Vikings

Where did the Vikings come from?

• Ireland
• Scandanavia
• France
• Australia

Which of these countries are part of Scandinavia?

• Norway, Denmark, Sweden

• Rome, Carthage, Constantinople

• Greenland, Turkey, Norway

• Gaul, Greenland, Greece

A narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes is called a

• Krona

• Saga

• Fjord

• Firth

Norsemen ("north men") explorers and settlers known for raiding along Europe's coasts were also called

• Vikings

• Packers

• Bears

• Lions

Letters in the Viking alphabet were called ________.

• legends
• sagas
• runes
• shapes

What is the name of the Viking boat?

• A holmgang

• Norsemen

• Longboats

• Long Bows

Why were the long ships so effective?

• They could carry a lot of loot from raids.
• They could travel in shallow water and were really fast.
• They could carry a lot of people.
• They were unsinkable

Eric the Red was banished from ______________ and so he left and colonized ______________.

• Iceland / Greenland

• North America / Greenland

• Greenland / Iceland

• Sweden / Germany

Leif Erickson is known for discovering ______________ which is known as Newfoundland today.

• Inglemoor

• Iceland

• Vinland

• Switzerland

True or False: Christopher Columbus was the first European to arrive in North America.

• True

• False