Vikings 100
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| Did Eric the Red get banished from Iceland? | Yes, because he killed a guy
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| This ship could travel in 1 meter deep? | Drakkar
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| When building the sail who’s responsibility was it? | The women
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| What were ships mostly made out off? | From wool of sheep
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| What were the Vikings longships made of? | 100% Oak
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| 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
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| Who tells Leif to bring Christianity to Greenland? | King Olaf
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| How did trade start between Norway and Greenland? | Lief talked to King Olaf about Christianity
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| Who was the first European to die in the New World? | Throwald
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| Germanic tribe lived in Scandinavia and what other countries? | Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
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| What were the Vikings? | They were farmers, hunters, herders, skilled seamen
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| Where did the Vikings originated at? | With a pirate center located in southern Norway
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| What expressions did the Vikings use? | “Go a-viking”
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| When did they use their expression? | Whenever they referred to exploits in other lands that equated to fighting as a pirate or warrior.
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| When the vast population explosion in Scandinavia happened what did they need? | They needed land and food
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| Where did they establish themselves? | On the Faeroe islands, north of Scotland
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| When they were went out on their exportation westward what did they uncover? | They uncovered Iceland
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| What three countries did they invade? | Northern England, France, and Russia
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| When the Vikings ventured westward where did they explore? | They explored the north atlantic ocean and north America
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| What was the international ‘gold standard’ in trading? | Ivory
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| Who was the one that told Eric the Red that some of the islands layed west of Iceland? | it was Gunnbjorn Oflsson
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| Gunnbjorn Oflsson found them while looking for what? | While he was looking for better hunting grounds for Walrus
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| Where was Eric the Red born? | In Norway
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| Who killed a man and was banished? | Thorvald (Eric the reds father)
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| What did the Vikings hunt the walrus for? | For their ivory tusks
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| Who was the first person to spot Greenland? | Gunnbjorn Olfsson
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| Who was the first to spot north America? | Bjarni Herjolsson
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| Who was the first European born in north America? | Snorri
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| Who brought Christianity to Greenland in 1000 A.D.? | Leif Erickson
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| What was the first accorded raid by the Vikings into England in 793 A.D.? | Lindesfarne Monastey
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