CH 2: Early Explorers Vikings & Portugal

Early maps only showed three continents. Pick the three.

• Asia

• Africa

• Europe

• North America

Who were the first people to sail west and reach North America?

• Vikings

• Exploreres

• Europeans

What land did Erik the Red settle?

• Greenland

• Iceland

• VIneland

• Canada

What name did the Vikings call North America?

• Vinland

• Canada

• Iceland

• Greenland

Why did Leif Eriksson stop exploring North America & go home?

• The Native Americans were fighting back

• They ran out of food

• There was no gold so they left

• They never came to North America

Most people thought that the Atlantic and Pacific oceans ran together to make one large body of water. What did they call that?

• The Ocean Sea

• The Mediterranean Sea

• The North Sea

• The Large Ocean

What were the names of the Viking ships?

• Longships

• Caravels

• Titans

Vikings not only raided other countries but they also established trade routes.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Vikings founded Iceland in 874

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Vikings didn't get credit for finding North America. Portugal did.

• TRUE

• FALSE