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Age of Vikings
What do you know about the Vikings who played a major role in Northern Europe during the Middle Ages?
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| First submitted | February 13, 2021 |
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1.
What land did the Vikings originally call home?
Scandinavia
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Iceland
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Russia
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Greenland
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2.
What years cover the Viking Age of expansion?
1000 to 1443
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900 to 1233
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1455 to 1700
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800 to 1066
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3.
Who is Loki in Norse mythology?
God of Sacrifice
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God of Rain
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God of War
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God of Fire
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4.
In Norse mythology, what is the name of enormous hall located in Asgard, ruled over by the god Odin?
Ragnarok
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Niebelung
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Valhalla
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Valkyrae
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5.
Why did the English consider the Vikings to be barbarians?
They could not speak English
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They wore helmets with horns on them
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They fought with giant axes
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They raided religious monasteries
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6.
The end of the Viking Age is often marked by the Vikings losing a battle to what peoples?
The English
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The French
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The Russians
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The Germans
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7.
Who is is the most powerful and wisest god of Vikings?
Loki
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Thor
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Freyr
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Odin
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8.
A head of which animal the Vikings were putting in front of the ship to frighten the spirits of lands they were raiding?
bear
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dragon
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snake
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lion
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9.
What epic poem written in England tells the story of a Scandinavian hero?
Beowulf
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The Decameron
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The Golden Legend
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The Canterbury Tales
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10.
Which famous Viking discovered Greenland?
Leif Ericson
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Ragnar Lodbrok
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Erik the Red
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Ivar the Boneless
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11.
Who thought that England should once again belong to Norway and that he should be the rightful King of England after Edward the Confessor died?
Rollo of Normandy
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Cnut the Great
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Ragnar Lodbrok
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Harald Hardrada
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12.
What does the word "viking" mean in Old Norse?
To raid
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Snow man
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Sailor
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Bearded one
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13.
Which Viking discovered and settled North America long before Christopher Columbus?
Harald Bluetooth
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Leif Ericson
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Sweyn Forkbeard
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Erik the Red
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14.
What type of ships did the Vikings use when exploring and raiding?
Longships
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Canoes
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Caravels
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Galleys
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15.
What helped to put an end to the Viking Age and expansion?
When the Vikings converted to Christianity
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When Ragnar Lodbrok died
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When the Vikings stopped making their long ships
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When the French defeated the Vikings at Normandy
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16.
Which European capital was founded by Viking raiders?
London
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Dublin
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Brussels
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Amsterdam
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17.
The world's oldest parliament was established by the Vikings in which country?
Denmark
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Norway
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Ireland
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Iceland
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Which kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England was the only one that remained independent of Viking rule?
Northumbria
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East Anglia
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Wessex
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Mercia
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