What's In a Name!? Greenland

What's In a Name!? Greenland

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History

6th - 8th Grade

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The video discusses the confusion caused by place names, using Cairo as an example. It introduces Eric the Red, a 10th-century Norwegian explorer exiled from Iceland, who discovered Greenland. Despite its icy landscape, Eric named it Greenland to attract settlers, successfully misleading many Icelanders to move there.

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What new insight or understanding did you gain from this video?

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