Question

review the details below.

• toward the end of the tenth century, viking explorer leif eriksson used a longboat to sail to vineland in north america.
• 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.

choose the best topic sentence to introduce a paragraph containing these details.
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.
longboats helped vikings trade with people throughout europe and the middle east.

Explanation:

The details cover Viking long-distance travel to North America, Russia, the Middle East (including trade), and how their longboat construction enabled this wide-ranging exploration. The first option only addresses the time of their travel, which is not the focus of the details. The third option is too narrow, as it only mentions trade and Europe/Middle East, excluding the North America exploration detail. The second option encompasses their shipbuilding/sailing skills and their far-reaching travel/exploration, which ties all the given details together.

Answer:

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