Chapter 27
The Norseman were compared to a mighty hive for this reason.
What is fast breeding?
The name of the man who gave Greenland it's name.
Who was Eric the Red?
The application of the magnetized needle to navigation occurred in China about A.D. ...
When was A.D. 1000?
Columbus did this in 1492.
What is INNNNN 1492! Columbus sailed the first of four ships to the Caribbean on three Spanish ship named the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria?
A Norseman who would not impale captive children with his lance was given this nickname.
Who was "the children's man"?
The name of the group the other Group of Norsemen that attacked the Vikings.
Who were the Skraelings?
The name of the time period after which the Magnetic compass was created.
What was the Great Interruption?
Columbus made his first formal presentation of the enterprise of the Indies to King John in this year.
When was 1484?
The first people groups attacked by the Vikings.
Who were the Monks/Christians?
The name of he man who was banished multiple times from different places in Norway and Iceland for killing people.
Who was Eric the Red?
A tutor to Nero.
Who was Lucius Annaeus Seneca?
The Name of King John's Predecessor.
Alfonso V.
One origin of the word Viking.
What is:
Norse/Icelandic-viking (pirate)
Old English-wicing (camp)
Latin-vicus (man/trader)
Old Norse- vikja (fast moving)
What is 470 years?
What was believed to be able to counteract the effects of magnetite?
One book the Columbus owned.
(or the author)
What was:
Plutarch's Lives
Ptolemy's Geography
Imago Mundi
The name of the ship the Vikings used.
What are knorrs?
Who shouted the words "Why are you running from wretches like these?" during the Skaelings attack.
Who was Freydis?
(The daughter of Eric the Red)
What does "Nuestra Senora del Buen Aire" Translate to?
What is "Our lady of the Fair wind"?
Columbus spent the first 22 years of his life in.
What is Genoa?