1.6. What achievements are the Vikings known for?

Question 1

What does the name Viking mean?

Answer 1

The name Viking means pirate or raider in Old Norse (the Viking language).

Question 2

Who feared the Vikings?

Answer 2

The Vikings were feared by the people they attacked.

Question 3

The Vikings were not just fierce warriors. What did other Vikings do?

Answer 3

Others Vikings such as merchants travelled to other countries to trade, not raid. They also went looking for new places to live.

Question 4

The Vikings were highly skilled _____.

Answer 4

craftspeople

Question 5

They crafted _____ because they needed them.

Answer 5

Strong, fast boats

Question 6

They made many other items to ___or ___.

Answer 6

to sell or trade

Question 7

The Vikings used leather to make ___, ___and ___.

Answer 7

shoes, belts and clothing.

Question 8

Viking ___made beautifully carved ___ and toys.

Answer 8

carpenters made beautifully carved furniture and toys

Question 9

_____ made tools, locks, armour, axes and swords.

Answer 9

Metalworkers

Question 10

Metalworkers also travelled from farm to _____.

Answer 10

mend broken tools

Question 11

Metalworkers also travelled from farm to _____.

Answer 11

mend broken tools

Question 12

What tools did metalworkers make?

Answer 12

Tools such as locks, armour, axes and swords.

Question 13

Both Viking men and women loved to wear _____.

Answer 13

jewelery.

Question 14

What jewelery did the Vikings wear?

Answer 14

They wore rings, bracelets and necklaces.

Question 15

Poorer Vikings owned jewelery made from ___, jet (a hard, black stone) or from silver and gold.

Answer 15

bones

Question 16

What is jet?

Answer 16

jet : a hard, black stone that the Vikings use to make jewelry.

Question 17

The Vikings did not have buttons or zips, so they used ___, ___and ___to keep their clothes in place.

Answer 17

belts, pins and brooches

Question 18

The Vikings liked to enjoy _____.
a. murdering, b. themselves, c. chatting, d. driving cars, e. baking

Answer 18

b. enjoying themselves

Question 19

What water sports did the Vikings enjoy doing?

Answer 19

They enjoyed swimming, fishing and boating.

Question 20

In the winter, the Vikings ___on ice and ___ on the snow.

Answer 20

skated on ice, skied on snow

Question 21

The Vikings played ___ and used dice.
a. tag, b. monopoly, c. uno, d. chess, e. fetch

Answer 21

d. chess

Question 22

Many of the sports they played were good training for ___.
a. school, b. raiding, c. war, d. farming

Answer 22

c. war

Question 23

What sports did the Vikings play to train for war?

Answer 23

spear-throwing, wrestling and archery.

Question 24

The Vikings had ___ big festivals a year.

Answer 24

3

Question 25

At what seasons did the Vikings’ festivals take place?

Answer 25

At the start of summer, at harvest time and in the winter.

Question 26

The festivals continued for many days.
a. days, b. hours, c. months, d. decades, e. years

Answer 26

a. days.

Question 27

How did the Vikings spend their time during festivals?

Answer 27

A festival was a time for eating, drinking and relaxing.

Question 28

What types of entertainers can be seen during a Viking festival?

Answer 28

There were acrobats, jugglers and poets.

Question 29

What did Vikings do during festivals rather than eating, drinking and relaxing?

Answer 29

People played traditional music, danced and told stories.

Question 30

During festivals, the Vikings were great _____.
a. parents, b. composers, c. storytellers

Answer 30

c. storytellers

Question 31

Their stories of exciting adventures and heroes are known as _____.

Answer 31

sagas

Question 32

Their stories of exciting adventures and heroes are known as _____.

Answer 32

sagas

Question 33

The Vikings passed on their stories from one _____to the next.

Answer 33

generation

Question 34

Reading and writing was common among the Vikings. True or false?

Answer 34

False. Reading and writing were not common among the Vikings.

Question 35

Did the Vikings use paper and pens to write?

Answer 35

The Vikings who could read and write did not use paper and pens.

Question 36

What did the Vikings use to cut letters and pictures into what?

Answer 36

They used metal tools to cut letters and pictures into stone, wood and bone.

Question 37

How did the Vikings tell stories, record events and label valuables?

Answer 37

The Vikings had a basic alphabet that they used to tell stories, record events, send messages and label valuable items.

Question 38

How did stories transfer from one to another?

Answer 38

The Vikings left few written records or pictures. Instead, parents told stories to their children, who told them to their children.