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The Truth about Vikings
The Truth about Vikings
If you ask most people what a Viking is, they’ll probably describe a scruffy, rough, violent, blond giant wearing a helmet with two horns. But that’s not what Vikings were really like; it’s just a stereotype we’ve formed of them over the years. According to historians, real Vikings were almost the exact opposite of what we think they were, in many ways.
For one thing, Vikings didn’t wear horned helmets. There is no pictorial evidence from the Viking age to support that they wore horned helmets, and the only actual Viking helmet ever discovered did not have horns. The horned helmets that we associate with Vikings today are probably a combination of stories made up in the 19th century, and the ceremonial helmets worn by Norse and Germanic priests, who predated the Vikings by many, many years.
Neither were Vikings scruffy, dirty or smelly. Archeologists have found all kinds of personal hygiene implements while excavating Viking sites, like tweezers, razors, combs, and ear cleaners made from animal bones and antlers. Apparently, Vikings also bathed at least once a week, which is much more often than Europeans of the same time period.
The main occupation of Vikings wasn’t sailing off to war or pillaging enemies―it was farming. Though they did occasionally have to go to war, most grew barley, rye, and oats, and raised cattle, goats, pigs, and sheep on small, family farms.
Finally, though we think of Vikings as one society, they were not. The word 'Vikings' doesn’t even actually refer to a specific community of people, it is just a word used to refer to all Scandinavians who went on expeditions overseas. During the Viking Age, there were many different tribes of people living on the land that we now know as Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, and they often fought against each other.
So the next time you watch a movie or a television show featuring Vikings, remember that what you’re seeing is probably a lot less history and a lot more Hollywood!
Article edited from www.EnglishWorksheetLand.com.
1. What piece of text evidence best explains why Vikings are misunderstood and gives the reader an idea of what they will learn in the article?”
1. What piece of text evidence best explains why Vikings are misunderstood and gives the reader an idea of what they will learn in the article?”
1. "The word 'Vikings' doesn’t even actually refer to a specific community of people..."
1. "The word 'Vikings' doesn’t even actually refer to a specific community of people..."
2. "According to historians, real Vikings were almost the exact opposite of what we think they were, in many ways."
2. "According to historians, real Vikings were almost the exact opposite of what we think they were, in many ways."
3. "So the next time you watch a movie or a television show featuring Vikings, remember that what you’re seeing is probably a lot less history and a lot more Hollywood!"
3. "So the next time you watch a movie or a television show featuring Vikings, remember that what you’re seeing is probably a lot less history and a lot more Hollywood!"
4. "For one thing, Vikings didn’t wear horned helmets."
4. "For one thing, Vikings didn’t wear horned helmets."
2. What piece of text evidence best explains why Vikings were not smelly?
2. What piece of text evidence best explains why Vikings were not smelly?
1. "Neither were Vikings scruffy, dirty or smelly."
1. "Neither were Vikings scruffy, dirty or smelly."
2. "There is no pictorial evidence from the Viking age to support that they wore horned helmets, and the only actual Viking helmet ever discovered did not have horns."
2. "There is no pictorial evidence from the Viking age to support that they wore horned helmets, and the only actual Viking helmet ever discovered did not have horns."
3. "Apparently, Vikings also bathed at least once a week..."
3. "Apparently, Vikings also bathed at least once a week..."
4. "Archeologists have found all kinds of personal hygiene implements while excavating Viking sites, like tweezers, razors, combs, and ear cleaners made from animal bones and antlers. "
4. "Archeologists have found all kinds of personal hygiene implements while excavating Viking sites, like tweezers, razors, combs, and ear cleaners made from animal bones and antlers. "
3. What piece of text evidence best explains what the Vikings did?
3. What piece of text evidence best explains what the Vikings did?
1. "The main occupation of Vikings wasn’t sailing off to war or pillaging enemies―it was farming."
1. "The main occupation of Vikings wasn’t sailing off to war or pillaging enemies―it was farming."
2. "During the Viking Age, there were many different tribes of people living on the land that we now know as Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, and they often fought against each other."
2. "During the Viking Age, there were many different tribes of people living on the land that we now know as Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, and they often fought against each other."
3. "If you ask most people what a Viking is, they’ll probably describe a scruffy, rough, violent, blond giant wearing a helmet with two horns."
3. "If you ask most people what a Viking is, they’ll probably describe a scruffy, rough, violent, blond giant wearing a helmet with two horns."
4. "But that’s not what Vikings were really like; it’s just a stereotype we’ve formed of them over the years."
4. "But that’s not what Vikings were really like; it’s just a stereotype we’ve formed of them over the years."
4. Which piece of text evidence best explains the Viking farm life?
4. Which piece of text evidence best explains the Viking farm life?
1. "The main occupation of Vikings wasn’t sailing off to war or pillaging enemies―it was farming."
1. "The main occupation of Vikings wasn’t sailing off to war or pillaging enemies―it was farming."
2. "If you ask most people what a Viking is, they’ll probably describe a scruffy, rough, violent, blond giant wearing a helmet with two horns."
2. "If you ask most people what a Viking is, they’ll probably describe a scruffy, rough, violent, blond giant wearing a helmet with two horns."
3. "Though they did occasionally have to go to war, most grew barley, rye, and oats, and raised cattle, goats, pigs, and sheep on small, family farms."
3. "Though they did occasionally have to go to war, most grew barley, rye, and oats, and raised cattle, goats, pigs, and sheep on small, family farms."
4. ".Apparently, Vikings also bathed at least once a week, which is much more often than Europeans of the same time period."
4. ".Apparently, Vikings also bathed at least once a week, which is much more often than Europeans of the same time period."
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