vikings !

Question 1

793-1066

Answer 1

-the viking age
- June 8 793
- ransacked the monastery on
Lindisfarne (england E. coast)
-the Vikings led their final invasion of England, led by Norwegian King Harald Hardrada.

Question 2

1000

Answer 2

-vikings turned Christian
-sometimes cited as end of GE
-iceland converted first

Question 3

1151

Answer 3

last christian crusade
on England

Question 4

1263

Answer 4

-battle of larg
-Norway king Haakon
-Scot king Alex III
-Norwegian attack on Scots
-they repelled.

Question 5

Valhalla

Answer 5

-viking heaven
-where killed warriors go
-under Odin
-if a besirker dies in battle with a sword, he goes to Valhalla

Question 6

saga

Answer 6

-adventures and legends
-about vikings and their gods
-originally spoken for winter nights
-showed courage, boldness, and intelligence
-similar to Greek epics

Question 7

thing

Answer 7

-town meeting
-democratic
-few weeks in summer
-punishments were harsh (banishment was the worst)
-accusers, defenders, witnesses, judges

Question 8

asgard

Answer 8

-where human like gods lived
-lived in by many
-ruled by odin

Question 9

Odin

Answer 9

-cunning, wise, dangerous
-ruled asgard
-sacrificed one eye to see everything
-god of war and death

Question 10

Thor

Answer 10

-god of war, rain, farming
-vikings wore his hammer on a necklace as a good luck charm
-son of odin

Question 11

Ragnarok

Answer 11

-twilight of the gods
-world would be destroyed
-vikings turned christian before it happened

Question 12

karl

Answer 12

-free men
-largest group
-rented farmland
-wealth went to oldest son

Question 13

jarl

Answer 13

-wealthy
-most powerful
-owned land
-usually had a small band of warriors

Question 14

primogeniture

Answer 14

-vikings wealth went to his oldest son
-others had little to do
-others spent time raiding and adventuring

Question 15

Northman

Answer 15

-vikings
-denmark, norway, sweden, iceland, scandinavia
-believed in norse gods then christianity

Question 16

Norman

Question 17

Norse

Answer 17

-the North Germanic language of the Scandinavian people

Question 18

Lindasfarne

Answer 18

-island off of E. coast of of England
-first place to ever be viking raided in 793
-shocked the english

Question 19

Monestary

Answer 19

a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows

Question 20

drakkar

Answer 20

-warship
-28 meter length
-300 in a fleet
-sleek and light
-60 oars
-expensive
-only a few inches
into water

Question 21

knarr

Answer 21

-sturdy
-cargo ship
-16 meters long
-rough sea
-fixed mast

Question 22

berserker

Answer 22

-skilled and crazy warroir
-sometimes did mushrooms

Question 23

clinker

Answer 23

-the planks were overlapped at one edge and riveted together

Question 24

prow

Answer 24

-the forward-most part of a ship’s bow above the waterline. -dragon headed drakkar

Question 25

cross hatch

Answer 25

-sails had them. -to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines

Question 26

mast

Answer 26

pole that rises vertically from a ship and supports the sails

Question 27

sail

Answer 27

-fabrics that propel a ship through water. -red crosshatched leather NOT STRIPED

Question 28

keel

Answer 28

-ridge on bottom of vessel to help with stability -made from oak

Question 29

leif erickson

Answer 29

-Lief Erikkson and other Viking explorers used this type of ship on their voyages to North America. -exiled for murder -used it to explore -knarr

Question 30

kenning

Answer 30

-colorful metaphor used in EDDAS

Question 31

Gods

Answer 31

Thor, Loki, Odin. Tyr, Baldr

Question 32

bayauex tapestry

Answer 32

-The Tapestry tells the story of the events surrounding the conquest of England by the Duke of Normandy. -bishop odo in 1077

Question 33

last viking

Answer 33

-harald hadrada -king of norway -fought in battle of stamford bridge (25 sept 1066) -wanted english throne -earl tosting

Question 34

battle of hastings

Answer 34

oct 1066 french under anglo saxons norman’s under william duke norman’s won

Question 35

scandinavia

Answer 35

Norway, Sweden, and Denmark region in europe

Question 36

great army

Answer 36

3 sons 865 fleet Found king of northumbria in 869 led br Ragnar Lodbrok

Question 37

danegeld

Answer 37

weak king ethelred have vikings money to leave, but they kept coming back for more money. raised by taxes.

Question 38

danelaw

Answer 38

place where danes that had been chrisitasnized lived in their own customs

Question 39

summer

Question 40

alfred the great

Answer 40

defeated danes at battle of eddington in 877 led by guthrum

Question 41

futhark

Answer 41

language in runes

Question 42

thralls

Answer 42

slaves farm workers or house keepers or craftsmen captured in war

Question 43

althing

Answer 43

nationwide thing every 2-3 years

Question 44

tried by ordeal

Answer 44

guilt or innonece was proved. by a painful test

Question 45

wergeld

Answer 45

the amount of compensation paid by a person committing an offense to the injured party or, in case of death, to his family.

Question 46

sweyn forkbeard

Answer 46

invaded england in 1013 got english throne surrendered cnuts dad