WorksheetsVIKINGS
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
How did most Vikings try to get rich?
By looting other people
By working as a trader or merchant
By farming
By making quality goods
How did Vikings settle an argument?
By having a holmgang
By going to court
By having the law-speaker give judgement
The gods dueled for their favor
What is the name of the Viking boat?
A holmgang
Norsemen
Longboats
Long Bows
What is the name of the most violent Viking warriors?
Vikings
Berserkers
Psychos
Warriors
What was the purpose of the “Thing”?
To be a thingy thing
To settle problems and make decisions
To cause problems and serve punishment
Where outlaws would gather after being forced to leave town
How did their boats allow them to have a quick getaway after looting a village?
They were lightweight and had flat bottoms to move quickly
They were lightweight and had triangular bottoms to cut the water
They were heavy and that allowed them to move fast
The jet engines were heavy and they had flat bottoms
The types of weapons and armor that a Viking carried depended on what?
How rich they were
How good of a warrior they were
How weak they were
What weapons the berserkers ate
How did Vikings view “stealing?”
If someone does not know they are being robbed, it is stealing
If someone does know they are being robbed, it is not stealing
You have to burn the other person's house down before you can take their stuff
You had to fight and if you won you got their stuff
If you broke the law, you became an ____________. They were forced to live in the wilderness and could be killed if found
Outlaw
Criminal
Fugitive
Thing
What was the alphabet called?
Runes
Holmgang
Beserker
Norse
What was the only way a Viking could enter Valhalla?
Dying in battle with a weapon in their hand
Dying in their sleep
Being burnt on their ship after they died
By knocking
What was another name for the people called Vikings?
Norsemen or Norse
Horsemen or Horse
Germanic Tribes
Romans that were Greeks
