The Vikings Study Guide

Another name for the Vikings?

• The Norse

• Iceman

• Inuit

• Trolls

Which of the following can be used the describe the Vikings?

• builders of great cities

• wise peacemakers

• fierce raiders

• great scholars

The Vikings were best known for which of these great skills?

• drawing and painting

• shipbuilding and sailing

• studying and writing

• singing and dancing

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

• They used only the wind and sails to travel.

• They were open to the weather.

• They carried only one sailor.

• They frequently broke up and sank in storms.

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

• to wrestle

• to hunt

• to raid

• to farm

What were the fiercest Viking warriors known as?

• sailors

• jarls

• navigators

• berserkers

Why was farmland scarce in the Viking homelands?

• many mountains

• many deserts

• lack of irrigation

• lack of oxen to pull plows

What are the letters of the Viking alphabet called?

• cuneiform

• runes

• cursive

• jarls

What were Viking farms often nestled between?

• fjords and mountains

• deserts and sand dunes

• two large plains

• two large cities

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

• They traded with the people they met.

• They taught people their religion.

• They offered people help in defeating their enemies.

• The held feasts with the people they met.