VIKING VOCABULARY
A Viking chief was called this.
Answer: What is a jarl?
These people were responsible for rowing a Viking ship.
Answer: Who are oarsmen?
The Vikings lived in this part of Europe.
Answer: What is Scandinavia?
To go “a-viking” meant going on one of these.
Answer: What is a raid?
This Viking god was the god of thunder.
Answer: Who is Thor?
To take something by force means to do this.
Answer: What is plunder?
The pointed front end of a Viking ship is called this.
Answer: What is the prow?
Another name for the Vikings was this.
Answer: Who are the Norse?
This famous Viking was an explorer.
Answer: Who is Leif Eriksson?
This day of the week was named after Thor.
Answer: What is Thursday?
A letter of the Viking alphabet was called this.
Answer: What is a rune?
Vikings were known for their great skill in building and sailing these.
Answer: What are ships/longships
The Vikings can best be described as fierce ________.
Answer: What are raiders?
Eric the Red settled here after being banished from Iceland.
Answer: What is Greenland?
In Valhalla, Odin and the warriors did these two things.
Answer: What are battled and feasted?
One of the most fearless and frightening Viking warriors was called this.
Answer: What is a berserker?
Vikings needed courage and strength because their longships were open to this.
Answer: What is the weather?
Farmland was scarce in the Viking homelands because there were many of these.
Answer: What are mountains?
Vikings took these animals to sea to help them find land if they became lost.
Answer: What are birds?
Vikings believed the world was created from the body of this.
Answer: What is a dead giant
A deep, narrow portion of the sea with high cliffs on either side is called this.
Answer: What is a fjord?
Vikings used these two things to help navigate while sailing.
Answer: What are the sun and stars?
Viking farms were often located between these two geographical features.
Answer: What are fjords and mountains?
The Vikings were the first Europeans to travel to this continent.
Answer: What is North America?
Greenland was given its name to attract these people.
Answer: Who are settlers?