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Who Were the Vikings?

History · Medieval Times · ages 5-7
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  1. How could a Viking crew move its longship?

    • With an engine burning fuel
    • With a sail and rowing oars
    • With wheels turning under the boat

  2. Where did the Vikings come from?

    • Scandinavia, in northern Europe
    • Egypt, beside the River Nile
    • Rome, a city in what is now Italy

  3. Vikings were only raiders and never did anything else.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. A Viking brings goods to a town to buy and sell. What is this person doing?

    • Trading goods with other people
    • Raiding homes to take their goods
    • Farming fields to grow new crops

  5. Why might a crew put a fierce carved dragon head on its longship?

    • To catch fish swimming beside it
    • To tell the sailors which way was north
    • To frighten enemies who saw it

  6. A crew wants to enter a shallow river. Which boat bottom would help?

    • One reaching far below the water
    • One staying close to the water's surface
    • One reaching down to the river bed

  7. A Viking family sails to a new place, builds a home and stays there. Which word describes what they are doing?

    • Settling in a new place
    • Raiding homes along the shore
    • Trading goods and then sailing home

  8. Mia says, 'Every Viking longship had a dragon head.' Which reply fits the lesson?

    • Every longship had a carved dragon head.
    • No Viking boat ever had a carved head.
    • Some ships had carved animal heads.
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Who Were the Vikings? W1-mt_X5fdB4haHf-s1

  1. With a sail and rowing oars · Wind pushed the sail. The crew could also row with oars.
  2. Scandinavia, in northern Europe · Vikings came from Scandinavia, including the lands now called Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
  3. False · Many Vikings also farmed, traded and settled in new places.
  4. Trading goods with other people · Buying and selling goods is trading.
  5. To frighten enemies who saw it · A fierce animal head may have been meant to frighten enemies.
  6. One staying close to the water's surface · A longship's bottom did not reach far below the water. This helped it travel where the water was shallow.
  7. Settling in a new place · Settlers make homes in new places and stay there. This family is settling.
  8. Some ships had carved animal heads. · The lesson says some ships had carved animal heads. It does not say every longship had a dragon head.
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