General viking knowledge
Scandinavian men who were primarily farmers, traders and craftsmen.
Answer: What is a viking?
A religion where you believe in multiple different gods or deities.
Answer: What is polytheistic?
Vessel designed to transport large quantities of men as well as being durable.
Answer: What is a longship?
Area where the first Viking camp in North America was located.
Answer: what is L’anse Aux Meadows?
Farm owners, craftsmen and traders.
What is a Kral?
Described as the trickster god, notably able to shape shift.
Answer: Who is Loki?
True or false: viking ships were built to dominate naval combat.
Answer: false
The first viking in Canada.
Answer: who is Leif Erikson
The bottom of the society, used for daily chores and manual labor.
Answer: What is a Thrall?
Activities performed to please the gods. Specifically by killing something
Answer: what is a sacrifice?
Rock used to locate the sun on cloudy or overcast days.
Answer: What is a sunstone?
Why did the Vikings leave North America?
Answer:
Bad logistics, little funding, lack of economic reward, other priorities in Europe
Main reasons for vikings starting to raid.
Answer: what was overpopulation and weakness of people aboard
Afterlife achieved by dying well in battle.
Answer what is Valhalla?
Device used to navigate with the shadow cast by the sun.
Answer: What is a sundial
Which Indigenous groups did the Vikings encounter?
Answer: What is Inuit, Dorset, Beothuk.
Decided where they would raid as well as making other day to day discussions
Answer: What is a Jarl?
A monstrous wolf, playing a key role in Ragnarok. Is foretold to kill Odin.
Answer: Who is Fenrir?
The Norse term for longboats/ships
Answer: What are langskips
What materials were traded to the vikings by the indigenous peoples? 3 items
Answer: narwhal tusks, polar bear skins, walrus ivory, and varying hides