Age of Vikings

1. What land did the Vikings originally call home?

2. What years cover the Viking Age of expansion?

3. Who is Loki in Norse mythology?

4. In Norse mythology, what is the name of enormous hall located in Asgard, ruled over by the god Odin?

5. Why did the English consider the Vikings to be barbarians?

6. The end of the Viking Age is often marked by the Vikings losing a battle to what peoples?

7. Who is is the most powerful and wisest god of Vikings?

8. According to Norse mythology he rode a horse called Sleipnir. How many legs he have?

9. A head of which animal the Vikings were putting in front of the ship to frighten the spirits of lands they were raiding?

10. What epic poem written in England tells the story of a Scandinavian hero?

11. Which famous Viking discovered Greenland?

12. Who thought that England should once again belong to Norway and that he should be the rightful King of England after Edward the Confessor died?

13. What does the word "viking" mean in Old Norse?

14. Which Viking discovered and settled North America long before Christopher Columbus?

15. What type of ships the Vikings used when exploring and raiding?

16. What helped to put an end to the Viking Age and expansion?

17. Which European capital was founded by Viking raiders?

18. The world's oldest parliament was established by the Vikings in which country?

19. Which kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England was the only one that remained independent of Viking rule?

20. Who is according to Norse sagas, the Viking famous for killing his brothers to secure his claim to the throne of Norway?

21. What were the angular alphabetic characters used by the Vikings and other Germanic peoples?

22. What is the ancient midwinter festival celebrated by the Vikings that marks the winter solstice?