Vocab
land covered with grass on which farm animals feed
The area of Europe where the Vikings came from
what is Scandinavia
Another name for the Vikings
what is the Norse
an idea or story that many people believe but is not true
What is a myth
on a ship, those who are responsible for rowing
who are oarsmen
Farmland was scarce in the Viking homelands because of
what are mountains
The fiercest Viking warriors were known as
what are berserkers
This person from Viking mythology was known as a trickster
who is Loki
to take something by force
what is to plunder
The Vikings navigated by using
What explorer was banished from Iceland and settled in Greenland?
Who is Eric the Red
According to Norse mythology, the world was created from
what is the body of a dead giant
a letter of the Viking alphabet
what is a rune
Greenland was given that name in order to
what is to attract settlers
the name for a Viking chief
what is a jarl
This day of the week is named after Thor, the Viking god of thunder
what is Thursday
a deep and narrow portion of the sea that stretches inland, with high cliffs on either side
what is a fjord
The Vikings were the first Europeans to set foot in which continent
what is North America
this Viking explorer traveled from Greenland to "Vineland", or New Foundland
who is Leif Eriksson
Odin and the warriors did this in Valhalla
what is battled by day and feasted at night