from home.Correct answer

Explanation

The same communities that fitted out raids also ran long trading routes and founded farms and towns in Britain, Ireland, the north Atlantic and the east, so raiding was one activity among several rather than the whole record. The idea that they never stayed is the closest trap, because the written sources of the time record raids most vividly, while settlement shows up mainly in place names, graves and excavated goods.

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