The Vikings: Myth vs. Fact - Anglophenia Ep 40

Watch this wonderful and claryfying  video about the Vikings and do the following exercises:

1.- Mark the following sentences as True or False:
- The Viking invasions occurred between 1800 and 1150 AD.
- Over 2,000 people left Scandinavia then.
-They made London their capital.
- Alfred the Great  used secret war tactics to beat the Vikings.
- Alfred stole food from the Vikings.
- After the war a treaty was signed.
-The Vikings were in all class of weapons and helmet with horns.
- They preferred to fight on foot.
- They were extremely brutal.
- The Vikings didn't look after their hygiene so much.
- Wealthy Viking women had the right to  request divorce.
- The Vikings didn't influence the English language.
- Odin possessed a magic belt.
- Freya was male.
-There are no Vikings nowadays.

2.- Watch the video again and answer the following questions.
- Why did the Vikings leave their homeland?
- How did Alfred the Great  manage to beat the Vikings?
- What was arranged when the treaty was signed?
- What was captured king Edmund used for?
-What happened to the archibishop of Canterbury?
- What is the "blood eagle"?
- How do we know the Vikings looked after their appearance?
- Why did the Viking women have more freedom than other women of their time?
-  Why would they change the names of the places they settled in?
- What was Odin associated with?