The People
Raiders and Adventurers I
Raiders and Adventurers II
Miscellaneous
Vocabulary
100
The title given to a military chief who headed a group?
What is jarl?
100
Name of the place the Vikings discovered in North America?
What is Vinland?
100
Area of France later known as Normandy?
What is Norselaw?
100
A deep, narrow bay along a coastline?
What is fjord?
100
Area on the northeast coast of North America originally named Vinland?
What is Newfoundland?
200
The Viking term for men who were warriros was?
What is berserkers?
200
Norweigian Viking who established the Greenland colony?
Who is Erik the Red?
200
Viking leader who led the expedition to North America?
Who is Leif Eriksson?
200
Danish leader who gained th right to live in Franc?
Who is Rollo?
200
The region the Danes settled in that was first known as Norselaw?
What is Normandy?
300
Which is the best description of a Viking village?
What are Wooden houses with porches and steep roofs?
300
King of England nicknamed the Unready whose weakenss encouraged Viking raids?
Who is Ethelred?
300
Norwegian Vikings established colonies in?
Where are Greenland and Iceland?
300
Swedish chief who founded a settlement in Russia?
Who is Rurik?
300
Letters of the Viking alphabet?
What are runes?
400
Stories of the Norse gods and goddesses were told in works called?
What are Eddas?
400
True or False; The Vikings visited South America?
What is false?
400
England became a part of the empire led by the Danish king?
Who is Canute?
400
Southern part of Vikings land used for farming?
What is Jutland?
400
Long tales that storytellers would recite at special feasts?
What are sagas?
500
The Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Icelandic languages are closely related to?
What are Germanic languages?
500
The Varangian Route was the Vikings'?
What is water route to Russia?
500
The people who came to be known as Normas were?
Who are Danes living in an ara on the coast of France?
500
One reason that the Vikings became seafarers was that?
What is their land being rocky, and the growing season being short?
500
The Viking homeland that was made up of mostly forests and long, rugged coastlines?
What is Scandanavia?
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