Geography
The area where the Vikings came from is now called
Scandinavia
The Vikings can best be described as ___________
Raiders
The Vikings were best known for their _____________ and ______________
Shipbuilding and Sailing
Trading is an exchange of ______________.
Goods
Farming, Hunting, and Building Ships were the chores of the _____________________
Father
Farmland was scarce in Viking homelands because of the _________
Many mountains
The fiercest Vikings warriors were called ____________
Berserkers
The Vikings navigated by using ________________.
The Sun and Stars
Raiding is taking things by _____________ without permission.
Force
Girls helped make the food, take care of the house, and make ___________________
Clothing
Viking farms were often nestled between __________ and ____________
Fjords and mountains
The son of Erik the Red was ________________
Leif Eriksson
Leif the Lucky named the new land he found _________.
Vinland
To go "a-viking" meant _____________________.
To raid or go on an adventure
One chore for boys was to catch _________________
Birds and fish.
A long, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs are called _______________
Fjords
The Vikings were the first Europeans to set foot in ____________________
North America
Traveling, trading, raiding, carrying cargo were things the Vikings used ___________ for.
Ships
Other Europeans ___________ the Vikings.
Feared
Especially when the men were gone traveling, the mother had to know how to raise the ____________
animals.
To attract settlers, Erik the Red named his new settlement ___________________
Greenland
He was the first person to discover Greenland
Erik the Red
The Vikings used ___________ to help find their direction when they were lost at sea.
Birds
Who was the famous Viking named Jenna Vickidottir?
Mrs. Van B.
What was Sigurd's job in our textbook?
To tell stories.