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The Vikings
Vocabulary
Portugal Explores
100
the leader of the Vikings
Who is Leif Erikkson?
100
someone who designs and makes maps
What is a cartographer?
100
he wanted to find a sea route to Asia, but died before this happened
Who is Prince Henry?
200
the Vikings sailed from here
Where is Greenland?
200
a tool to show you what direction you are going in, always points North
What is a compass?
300
the Vikings landed in what is now Canada and did this
What is hunting and fishing?
300
a chance meeting with unknown people
What is an encounter?
400
the Viking name for Canada
What is Vinland?
400
a sickness common for sailors
What is scurvy?
500
the Vikings stopped visiting the west because of this
What is attacks from unknown people?
500
the system sailors used to know which way they were going
What is navigation?