The Norse (Of Course!)

The Norse are from what part of Europe originally?

• Scandinavia

• Iceland

• Greenland

• England

The name "Viking" actually meant:

• "to go raiding"

• "to attack"

• "to explore"

• "to plunder"

The name for the traditional Norse longship was the:

• Skraeling

• Egil

• Knarr

• Yggrasil

Which Norse explorer was responsible for discovering and settling Greenland?

• Leif Ericcson

• Floki

• Eric the Red

• Turgeis the Devil

Leif Ericcson was known for:

• Raiding the monastery at Lindesfarne in the 700's.

• Discovering Vinland, or North America

• Conquering England

• Discovering and settling Greenland

"Skraeling" was a Norse term that referred to:

• A type of professional warrior.

• The World Tree in their mythology.

• Native Americans in Vinland

• The traditional boat they sailed.

A JARL was:

• the leader of a Norse community.

• a type of Norse battle-axe.

• The traditional boat used by Norse raiders

• the round wooden shield used in combat.

The THING was (select all that apply):

• a Norse community meeting where decisions were made.

• A type of democracy where all adults could advise the leader.

• The marketplace where traders bought and sold goods.

• The temple where priestesses read runes.

• Usually held in the leader's main hall.

Long poems that contained all Norse history, mythology and stories were called:

• Skraelings

• Eddas

• Jarls

• Knarrs

• Sagas

Within the long Norse poems that told their history, the smaller stories were called the:

• Sagas

• Eddas

• Jarls

• Knarrs

• Skraelings