People
Besides carrying out raids, what did the Vikings do as they journeyed through Europe?
They traded with people they met.
Farmland was scarce in the Viking homelands because of the_________.
The Vikings believed that the souls of the dead went to the _____.
underworld
To go “a-viking” meant _.
to raid
Which of the following can be used to describe the Vikings?
fierce raiders
The Vikings were best known for their great skill in _.
shipbuilding and sailing
The area of Europe where the Vikings came from is now called _________.
Scandinavia
According to Norse mythology, the world was created from ____.
The body of a dead giant.
Another name for the Vikings is _______.
The Norse
The letters of the Viking alphabet were called _.
runes
The Vikings navigated by using ____.
the sun and the stars
Viking farms were often nestled between ____.
fjords and mountains
Which day of the week is named after Thor, the Viking god of thunder?
Thursday
Why did the Vikings take birds to sea?
to help them find their direction when they were lost
or
to help them find land
The fiercest Viking warriors were known as _.
berserkers
Eric the Red was banished from Iceland and settled in __.
Greenland
Greenland was given that name in order to ____.
attract settlers to go live there
What did Odin and the warriors do in Valhalla?
battled by day and feasted at night
What is a jarl?
a Viking chief
on a ship, those who are responsible for rowing
Leif Eriksson was ___.
an explorer.
The Vikings were the first Europeans to set foot in ____.
North America NOT COLUMBUS
The names Odin/Woden helped come up with the name for the day of the week _____.
Wednesday
What is a fjord?
a deep and narrow portion of the sea that stretches inland, with high cliffs on either side
What does plunder mean?
To take something by force