Question

review the details below:

• sailing down rivers, the vikings were able to travel to russia and the middle east and trade with the people living there.
• the construction of their longboats made it possible for vikings to sail in deep and shallow waters, thereby allowing them to visit many new areas.
• toward the end of the tenth century, viking explorer leif eriksson used a longboat to sail to vineland in north america.

choose the best topic sentence to introduce a paragraph containing these details.
longboats helped vikings trade with people throughout europe and the middle east.
the vikings did most of their traveling during the viking age, which lasted from 800 to 1150.
thanks to their abilities as shipbuilders and sailors, the vikings were able to travel far and explore other lands.

Explanation:

The details discuss how Viking longboats (from their shipbuilding) and sailing abilities let them travel to Russia, Middle East, North America, and explore new areas. The third option connects shipbuilding (longboat construction) and sailing to their far travel and exploration, covering all details. The first option only focuses on trade (not exploration like to North America), and the second is about the time of travel, not the reasons/abilities for travel.

Answer:

Thanks to their abilities as shipbuilders and sailors, the Vikings were able to travel far and explore other lands.