Exam 6: Stratification Without a State: Medieval Iceland

The medieval Icelandic system rested fundamentally on justice.

Slaves became relatively too costly when hired labor became available.

If someone in Iceland tried to take your land, you could keep it if you could:

Harald Finehair established the first state in Norway by:

The early Icelandic social system rested on:

Iceland was a colony of Norway and then Denmark for about 600 years.

States hold egalitarian and rank societies together.

The first people to discover North America were from:

Stratification means:

It was cheapest for Icelandic landowners to use:

In 1262 Iceland became:

In medieval Iceland the highest authorities were the chieftains.

The soil that the wind eroded from the highlands of Iceland was forever lost to Iceland.

Initially, the limiting factor in agricultural production in Iceland was:

For subsistence, early Icelanders relied mostly on:

When you won a case at the assembly in Iceland:

The first Europeans in North America were:

Medieval Iceland was fundamentally democratic.

When Erik the Red was outlawed, he went to Newfoundland.

In medieval Iceland, slaves produced surplus value for their owners.