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Viking Quiz: History Channel video

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which one is NOT a weapon that the Viking warriors carried routinely at the beginning of the video?

a)

Bow and Arrow

b)

Knife

c)

Battle Axe

2.
How many centuries did the Vikings dominate and invade Europe before they were stopped?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
3.
Erik the Red colonized which new land?
a)
Greenland
b)
Iceland
c)
Poland
4.
Leif Erikson discovered and colonized which new land in 1000 A.D.?
a)
Greenland
b)
Iceland
c)
Newfoundland
5.
What was Kiev (modern day Ukraine) to the Vikings?
a)
a market for their plunder
b)
a new prosperous home
c)
a religious mecca
6.

What was Harold Hardrata's philosophy of ruling?

a)

"eat, drink, and be merry"

b)

"submit or die"

c)

"the strongest will survive"

7.
What did Leif Erikson use to try to unify the Vikings at the king's suggestion?
a)
chocolate
b)
religion
c)
farming
8.
What adjective did the video use repeatedly to describe the Vikings?
a)
Barbarian
b)
Generous
c)
Soldiers
d)
Peaceful
9.
What was unusual about Harold Hardrata and his nephew (King Olaf's son)?
a)
They co-ruled Norway until the nephew mysteriously died
b)
They gave the kingdom to their dog
c)
They moved all the Vikings to France
10.

Which adjective does NOT describe the longships built by the Vikings?

a)

Fast

b)

Shallow

c)

Hard to maneuver

11.

Christianity failed to unite all the Vikings, but which ruler achieved unification of the Vikings until his death in 1066 A.D.?

a)

Olaf, King of Norway

b)

Harold Hardrata, Olaf's half-brother

c)

Erik the Red

12.

What was tied to little birdies' legs and used by the Vikings in warfare?

a)

messages sent between Viking kings

b)

Twigs of fire to burn the thatched roofs

c)

knives to drop to Viking warriors

13.

What were the "crazy" Vikings called who fire-walked and would fight in a trance-like fury?

a)

beserkers

b)

badgers

c)

Bradley Bears

14.

What discovery in 1880 provided a new view of Viking life?

a)

Viking horse shoe games

b)

Viking cave drawings

c)

Viking ship graveyard