North America Flashcards
Who discovered it and when how did they get there
Leif errikson discovered Vinland in about the year 1000 he bought a ship and hired a crew and sailed hoping to find a settlement
What was life like there for Vikings
Climate was mild saw grapes so called the region Vinland (wine land) historians think the name flatter than Newfoundland like his dad Eric Greenland no farming evidence but ship repairing the metal work maybe repair for ships historians think a small group with a single chief
Other key info
Vinland stories in the saga is fiction but archaeology has some intriguing clues it’s Might have existed
How successful was the settlement and why what impact did the Vikings have
They only stayed for 20years non one else leaving there but perhaps might have gone in search for a better land since no evidence for farming suggest is hard to grow crops
