The Vikings - "It's in the Reading" Review

What were the Viking Things?

(pg. 2-3)

• letters of the alphabet

• the Viking alphabet

• open-air meetings

• Viking ships

Which of these descriptions of Vikings is negative (would not be something nice to say)?

(pg. 2-3)

• skilled shipbuilder

• ruthless conquerors

• great poets and storytellers

• excellent seaman

How did the Vikings get the timber that they traded?

(pg. 4-5)

• They traded for it.

• They bought it.

• They cut trees for it.

• They did not trade timber.

Why was finding L'Anse aux Meadows important?

(pg. 4-5)

• It confirmed the Vikings' presence in the Americas.

• It became a great Viking Seaport.

• It provided Vikings with rich farmland.

• It proved Columbus was the first European in the Americas.

How were Viking Longships and knörrs alike?

(pg. 6-7)

• Both were war ships.

• Both were trading vessels.

• Both had sterns and prows carved like wild beasts.

• Both had a single full sail.

Which of these events took place first?

(pg. 8-9)

• Paris falls to the Vikings.

• Vikings raid a monastery in Lindisfarne, England.

• Vikings set up settlements on Orkney Islands.

• Vikings sail across the Baltic Sea to invade Russia.

What activity was putting the Oseberg ship together probably most like?

(pg. 10-11)

• playing chess

• building a ship

• taking notes

• assembling a jigsaw puzzle

Why were longhouses in Norway made of wood?

[Hint - Think about natural resources in Norway.]

(pg. 12-13)

• Norway had plenty of trees.

• Norway could easily ship in wood from other places.

• Norway had few stones for foundations.

• Norway did not have turf.

Which of these was NOT a challenge Thor faced in the land of the giants?

(pg. 14-15)

• fighting an old woman

• drinking from a horn

• lifting a cat

• digging a hole

Why do you think York was renamed Jorvik by the Vikings?

(pg. 16-17)

• York was a Viking name.

• York was an English name.

• The Viking alphabet did not have a symbol for Y.

• The English did not want them to use the name York.