General Vikings
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Vocabulary
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Where are the Vikings from?

Scandinavia (Norway, Denmark, Sweden)

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True or false: Viking children went to school

False. They helped their parents with cooking, weaving, or farm work

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True or false: Vikings made it to the Middle East

True

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True or false: Only Viking women loved to wear jewellery

False. Both men and women did

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a long, narrow boat used by Viking explorers and warriors

longboat

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True or false: Viking thralls could buy their way out of slavery and become free

True

200

How many meals did the Vikings eat each day?

2

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Were Viking longboats used for shallow water or deep water?

Both!

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What material did Viking women weave for clothes?

Linen (from flax plant)

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To ban from a town or village forever

Outlaw

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True or False: Vikings were at their most powerful from 800-1200

False. 700-1100 CE

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What were Viking homes made from?

Wood

300

A Viking named Bjarni Herjolfsson was blown off course in a storm. He briefly landed in...

Canada

300

What game did Vikings begin to play after learning in the Middle East?

Chess

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a Viking merchant boat

Knarr boat

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What is The Thing?

An open-air meeting to discuss problems, vote on new laws, decide punishments, etc

400

Did Vikings live in cities, villages, or far away from each other?

Villages surrounded by farm land

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Name 2 ways that the Vikings knew where they were travelling

They stayed close to the coasts, they used the sun and stars, and they sent ravens in the air and followed them if they flew towards a direction

400

What are sagas?

Stories of exciting adventures and heroes that were passed down from one generation to the next

400

a person who studies objects and sites from the past to learn about human history

archaeologist

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What are the three social classes of Vikings? Explain each of them

Jarls: Richest, powerful local chiefs

Karls: Middle class, farmers, merchants, etc

Thralls: Slaves

500

How many windows did Viking houses usually have?

0

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Vikings settled in Greenland when they were led by which famous Viking explorer?

Erik the Red

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Poorer Vikings wore jewellery made from __________, richer Vikings wore jewellery made from ______________.

Poor: bone, jet, bronze

Rich: silver and gold

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a layer of grass and soil held together by grass and plant roots

turf

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