Geography/Climate
How did Greenland get it's name?
Erik the Red attempted to lure people to the land.
Describe a 'longhouse'
A longhouse is where the vikings lived, often with food stores and animals at one end. It was an earth floor with a thatch or turf roof.
Name the God that is associated with thunder and lightening
Thor
If a viking did not die in battle, where is it believed that they went?
Hel
List 3 different weapons
Sword, Axe, Bow & Arrow, Shield, Spear
Name 3 countries where Vikings originate from.
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
What did Vikings wear?
Vikings often woolen clothes as women spun wool from sheep or goats into cloth on wooden looms.
Vikings going into battle would also often wear animal skins.
Name the God that is associated with Ravens
Odin
What kinds of things were vikings buried with?
food, drink, weapons, tools, dogs, horses, boats, jewellery, slaves.
What is the term to describe a cut that the vikings use, exposing their victims lungs so that they flap out?
'Butterfly' cut.
What is the name of the body of water that acts as a canyon and allows access to further inland?
Fjord
What did Vikings eat?
Fish, meat, bread, onion, peas and cabbage.
Name the goddess of love, fertility and war.
Freya
What were burial sites often marked with?
Rune stones
Describe an actual viking helmet.
It did not have horns, but it covers around the eyes.
Why did the Vikings leave their homelands to live in other areas?
Their population grew too big, so they colonised the land they raided and went looking for new land that was good for farming.
How did Vikings keep clean?
They visited the sauna every few days and slapped pine branches against their skin to get the dirt out of their pores, then dived into a near-by water source.
Where do all of these gods live?
Asgard
Why might someone cremate the dead rather than bury them?
It is believed to have released the dead persons spirit faster.
What year did they raid Lindisfarne?
793
What is the name of the warm ocean current that prevented the harbours from freezing in the winter?
Gulf Stream
Name 2 things that were made from deer antlers/animal bones.
Combs, skates, musical instruments, cups
What do they believe the end of the world is called?
Ragnarok
How did they prevent the dead from haunting them as ghosts?
Bury them with their head in between their legs.
How would monks attempt to survive a viking raid?
Build round towers of stone with a rope ladder which they would pull up after climbing.