The Vikings Study Guide

Front

Another name for the Vikings?

Back

The Norse

Front

Which of the following can be used to describe the Vikings? builders of great cities, wise peacemakers, fierce raiders, great scholars

Back

fierce raiders

Front

The Vikings were best known for which of these great skills?
Options:
drawing and painting,
shipbuilding and sailing,
studying and writing,
singing and dancing

Back

shipbuilding and sailing

Front

Why did sailing on a Viking longship require courage and strength?

Back

They were open to the weather.

Front

What does it mean to go "a-viking?"

Back

to raid

Front

What were the fiercest Viking warriors known as?

Back

berserkers

Front

Why was farmland scarce in the Viking homelands?

Back

many mountains

Front

What are the letters of the Viking alphabet called?

Back

runes

Front

What were Viking farms often nestled between?

Back

fjords and mountains

Front

What else did the Vikings do, besides carrying out raids, as they journeyed through Europe?

Back

They traded with the people they met.