Chapt 6 Flashcards
Who was the first to discover America?
The Vikings
On Leif’s journey, he was blown off course and landed somewhere on the North American coast. He named this new land “_____” (originally “Markland” – which means forestland in Norwegian, but renamed it after the discovery of grapes).
Vinland
Who got the credit for finding America? why?
Columbus. Because he publicized it.
Where did Magellan want to land?
China
Why was it so hard to navigate during this era?
They only had crude navigating aids:
compasses, quadrants, hourglasses.
Leif Eriksson, Eric’s son, grew up on ________
Greenland
Columbus died in 1506. 11 years later, ________ ________, a Portuguese navigator wanted to prove Columbus had been right and could get to the Indies by
heading west.
Ferdinand Magellan
What was the name of the Strait that Magellan sailed through?
The Strait of Magellan
Around what year did the Vikings discover North America?
1000 AD
What is the name of the Viking ship found near Oslo Norway in the 1800’s?
Gokstad
Who was a Christian and was largely responsible for converting the Norse to Christianity, sent Leif, whom he had baptized, on a mission to convert the people of Greenland to Christianity.
King Olaf I of Norway
What fraction of Greenland is covered by an ice sheet like Antarctica?
3/4 or 75%
Who are the indigenous people of Greenland?
Inuit people
Why did the Greenland colony fade away?
In the 1500s, the climate changed in Greenland and it began to have very severe winters. Crops couldn’t be planted.
After Greenland got too cold. where did the Vikings go?
Iceland
