The Vikings: Raiders, Traders, and Explorers
They struck without warning, sailed rivers deep into Europe, and reached America centuries before Columbus. Meet the Norse world of longships, runes, and sagas.
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The Vikings sailed from which part of Europe?
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AScandinaviaBThe Italian peninsulaCThe Greek islandsDSpain and PortugalThe raid often used to mark the start of the Viking Age, in the year 793, struck the island monastery of...
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AMont-Saint-MichelBIonaCLindisfarneDSkellig MichaelWhat made Viking longships so dangerous to their targets?
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AThey were armored in iron platesBThey carried cannonsCThey could sail underwaterDTheir shallow bottoms let them raid far up rivers- Around the year 1000, which Norse explorer reached the coast of North America?Multiple Choice · 20s
- Erik the Red founded a Norse settlement on which huge, icy island?Multiple Choice · 20s
- Viking warriors really wore horned helmets in battle.True / False · 20s
- In Norse mythology, which god wields the thunder hammer Mjolnir?Multiple Choice · 20s
- In Norse belief, where did warriors who fell bravely in battle feast forever?Multiple Choice · 20s
- Besides raiding, most Norse people lived quietly as farmers, craftspeople, and traders.True / False · 20s
- Viking merchants sailed rivers east and south to reach a great city they called Miklagard. We know it as...Multiple Choice · 20s
- What were the angular letters that Vikings carved into stone and wood called? (one word)Type Answer · 30s
- What was the long wooden hall where a whole Norse family lived called? (one word)Type Answer · 30s
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