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Vikings 100
Question | Answer |
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Did Eric the Red get banished from Iceland? | Yes, because he killed a guy |
This ship could travel in 1 meter deep? | Drakkar |
When building the sail who’s responsibility was it? | The women |
What were ships mostly made out off? | From wool of sheep |
What were the Vikings longships made of? | 100% Oak |
Why didn’t Eric the red go on the journey with Leif? | On the way to the dock his horse threw him and he thought that was a bad omen |
Who tells Leif to bring Christianity to Greenland? | King Olaf |
How did trade start between Norway and Greenland? | Lief talked to King Olaf about Christianity |
Who was the first European to die in the New World? | Throwald |
Germanic tribe lived in Scandinavia and what other countries? | Denmark, Norway, and Sweden |
What were the Vikings? | They were farmers, hunters, herders, skilled seamen |
Where did the Vikings originated at? | With a pirate center located in southern Norway |
What expressions did the Vikings use? | “Go a-viking” |
When did they use their expression? | Whenever they referred to exploits in other lands that equated to fighting as a pirate or warrior. |
When the vast population explosion in Scandinavia happened what did they need? | They needed land and food |
Where did they establish themselves? | On the Faeroe islands, north of Scotland |
When they were went out on their exportation westward what did they uncover? | They uncovered Iceland |
What three countries did they invade? | Northern England, France, and Russia |
When the Vikings ventured westward where did they explore? | They explored the north atlantic ocean and north America |
What was the international ‘gold standard’ in trading? | Ivory |
Who was the one that told Eric the Red that some of the islands layed west of Iceland? | it was Gunnbjorn Oflsson |
Gunnbjorn Oflsson found them while looking for what? | While he was looking for better hunting grounds for Walrus |
Where was Eric the Red born? | In Norway |
Who killed a man and was banished? | Thorvald (Eric the reds father) |
What did the Vikings hunt the walrus for? | For their ivory tusks |
Who was the first person to spot Greenland? | Gunnbjorn Olfsson |
Who was the first to spot north America? | Bjarni Herjolsson |
Who was the first European born in north America? | Snorri |
Who brought Christianity to Greenland in 1000 A.D.? | Leif Erickson |
What was the first accorded raid by the Vikings into England in 793 A.D.? | Lindesfarne Monastey |