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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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Last updated: August 22, 2021
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1. What land did the Vikings originally call home?
Scandinavia
Greenland
Iceland
Russia
2. What years cover the Viking Age of expansion?
800 to 1066
900 to 1233
1455 to 1700
1000 to 1443
3. Who is Loki in Norse mythology?
God of War
God of Rain
God of Fire
God of Sacrifice
4. In Norse mythology, what is the name of enormous hall located in Asgard, ruled over by the god Odin?
Niebelung
Valkyrae
Valhalla
Ragnarok
5. Why did the English consider the Vikings to be barbarians?
They raided religious monasteries
They wore helmets with horns on them
They could not speak English
They fought with giant axes
6. The end of the Viking Age is often marked by the Vikings losing a battle to what peoples?
The French
The English
The Germans
The Russians
7. Who is is the most powerful and wisest god of Vikings?
Freyr
Thor
Odin
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?
lion
snake
bear
dragon
9. What epic poem written in England tells the story of a Scandinavian hero?
Beowulf
The Canterbury Tales
The Golden Legend
The Decameron
10. Which famous Viking discovered Greenland?
Ivar the Boneless
Leif Ericson
Ragnar Lodbrok
Erik the Red
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?
Harald Hardrada
Rollo of Normandy
Cnut the Great
Ragnar Lodbrok
12. What does the word "viking" mean in Old Norse?
Sailor
To raid
Bearded one
Snow man
13. Which Viking discovered and settled North America long before Christopher Columbus?
Erik the Red
Harald Bluetooth
Leif Ericson
Sweyn Forkbeard
14. What type of ships did the Vikings use when exploring and raiding?
Galleys
Longships
Caravels
Canoes
15. What helped to put an end to the Viking Age and expansion?
When the Vikings stopped making their long ships
When the Vikings converted to Christianity
When the French defeated the Vikings at Normandy
When Ragnar Lodbrok died
16. Which European capital was founded by Viking raiders?
London
Amsterdam
Brussels
Dublin
17. The world's oldest parliament was established by the Vikings in which country?
Ireland
Denmark
Iceland
Norway
18. Which kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England was the only one that remained independent of Viking rule?
Northumbria
Wessex
East Anglia
Mercia
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