Vikings 1
Sea-faring warriors from the 8th through 11th centuries from Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
Who were the Vikings?
The century of the 700's AD.
What was the 8th century?
'The All-Father', top god of the Vikings.
Who is Odin?
The preferred Viking weapon.
What was a battle axe?
Viking longships were the ultimate raiding vessels because they could cross oceans and _____________ ____________.
What is navigate rivers?
Another term for Vikings.
Who were Norsemen?
This decorated the bow of many Viking ships.
What is a dragon's head?
Viking technology that was the key to their success in raiding.
What were longships?
The brave and those who lived exceptional lives went to ____________, the home of the gods.
What is Asgard.
Key reason for Viking raids.
What is riches?
The year of what is considered to be the first major raid by Vikings in northeastern England at Lindisfarne.
When was 793 AD?
The area in northern France that was named after the vikings who settled there.
What is Normandy?
The Vikings believed they would go to this place when they died in battle.
What is Valhalla?
The 3 modern day countries where the Vikings originally hailed from.
What is Norway, Sweden, and Denmark?
Key reason for Viking settlements in new lands.
What is farm land?
Vikings that fought in a trance like fury.
What were berzerkers?
The title given to the woman that sacrificed a female slave so that she could join her master in Valhalla.
What was the Angel of Death?
The Viking that discovered North America 500 years before Columbus.
Who was Leif Erikson?
The name of political assemblies that governed the Viking communities.
The thing.
The Norse Goddess of love and fertility.
Who is Freya?
Explain what the Blood Eagle was believed to be.
A practice that allegedly found torturers separating the victim’s ribs from their spine, pulling their bones and skin outward to form a set of “wings,” and removing their lungs from their chest cavity.
Who was Erik Thorvaldson better known as?
Erik the Red.
List the correct order of the Viking Hierarchy starting from the top, using Viking terms.
Konungr, Jarls, Karls, Thralls.
Name 3 things Vikings would trade.
Timber, Leather shoes, Bags, Smoked fish, Amber, Fur, Artefacts made from whale bones and walrus tusks, Jewellery, Slaves.
The Norse God that Thursday is derived from.
Who is Thor?