Vikings Flashcards
What were the viking oral documents called?
How long was the greenlanders saga recited before it was written?
Sagas; 200 years
What discouraged viking from setting up a permanent settlement in the New World?
Hostile reaction of some eat-coast natives.
Where is the first and still preserved viking settlement in the new world? (L’anse aux meadows)
Northern Newfoundland
Who were the Norsemen?
Sailors from iceland and the outposts of Greenland
What is parchment?
Skin of animals - used as material to write
Who were first Norwegians to venture west towards America?
Erik the Red and Thorvald
When was the reign of the Vikings?
11th century
Where were they from?
Norway, denmark, sweden
Fall of the Vikings - Why were they beaten? (3 reasons)
- Spread their population too far and left not enough people to defend.
- Other armies got stronger & stronger
- Time became more sophisticated; kings traded more and lost need for plundering.
Why was Leif Erikson important?
First to establish settlement in North America.
What did St. Brenden set out to do?
Journeyed to The Isle of the Blessed, searching for the Garden of Eden. Supposed to have seen St. Brenden’s Island, a blessed island covered with vegetation. Also encountered a sea monster called Jasconius or Jascon.
Who discovered North America first?
Asiatic peoples who became Native Americans. Also Norse expeditions (Bjarni Herjolfsson), some say St. Brendan.
