Viking worksheet final

investigating
vikings
ICELAND
WHERE ARE
WE GOING?!
SCANDINAVIA
LET‛S TAKE
THIS CITY!
IRELAND
THE VIKINGS DIDN‛T
ONLY COME TO
IRELAND. THEY WENT
ALL OVER EUROPE...
ENGLAND
VIKINGS SETTLED IN
FRANCE. PEOPLE CALLED
THEM ‘THE NORMANS‛
JUST CALL
ME ‘NORM‛!
A GANG OF VIKINGS
CALLED THE RUS
CONQUERED KIEV.
RUSSIA WAS NAMED
AFTER THEM
KIEV
VIKING VOYAGES
SOME VIKINGS SAILED TO
CONSTANTINOPLE,
WHERE THEY BECAME THE
EMPEROR‛S BODYGUARDS
AARGH!
OI!
ITALY
VIKING RAIDS
VIKING
SETTLEMENTS
CONSTANTINOPLE
quick quiz
1.
The vikings loved a good nickname!
Which 3 are names of real vikings?
a) Harald Redbeard
b) Odin Pudding-Face
c) Sigrid the Ambitious
d) Conan the Librarian
2. Unscramble the letters to reveal the
names of three Viking gods...
RHOT
IKLO
IDNO
e) Olaf the Stout
3. TRUE or FALSE? The Vikings raided
Ireland because...
a) It was getting too crowded in
Scandinavia - they wanted more land.
b) The Vikings needed more horns for
their helmets and Ireland had lots of
bulls.
c) There was a sudden shortage of
Herring in the North Sea - Ireland still
had plenty of fish.
4. Most Vikings lived on farms in ‘long-
houses‛. Circle 3 things you might find
in a longhouse.
a) indoor loo
b) chimney
c) big pot of stew
e) sacrificed animal over
the doorway
d) sofa
PTO for answers...
Answers to Quick Quiz: 1. a), c), e). 2. THOR, ODIN, LOKI. 3. a) TRUE b) FALSE c) TRUE. 4. a), c), e).
nd
Add some of the viking treasures you fou
in your archeological dig to the picture...
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