Important Vocab
To attack suddenly and with force.
raid
Families or friends of the captives had to pay a _______ or the Vikings forced the captured people into slavery.
ransom
Goods transported by a ship, plane, or truck.
cargo
The pointed front end of a ship.
prow
Life in Iceland is hard. Why?
There is not enough good farmland.
A Viking chief
jarl
Runes were the letters of the Viking alphabet known as the ________.
Futhark
Berserkers comes from what Viking words?
bear shirt
At sea, Viking ships offered little _________ to the people on board.
protection
To force someone to leave and stay away from a place.
A letter of the Viking alphabet
rune
A type of craftsperson who makes iron tools by hand.
blacksmith
A meal with a lot of food.
feast
Use adjectives to describe Viking ships.
This person hoped to bring Vikings back to settle in Greenland.
Eric the Red
berserker
true
Name something Vikings would have stolen from other ships or towns.
True or False? Vikings rarely moved.
False, they moved a lot.
Greenland didn't have good farmland or forests for timber but the Vikings found these off the coast.
fish, seals, walruses, and whales
Secured in place using chains, ropes, or an anchor.
moored
Scandinavia
A large container used for drinking.
goblet
Vikings were great at building what?
ships
Sigurd was a ________ who entertained people with news about Vikings in different parts of the world.
storyteller