Land, Sea, and Trade
What is the name of the buildings Vikings lived?
longhouses
What household object were the Vikings mildly obbsessed with?
combs
When were the Vikings in their prime?
700's-1100's CE
Which 2 countries outside of Scandinavia had large Viking colonies?
Iceland and Greenland
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What items did the Vikings trade other people for? Name 1
Silk, Wine, Wheat, and Silver
Other than Scandinavia, name 2 current countries the Vikings conquered
Italy, English, France, Germany, Ireland, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Iceland, Greenland
What was especially difficult with Viking laws?
When were most accounts of the Vikings written?
1200's CE or 13th century
What areas of land would vikings raid?
The coasts
Who was the Viking explorer to lead the travel to the Americas?
Leif Eriksson
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How did the Vikings make a living?
The Vikings made a living through farming, trading, and fishing.
What is a saga?
A long narrative epic (story) written in Norse in the 13th century.
What were "easy targets" for the Vikings to raid?
Monestaries
What area of Canada is L'Anse aux Meadows located?
Newfoundland
Who could divorce?
Men AND women
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Why is it hard for us to piece together much of the Viking history?
There is not much written record from the Vikings
Why did Vikings raid at the beginning of their explorations?
To get that shmoney
POP QUIZ!!!
Whichever team has the person with the most correct gets the points
This old viking settlement can still read the sagas from the 1300's due to their language staying the same
Iceland
What are the 3 social classes of the Vikings?
Nobles, Freemen, Slaves
Other than exploring the Americas 500 years before him, what did the vikings do (or not do) that was different than Columbus?
Kill a large amount of Native Americans.
Name one of the reasons vikings changed their raiding ways and stopped raiding.
Their fierce reputations, trading and settlements were more consistent, etc.