Unit 10 - Hoards and Hoarding
Multiple-choice exercise
Choose the correct answer for each question.
How many Viking type hoards are known from Scotland?
- 49
- 153
- 34
- 26
- 13
Where was the largest hoard found?
- St. Ninian's Isle
- Skaill
- Kirkwall
- Shetland
- Glasgow
What elements in hoards suggest that they were Viking?
- presence of hack silver
- silver jewellery
- Arabic, English and Carolingian coins
- penannular silver rings
- nicking, pecking or folding of coins
When did Viking hoarding largely take place in Scotland?
- early ninth century
- late ninth century
- c. 850 - 950
- c. 930 - 1060
- c. 1000 - 1070
Hoarding coincides with ..................
- raiding
- warfare
- the founding of the Earldom of Orkney
- an influx of silver into the Scottish and Irish Sea areas
- coin minting