Ships
Norsemen in France
Norsemen in Iceland and Greenland
Norsemen in North America
Miscellaneous
100
Where did the Norsemen travel to first - Greenland, Iceland, or North America?
Iceland
100
When the Norsemen settled in France, did they continue to speak and dress and worship their gods as they had before, or did they become more like the French?
They began to dress and speak like the French and many converted to Christianity like the French
100
Who was born first - Lief Ericsson, Eric the Red, or Thorvald?
Thorvald
100
Why didn't the Vikings stay in North America?
The Native North Americans who lived there forced them out
100
What are Viking letters of the alphabet called?
Runes
200
The Norsemen weren't usually sailors. What kind of work did Norsemen usually do?
Farming
200
What did Charlemagne, the king of the Franks, think of the Norsemen?
He wasn't afraid of them; he called them "worthless scamps"; his army was so well-organized that the Vikings couldn't conquer it
200
Why did Eric the Red have to leave Iceland?
He got into a quarrel with his neighbors that turned into a fight. By the time the argument ended, two of Eric the Red's neighbors were dead. The other Vikings ordered Eric the Red to leave Iceland
200
Who discovered North America first - Christopher Columbus, Eric the Red, or Leif Ericsson?
Leif Ericsson
200
What was the name of the new homeland in France where the Norsemen lived after Charlemagne died?
Normandy
300
Sometimes the Norsemen were called Vikings. This comes from the word "i viking". What does "i viking" mean?
Someone who went adventuring by sea
300
What happened after Charlemagne died? Give two answers.
His empire was divided into three parts; Charlemagne's grandsons ruled; the Franks no longer had a strong and organized army; the Vikings invaded and burned cities and stole treasure; the Vikings got their own land
300
Why did the Viking settlers in Greenland not grow very tall?
There was not enough to eat
300
Why did Leif Ericsson and his men call the Native North Americans "skraelings"?
They called them "skraelings" because that probably meant "screechers". The Native North Americans had terrifying battle yells when they were attacked
300
Where did the Norsemen come from? Give the name of the three countries and also the name of the peninsula.
Norway, Denmark, and Sweden. The peninsula is called Scandinavia
400
What did Norsemen ships look like? Give two ideas.
Flat bottomed; long and narrow; dragon's head on the front; they were rowed
400
What did the king of the western Franks do after the Norsemen had raided the western part of France so much?
He gave them a piece of his land
400
Why did Eric the Red name the new land "Greenland"?
He hoped this cheerful name would encourage other Vikings from Iceland to come live there
400
Why did the Norsemen go to North America?
Lief Ericsson was determined to find a better place to live than Greenland; an explorer (Bjarni) told a story of this mysterious land and Lief wanted to find it
400
What is a peninsula?
A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides
500
Why were Norsemen ships better than other ships?
Flat bottomed so they could go right up onto the shore; they could float in shallow water
500
Why did the Norsemen invade the Franks?
They were looking for good land to farm
500
What was Greenland like? Give three answers.
icy and rocky; during the summer the sun never sets and for three months in the winter the night lasts all 24 hours; only a small narrow strip along the coast had any grass or trees on it; they couldn't plant any grain or grass there because of the ice; the cows were skinny (not enough food); there were whales, seals, polar bears, reindeer, and walrus
500
What kinds of things have archaeologists found in Canada and the United States that are evidence that the Norsemen were there? Give two answers.
Remains of Viking homes, jewelry, wood carvings, rocks that have carvings in it which look like Viking letters of the alphabet
500
Why were the Vikings / Norsemen like "barbarians"?
Barbarians attack other countries and that is what the Norsemen did in the Frankish empire; they didn't have such proper ways of living like the French did (they dressed and spoke and worshiped in less civilized ways)
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