Viking Explorer Quiz

1. What advantage did narrow longboats give the Vikings?
They were shallow and light to carry.

2. What kind of bird appeared on Viking flags?
Raven

3. Which countries began as three Viking kingdoms?
Denmark, Norway, and Sweden

4. When a wealthy Viking died, what was she or he placed inside before burial?
A ship

5. Which Norseman (Norwegian) discovered America?
Leif Ericsson

6. Natives in what North American land were attacked by Freydis Eiriksdóttir and her warriors?
Newfoundland

7. Viking warriors believed in Valkyries. What were they?
Warrior daughters of the Viking god Odin

8. When did the Vikings begin raiding England and France?
c. 790 A.D.

9. How many symbols are their in the Viking runic alphabet?
16

10. What Middle Eastern city traded silver with the Vikings, who prized it greatly?
Baghdad