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Vikings

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Vikings were:

a)

Explorers

b)

Farmers

c)

Raiders

d)

Sailors

2.

Scandinavia includes which countries? Choose all that apply.

a)

Iceland

b)

Sweden

c)

England

d)

Ireland

e)

Norway

3.

The Vikings lived in the region called: (a)  

Choose from the below words
Scandenavia
United Kingdom
Ireland
Scandinavia
4.

The Vikings explored the: (a)  

Choose from the below words
North Pacific Ocean
Great Lakes
North Atlantic Ocean
South Atlantic Ocean
5.

The God of wisdom, poetry, and war. Father of Thor and ruler of the Norse gods. (a)  

Choose from the below words
Thor
Loki
Zeus
Odin
6.

The Viking alphabet. (a)  

Choose from the below words
Latin
Runes
Old English
Sagas
7.

Odin's grand palace. The vikings believed that if they died in battle they would go to this great hall in the home of the Gods. Kind of like their version of heaven. (a)  

Choose from the below words
Atlantis
Valhalla
The Great Oz
Elysium
8.

God of lightning, thunder, the sky, and the weather . He is the son of Odin, chief of the gods. (a)  

Choose from the below words
Loki
Tyr
Thor
Asgard
9.

Long Viking stories that have been handed down through the generations and usually told as oral traditions. That means someone tells the story out loud and it was not written down to read. (a)  

Choose from the below words
Runes
Hammers
Longships
Sagas
10.

If a viking died bravely in battle they believed he would go here. (a)  

Choose from the below words
Styx
Valhalla
Runesland
Frey
11.

What European Explorer came to the Americas first? (Hint: Approximately 500 years before Christopher Columbus). (a)  

Choose from the below words
Leif Eriksson
Christopher Columbus
Marco Polo
Vasco da Gama
12.

The Vikings, also called the (a)   , were Scandinavian seafaring explorers, traders, warriors, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the 9th to the 11th centuries.

Choose from the below words
Southmen
Cartographers
Sweden
Norsemen
13.

Odin's adopted son. He is known as the evil trickster god, a mischief maker, and a shape-shifter. (a)  

Choose from the below words
Loppy
Thor
Odin
Loki
14.

The countries of the region known as Scandinavia (include all that apply during the Viking Age).

a)

Iceland

b)

Denmark

c)

Norway

d)

Sweden

e)

Europe

15.

Viking boats. (a)  

Choose from the below words
Longships or Longboats
Short-ships or stout-ships
Speedboats or Missile -boats
Territories or Provinces
16.

Viking explorer who was the first viking to explore Greenland. He was banished/exiled for murdering another viking in a fight. (a)  

Choose from the below words
Leif Eriksson
Thor
Erik the Red
Loki
17.

The Viking court; this is where you went for a trial if you broke any viking laws. A legal assembly of Vikings. (a)  

Choose from the below words
Supreme Court
Jail
The Thing
Explorer School
18.

To rob a place using violence and war tactics. Vikings and other pirates in history were known for this. (a)  

Choose from the below words
Charity
Pillage
Exile
New Found Land
19.

What does this image show? Include all that apply.

a)

United Kingdom

b)

Canada

c)

Scandinavia

d)

Region that the Vikings/Norsemen came from

20.

Which one is a famous Viking name? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Apollo
Panther
Washington
Eriksson
21.

Old Viking stories also known as oral traditions. (a)  

Choose from the below words
Sackas
Sagas
Novels
Book of the Dead
22.

How many legs did Odin's horse, Sleipnir have?

23.

The word "viking" comes from the Old Norse for a (a)   raid.

Choose from the below words
pirate
lightning bolt
horse
dragon
24.

Who were the chief (main) gods of the Vikings?

a)

Oldie, Dragonfeld, Transformer

b)

The Thing, the Black Panther, Aquaman

c)

Loki, Thor, Dragonship

d)

Odin, Thor, Frey

25.

To be kicked out a Viking settlement. (Usually by The Thing) (a)  

Choose from the below words
Handcuffed or Knotted
Imprisoned or Chain Mailed
Exiled or Banished
Welcomed or Greeted
26.

Major world religion that many Vikings began following near the end of the Viking Age. (Hint: Catholicism, Presbyterian, Bapist, and Lutheran, are examples). (a)  

Choose from the below words
Islam
Christianity
Hinduism
Buddhism
27.

What does it mean when a Viking says, "Let's go a Viking".

a)

When Vikings go to church.

b)

When Vikings go to navigator school.

c)

When Vikings go on raids or attacks of other boats or settlements.

d)

When Vikings harvest a crop.

28.

Look at the picture. What are these called? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Greek
Spanish
Taiwanese
Runes
Latin