Age of Vikings

What do you know about the Vikings who played a major role in Northern Europe during the Middle Ages?

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1. What land did the Vikings originally call home?

Greenland ✓

Scandinavia ✓

Russia ✓

Iceland ✓

2. What years cover the Viking Age of expansion?

900 to 1233 ✓

800 to 1066 ✓

1000 to 1443 ✓

1455 to 1700 ✓

3. Who is Loki in Norse mythology?

God of War ✓

God of Rain ✓

God of Sacrifice ✓

God of Fire ✓

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

Valhalla ✓

Ragnarok ✓

Valkyrae ✓

Niebelung ✓

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

They wore helmets with horns on them ✓

They fought with giant axes ✓

They raided religious monasteries ✓

They could not speak English ✓

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

The English ✓

The Russians ✓

The French ✓

The Germans ✓

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

Thor ✓

Odin ✓

Freyr ✓

Loki ✓

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

bear ✓

lion ✓

snake ✓

dragon ✓

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

The Decameron ✓

Beowulf ✓

The Golden Legend ✓

The Canterbury Tales ✓

10. Which famous Viking discovered Greenland?

Erik the Red ✓

Leif Ericson ✓

Ivar the Boneless ✓

Ragnar Lodbrok ✓

11. 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?

Ragnar Lodbrok ✓

Harald Hardrada ✓

Rollo of Normandy ✓

Cnut the Great ✓

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

Sailor ✓

Snow man ✓

To raid ✓

Bearded one ✓

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

Sweyn Forkbeard ✓

Leif Ericson ✓

Erik the Red ✓

Harald Bluetooth ✓

14. What type of ships did the Vikings use when exploring and raiding?

Galleys ✓

Canoes ✓

Longships ✓

Caravels ✓

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

When the French defeated the Vikings at Normandy ✓

When Ragnar Lodbrok died ✓

When the Vikings converted to Christianity ✓

When the Vikings stopped making their long ships ✓

16. Which European capital was founded by Viking raiders?

London ✓

Brussels ✓

Dublin ✓

Amsterdam ✓

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

Iceland ✓

Norway ✓

Denmark ✓

Ireland ✓

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

Mercia ✓

East Anglia ✓

Wessex ✓

Northumbria ✓

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