Starter quiz
- Complete the sentence. A ______ is a rapid, surprise attack which normally involves stealing something.
- 'raid' ✓
- What is a building lived in by a community who follow religious vows called?
- a priory ✓
- a church
- a cathedral
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- What is the correct historical name for a book or document written by hand?
- a newspaper
- a manuscript ✓
- a magazine
- a leaflet
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- In what year did the Vikings raid Lindisfarne Priory?
- 790 CE
- 783 CE
- 793 CE ✓
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- What was the name given to the boats that Vikings used to raid the priories?
- barges
- longboats ✓
- narrow boats
- canal bots
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- Which statements are correct about where and why Viking raids happened?
- Vikings only raided sites in England.
- Vikings raided religious sites for the valuable objects. ✓
- Vikings started to raid sites across the British Isles. ✓
- Vikings raided religious sites as they wanted to kill monks.
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