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Viking Age

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What country is this?

a)

Finland

b)

Belarus

c)

Iceland

d)

Sweden

2.

What country is this?

a)

Sweden

b)

Norway

c)

Ukraine

d)

Czech Republic

3.

What country is this?

a)

France

b)

Poland

c)

Sweden

d)

Iceland

4.
Where did the Vikings come from?
a)
Ireland
b)
Scandanavia
c)
France
d)
Australia
5.
Why were the long ships so effective?
a)
They could carry a lot of loot from raids.
b)
They could travel in shallow water and were really fast.
c)
They could carry a lot of people.
d)
They were unsinkable
6.
Vikings were ___________________.
a)
atheists
b)
monotheistic
c)
polytheistic
7.
The Viking alphabet was called Futhark. The letters were called _______________ because they were found carved in wood or stones.
a)
legends
b)
runes
c)
sagas
8.
Vikings believed their gods all lived in a place called _______________________.
a)
Asgard
b)
Mt. Olympus
c)
Parthenon
9.
The Vikings chief god that rode an eight-legged horse was ______________________.
a)
Loki
b)
Odin
c)
Thor
10.

What is another name for the Viking and what does the term mean?

a)

Novgar

or man of the sea

b)

Norse

Men of the North

c)

Rus

Men of the land

d)

Dane

men of the stars

11.

What region of Europe did the viking originate from and what counties are part of this region?

a)

Norway Sweden

Denmark Scandinavia

b)

Norway France

Germany

Daneland

c)

Norway Iceland Greenland

Norselaw

d)

Norway Denmark Finland

12.

What were some of the reasons why the vikings started to raid and explore?

a)

Climate getting colder

Population Growth

Raids

b)

The need for gold and food

c)

Climate getting hotter

depopulation

the need for gold

d)

Climate getting colder

Depopulation

Raids

13.

What two places settled by the vikings became permanent places that are still counties today?

a)

Iceland

Greenland

b)

Iceland

England

c)

Normandy

Greenland

d)

Finland

Russia

14.

What Viking explorer found greenland and explained how he got people to move there?

a)

Eric the Red

b)

Leif Erickson

c)

Eric of Greenland

d)

Horld Bluetooth

15.

Who was the explorer that found north america and where did they try to settle but failed?

a)

Eric the red

b)

Lief Erickson

c)

Leif Richardson

d)

Harold Buetoothe

16.

Viking farms and villages were in between mountains and at the end of what body of water and explained what the water was.

a)

Fjord

Deep sea inlets

b)

Fords

Deep rivers

c)

Vallies

grassland between mountians

d)

Mountian Springs

deep springs of fresh water

17.

Where was the first raid by the vikings and what did they attack?

a)

Lindisfarne

b)

Paris

c)

Danelaw

d)

Iceland

18.

Explain how the viking re-established the trades routes after the fall of Rome.

a)

By sail thoughout the rivers of Europe and trading by sea

b)

By forcing people to trade or die

c)

By making people give tribute

d)

By taking slaves and ransoming the back to thier families

19.

What island kingdom did the vikings invade and explain what Danelaw was?

a)

England

b)

Iceland

c)

Greenland

d)

Norway

20.

What was the name of the leader of a viking village or settlement?

a)

Jarl

b)

Chieftain

c)

King

d)

Mayor