Out of the North Come the Vikings
This group of people lived about 800 years before the birth of Christ in the coldest countries of the Old World- Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.
Who are the Vikings?
The Northmen learned that this part of Europe was easy to attack.
What is Western Europe?
The king of England made the Northmen agree to stop attacking England by doing this.
What is sign a peace treaty?
This famous city in France was robbed, burned, and destroyed by the Northmen for two years!
What is Paris, France?
This king helped to convert Leif Ericson to Catholicism.
Who is St. King Olaf of Norway?
Northmen is the word for this.
Who are the Norsemen?
This was a Northman king's most prized possession.
What is a long ship?
This man finally said, "No more!" to the Northmen's attacks of the English people.
Who is King Alfred the Great of England?
This king of France ended the attack by the Northmen by agreeing to pay them a ransom.
Who is King Charles the Fat?
Leif and his crew explored a new land with wild grains, wild berries, and grape vines and named it for what they found there.
What is Vinland?
These Northmen people ate mostly this type of food.
What is fish?
When a Northman king died he was set afire on his long ship and allowed to drift safely onto the sea to this place.
What is Valhalla, or heaven?
King Arnulf, the king of this country, destroyed the Northmen settlement at Leuven, which kept the Northmen away from this country.
What is Germany?
This part of France was given to the Northmen as a way to stop their endless attacks on France.
What is the Duchy of Normandy?
The actual modern Canadian province Leif discovered is this.
What is Nova Scotia?
The Northmen used this word for great seafarer.
What is Vikingr Mikill?
When was no longer available for the Northmen to live, they looked to this place to find a better life.
What is the open seas?
When the Northmen's attacks failed, they settled down in the land they were in, adopted the customs, and followed this faith.
What is the Catholic faith?
This is the place that Leif Ericson wanted to return to in order to share his faith with family and everyone.
What is Greenland?
Northmen used these vessels to travel across the seas.
What are long ships?
This Northman sailed past Iceland and discovered, named, and settled on this cold island west of it, named Greenland.
Who is Eric the Red?