1- The correct answers are A and C. Scandinavian people was encouraged to go to sea as its territory had an easy access to seas and long coastlines to do so, as Scandinavia has more than 25,000 km of coastline.
2- The correct answers are A and B. Scarcity of farmland and harsh winters were factors that encouraged Scandinavian people to go to sea. The great snowfalls of the Nordic lands made cultivation impossible in the winter seasons, and made the conditions of life very hard for its inhabitants.
3- The correct answers are B and C. Norse people built sturdy longships, called drakkar, and their government included councils called Things, which were government assemblies formed by free men of the Nordic societies.
4- The correct answers are A and D. The Nordic peoples of Scandinavia were famous for their incursions and raids in Europe. The berserkers were Viking warriors who fought half-naked, covered in furs. They entered combat under certain trance of psychotic profile, almost insensible to pain, strong as bears or bulls, and came to bite their shields and there was no fire or steel to stop them.
5- The correct answer is D. Viking often attacked monasteries in their raids to other places.
6- The correct answer is B. Vikings assaulted Ireland frequently, as this island was near its territories.
7- The correct answer is D. Vikings traveled by sea, most often to Iceland, Greenland, and North America.
8- The correct answer is C. Vikings made raids that were usually hit and run, and they targeted monasteries or churches that had valuable gold and silver objects.
