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Hnefatafl was a Viking board game similar to chess or draughts.

Vikings - Everyday Life

What was everyday life like for Viking families? Explore work, homes, food, and free time in this KS2 History quiz about Vikings and their daily routines.

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Fascinating Fact:

Women and girls spun wool, wove cloth, cooked, and looked after children, while men and boys often farmed or went trading and raiding.

In KS2 History, you learn how Viking people lived their daily lives. Pupils explore their farms, homes, food, work, and journeys across the sea, not just their raids.

Key Terms

Longhouse: A long wooden building where a Viking family, and sometimes their animals, lived together.
Settlement: A place where people build homes and live as a small community.
Raid: A surprise attack to steal valuables, often carried out from Viking ships.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What was everyday life like for Vikings?

Everyday life for Vikings was mostly about farming, caring for animals, cooking, and making clothes. Only some people went on long sea journeys to trade or raid.

What jobs did Viking people do?

Many Vikings were farmers, growing crops and keeping animals. Others worked as traders, craftsmen, or sailors, buying and selling goods across different lands.

What did Viking children do for fun?

Viking children played games, practised with simple weapons, helped with chores, and listened to stories about gods and heroes told by older family members.

Try These Related Quizzes

1 .

Why did Viking traders carry a small weigh scale?

To weigh coins

To weigh vegetables

To weigh pigs

All of these

Coins of the time were made of gold or silver and their value was in their weight

2 .

Which material was NOT used to build a Viking home?

Steel

Turf blocks

Wood

Stone

The Vikings would use wood, stone or turf depending on what was available locally

3 .

How did the Vikings preserve their meat?

They would freeze it

They would bury it in the ground

They would salt it

They would smoke it

Many foods are still smoked today in order to preserve them, like kippers or bacon

4 .

What was the Thing?

A legendary monster

A yearly gathering

A disease

A toilet

Vikings would wear their best clothes for the Thing

5 .

How did Viking children learn about the past?

From books

On the internet

On TV

From spoken stories

Books were very rare and expensive at the time. Most stories were passed down in spoken form

6 .

What was hnefatafl?

A god

A book

A game

A house

A hnefatafl was a board game similar to chess or draughts

7 .

How did the Vikings colour their clothes?

With animal blood

With vegetable dyes

With food colouring

With dirty river water

Lichen, woad and walnut were among the dyes used

8 .

What was the name of the places where Vikings traded?

Runes

Feasts

Forums

Markets

The markets sold things from far away. Archaeologists looking at a Viking marketplace in York found the shell of a sea snail that lives in the Red Sea, thousands of miles from York

9 .

Where did most Vikings live?

In towns

On farms

In cities

On mountains

It was the lack of farmland that led to the Vikings settling in foreign countries

10 .

Which of these crafts could Vikings do?

Spin wool

Make leather shoes

Make iron tools