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What is the best description of an Viking village

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Wooden houses with porches and steep roofs

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Norwegian Viking who established the Greenland Colony and Lief Ericsson’s father

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Erik the Red

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He was the King of England in 978, nicknamed the Unready whose encouraged Viking raids

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Ethelred

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Poems of the Norse gods and goddesses

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Edna’s

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A deep, narrow bay along a coastline

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Fjord

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Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Icelandic languages are closely related to this language

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Germanic language

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Title given to a military chief who headed a group

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Jarl

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The Vikings’ water route into Russia

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Varangian Route

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Southern part of Viking lands used for farming

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Jutland

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Established colonies in Greenland and Iceland

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Norwegian Vikings

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Viking leader who led the expedition to North America

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Lief Eriksson

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Danish king who led England into becoming a part of the empire

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Canute

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Area of France later known as Normandy

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Norselaw

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Danes living in an area on the coast of France

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Norman’s

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Danish leader who got the right to live in France

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Rollo

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What happened in 911 AD

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The French king signed a treaty with Rollo

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Swedish chief who founded a settlement in Russia

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Rurik

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Viking letters

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Runes

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Name of the place the Vikings discovered in North America, today is called Newfoundland

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Vinland

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Long tale

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Saga

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Parts of the world visited by the Vikings

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Mediterranean, Asia, North America

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True or False, the Vikings like fine clothes

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True

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Vikings became this because their land was rocky, and the growing season was short

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Seafarers

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True or false, the Vikings were warriors

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True

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Viking warriors

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Berserkers

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True or false, the Vikings disapproved of facial hair

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False

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