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Viking gods
Longboats
Eric the Red
The Vikings Info
The Explorers and raiders
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Who was the trouble make of the gods who cut off Sif's beautiful hair?
a. Loki b. Mercury c. Thor
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About how long were Viking longboats?
a. 10 feet b. 50 feet c. 200 feet
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Where did Eric the Red live originally?
Iceland
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There was not a lot of farmland for the Vikings to use because
It was very cold where they lived and it was hard to grow anything
200
The letters of the Viking alphabet were called
runes
200
Why were the sails brightly colored?
To let the people the Vikings were coming to conquer know that it was the Vikings.
200
Where was he exiled to?
Greenland
200
The vikings were very skilled at
Building boats
200
Why did the Vikings have brightly colored shields?
So that the people knew it was the vikings coming and didn't put up as much of a fight
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Who was the most powerful of the gods?
Thor
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Why were the Vikings such good shipbuilders?
Since the land where they lived had a lot of mountains it was hard to get around by land. They had to travel by boat to get many places.
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Why was he exiled?
He murdered two people
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The area where the Vikings came from is now called
a. Russia b. North America c. Scandinavia
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What did the Vikings usually do to a villiage after he raided and got what they wanted?
They would set fire to the villiage
400
According to legend the world was created from what?
The body parts of the giants that the gods destroyed.
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What did the Vikings hang on the outside of their ships?
Their shields
400
Recall the story of how he discovered Greenland
Eric was exiled for murder. He traveled to the west of Iceland to see what was there. He found an island surrounded by ice. He waited for spring and entered the island and lived there for his exile. When he came back to his people he told them he found a "green land' good for farming. This became known as Greenland.
400
The fierciest vikings (who were kind of crazy) were called
beserkers
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Where did the Vikings discover?
Canada! In North America
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What day of the week is named after Thor, the Viking god of thunder?
Thursday
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How did a long ship move?
There were oarsman who paddled.
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Who was Eric the Red's son?
Lief Ericson
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How did other people feel about the Vikings?
They feared them
500
How did they discover Canada
A sailor got lost and headed west of Greenland. He saw land and returned to the Vikings. Then a whole group of Vikings sailed west and reached Neufandland in present day Canda.