Geography
The area of Europe where the Vikings came from is now called?
Scandinavia
Another name for Viking is?
The fiercest Viking warriors were known as?
berserkers
Leif Eriksson was a?
Explorer
The letters of the Viking alphabet were called?
runes
Erik the Red was banished from Iceland and settled in?
Greenland
The Vikings were best known for?
shipbuilding and sailing
The Vikings navigated by using?
The sun and the stars
Which day of the week was named after Thor?
Thursday
A Viking chief is called?
jarl
The Vikings were the first Europeans to set foot in?
North America
To go "a-Viking" meant?
to raid
According to Norse mythology, the world was created by?
the body of a dead giant
Erik the Red was banished from Greenland because?
He killed too many people and was a danger to the village.
A deep and narrow portion of the sea that stretches inland, with high cliffs on either side is?
fjord
Greenland was given its name in order to?
attract settlers/people to live there
An idea or story that many people believe is not true?
myth
To take something by force is called?
plunder
What did Odin and the warriors do in Valhalla?
battled by day and feasted by night
The pointed end of a ship is called?
prow
What piece of land did Leif Eriksson find?
Newfoundland
Why did the Vikings take birds to sea?
to help them find their direction when they were lost?
On a ship, those responsible for rowing?
oarsmen
Viking farms were often nestled between?
fjords and mountains
A young, unmarried woman?
maiden