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Charlemagne and the Vikings

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name mean "Charles the Great." King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor. "Father of Europe" because he set up what would become France, Germany, Spain, and Italy.

a)

Charlemagne

b)

Ragnar Lodbrok

c)

Leif Erikson

d)

Freydis Eriksodttir

2.

A "Viking's Viking," who sacked Paris in 845 AD, before being captured and executed via snake pit by the Anglo Saxons. His sons avenged him brutally.

a)

Charlemagne

b)

Ragnar Lodbrok

c)

Ivar Ragnarson

d)

Freydis Eriksodttir

3.

Son of Ragnar Lodbrok, leader of the Great Heathen Army, he avenged his father's death and created the cities of York and Dublin.

a)

Ivar Ragnarson, the Boneless

b)

Ragnar Lodbrok

c)

Leif Erikson

d)

Freydis Eriksodttir

4.

Son of Erik the Red, he discovered America almost 500 years before Christopher Columbus

a)

Ivar Ragnarson, the Boneless

b)

Ragnar Lodbrok

c)

Leif Erikson

d)

Freydis Eriksodttir

5.

Daughter of Erik the Red, she saved the Viking American colony by being scary.

a)

Ivar Ragnarson, the Boneless

b)

Charelmagne

c)

Leif Erikson

d)

Freydis Eriksodttir

6.

A HUGE band of Vikings led by the Ragnarsons who attacked England in 865 AD. Conquered the North of the Island.

a)

Varangian Guard

b)

Normans

c)

Great Heathen Army

d)

Kievan Rus

7.

The Viking personal bodyguard to the Byzantine/Eastern Roman Emperor. Paid for a good job by being allowed to carry what they can from the treasury.

a)

Varangian Guard

b)

Normans

c)

Great Heathen Army

d)

Kievan Rus

8.

Viking rulers + Slavs + Steppe Nomads = Russia and Ukraine.

a)

Varangian Guard

b)

Normans

c)

Great Heathen Army

d)

Kievan Rus

9.

French Vikings paid to fight other Vikings with land; they later invaded and conquered part of Italy.

a)

Varangian Guard

b)

Normans

c)

Great Heathen Army

d)

Kievan Rus

10.

"Sea Raider" in Norse; pirates.

a)

Greenland

b)

Vikings

c)

Iceland

d)

Europe's Economy

11.

A beautiful volcanic island that is actually very green; the Vikings named it the opposite to keep people away.

a)

Greenland

b)

Vikings

c)

Iceland

d)

Europe's Economy

12.

A large but cold island covered in glaciers; Erik the Red named it the opposite to get people to go there.

a)

Greenland

b)

Vikings

c)

Iceland

d)

Europe's Economy

13.

The Vikings rebuilt this when they weren't attacking people, and reintroduced silver and gold back into the market.

a)

Greenland

b)

Vikings

c)

Iceland

d)

Europe's Economy